Episode 10 - The Palace Letters

Episode 10: The Palace Letters
It’s a historical emergency! With the release of the ‘Palace Letters’ this week historians and journalists are promising answers to decades of questions about the 1975 Dismissal of the Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. Chloe and Emma aren’t so sure. In this episode, they explain why the Palace Letters are important, how the media got the story wrong, and how historians can approach this new information.
LinksJenny Hocking, ‘The big reveal: Jenny Hocking on what the ‘palace letters’ may tell us, finally, about The Dismissal’, The Conversation, 14 July 2020, https://theconversation.com/the-big-reveal-jenny-hocking-on-what-the-palace-letters-may-tell-us-finally-about-the-dismissal-142473
Guy Rundle’s series on the ‘Whitlam coup’, Crikey, 2015, https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/whitlam-coup/
... And Guy Rundle’s first go at reading the Palace Letters https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/07/15/if-you-cant-see-the-palace-played-politics-youre-fooling-yourself-or-trying-to-fool-others-%ef%bb%bf/?utm_campaign=Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter
The ElecnMark Mazower, ‘Clear, Inclusive, and Lasting’, New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020, https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/07/23/eric-hobsbawm-clear-inclusive-lasting/
Gough Whitlam dismissal speech excerpt - 1975, ABC News