The great crash
Subtitle: the short life and sudden death of the Whitlam government
By: Michael Sexton.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Carlton North, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: Whitlam, Gough, -- 1916-; Australian Labor Party.; Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Description: The dismissal of the Whitlam government on 11 November, 1975 was the most dramatic event in Australian political history. To mark the 30th anniversary of this event, Sexton revisits the major themes of 1975 and describes how various interest groups set out to derail its reform agenda and ultimately, to drive it from office.
Notes: Previously published with the title: Illusions of power. 1979.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 317-323.