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Edward Gough Whitlam, universally known as Gough Whitlam, was an Australian barrister, politician and statesman who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia from 5 December 1972 to 11 November 1975.
Born on 11 July 1916 in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, he was the elder child of Harry Frederick Ernest “Fred” Whitlam, a senior Commonwealth public servant who later became Commonwealth Crown Solicitor, and Martha “Mattie” Maddocks.
From early childhood he was called by his middle name, Gough.