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Lighting a candle for democracy: Australian politics from 1967 to 1977.
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About the show
This is a history of Australian Politics from the disappearance of Harold Holt in December of 1967 to December of 1977 when the federal election confirmed the reelection of Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and the retirement of Gough Whitlam from politics.