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Gough’s ‘Mestizos’

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March 2004, no. 259

East Timor: A rough passage to independence by James Dunn

Longueville, $39.95pb, 411pp

Gough’s ‘Mestizos’

by
March 2004, no. 259

The careful media management accompanying the Australian National Archive’s release in January 2004 of cabinet papers covering the first year in office of the Whitlam government underlined the interest of the ageing ex-prime minister and his supporters in safeguarding his status as an Australian icon. It was a success: most analysts agreed that the papers showed that in 1973 the newly elected Labor government performed with exceptional dynamism and transparency.

Jill Jolliffe reviews 'East Timor: A rough passage to independence' by James Dunn

East Timor: A rough passage to independence

by James Dunn

Longueville, $39.95pb, 411pp

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