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SBS50: Fast Facts 2014

GOUGH WHITLAM

Former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Credit: MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE

Did you know that, in 2014, former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam died at age 98. A key figure in the shaping of modern Australia, it was his government that launched, in 1975, the ethnic radio stations 2EA in Sydney and 3EA in Melbourne, which later became the Special Broadcasting Service, SBS.


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Did you know that, in 2014, former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam died at age 98. A key figure in the shaping of modern Australia, it was his government that launched, in 1975, the ethnic radio stations 2EA in Sydney and 3EA in Melbourne, which later became the Special Broadcasting Service, SBS.


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