Whitlam, Margaret (1919-)

Also known as
Whitlam, Margaret Elaine (1919-)
Field of activity
Journalist and Social worker
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35605406
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-543240

Biographies

Recognised as a National Living Treasure, Margaret Whitlam achieved public figure status after 1972 as the wife of Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. She was outspoken on many issues affecting women and was appointed to the National Advisory Committee for International Women's Year in 1974.

  • 1943 Social Worker for the Family Welfare Bureau
  • 1964 - 1967 Medical Social Worker at the Parramatta Hospital, Sydney
  • 1974 - 1977 Director Commonwealth Hostels Limited
  • 1975 Member of the Advisory Council for International Women's Year
  • 1977 - 1982 Director of the Sydney Dance Company
  • 1978 - 1980 President of the Australian Capital Territory Council of Social Services
  • 1978 - 1981 Councilor/President of the Sydney Teachers College
  • 1979 - 1981 Chairman of the Opera Conference
  • 1982 - 1983 President of the Council for the Sydney CAE
  • 1982 - 1983 Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Law Foundation of New South Wales
  • 1989 - 1991 Chairman of the National Council for the International Literacy Year (ILY)
  • 1990 UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the International Literacy Year
  • 1990 - 1999 Travel consultant of the International Study Programs
  • 1995 - 1996 Co-Chairman of the Safer Australia Committee
  • November 1995 Along with a number of other Voluntary Aids from World War II, Margaret Whitlam spoke about her wartime experiences at a commemorative luncheon as part of the 'Australia Remembers, 1945-1995' celebrations
  • 2002 Member of the Library Society Committee for the New South Wales Library

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Resources for Margaret Whitlam

Selected resources (9)

Australian Women's Register

  1. Margaret Whitlam 1938 Third British Empire Games, SydneyWomensport and Recreation NSW Newsletter 1 : Margaret Whitlam 1938 Third British Empire Games, Sydney
    [1999]
    Published: Womensport and Recreation Incorporated NSW
    Series: http://www.womensportnsw.com.au/no_3.htm
  2. My Other World
    Whitlam, Margaret
    [2001]
    Published: Allen & Unwin
  3. The Life and TimesAustralian Film Commission Women's Program: Australian Women's Archival Series Co-Producer/Interviewer: Maxine McKew : The Life and Times
    Producer/Director: Jenny Ainge
    [1994]
    Published: Australian Film Commission
  4. My Day - First edition.
    Whitlam, Margaret
    [1974]
    Published: Collins
  5. Gough Whitlam/Margaret WhitlamAustralia's Prime Ministers National Archives of Australia : Gough Whitlam/Margaret Whitlam
    National Archives of Australia
    [2002]
    Series: http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/meetpm.asp?pmId=21&pageName=wife
  6. She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2007]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html
  7. The matriarchs: twelve Australian women talk about their lives to Susan Mitchell.
    Mitchell, Susan
    [1987]
    Published: Penguin Books
  8. Who's who in Australia 2002
    Herd, Margaret
    [2002]
    Published: Crown Content
  9. National Archives of Australia, National Office: Australian National Advisory Committee for International Women's Year 1975 (1 Jun 1974 - 31 May 1976)
    Agency CA 2640

Resources by Margaret Whitlam (6)

  1. My other world / by Margaret Whitlam
    Whitlam, Margaret, 1919-
    [ Book, Audio book : 2001-2006 ]
    At 100 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 62.618)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 62.618)

  2. My day / [by] Margaret Whitlam
    Whitlam, Margaret, 1919-
    [ Book : 1974 ]
    At 27 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 34.048)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 34.048)

  3. Margaret Whitlam interviewed by Amy McGrath
    Whitlam, Margaret, 1919-
    [ Sound : 1979 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.716)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.716)

  4. Passports
    Whitlam, Gough, 1916-
    [ Unpublished : 1967-1975 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.338)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.338)

  5. Charley / [Paul Wenz] ; translated by Margaret Whitlam. Jim et Jack / [Paul Wenz] ; translated by Maurice Blackman
    Wenz, Paul
    [ Book : 2005 ]
    Languages: English, French
    At 4 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.374)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.374)

  6. Octagon lectures
    Whitlam, Margaret, 1919-
    [ Sound : 1986 ]
    At Edith Cowan Uni
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.528)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.528)

Resources about Margaret Whitlam (29)

  1. My other world / by Margaret Whitlam
    Whitlam, Margaret, 1919-
    [ Book, Audio book : 2001-2006 ]
    At 100 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 61.037)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 61.037)

  2. My day / [by] Margaret Whitlam
    Whitlam, Margaret, 1919-
    [ Book : 1974 ]
    At 27 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.134)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.134)

  3. Margaret Whitlam : a biography / Susan Mitchell
    Mitchell, Susan, 1945-
    [ Audio book, Book : 2006-2008 ]
    At 116 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.696)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.696)

  4. The life and times of Margaret Whitlam
    Australian Film Commission
    [ Video : 1993 ]
    At 13 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.377)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.377)

  5. Margaret Whitlam interviewed by Amy McGrath
    Whitlam, Margaret, 1919-
    [ Sound : 1979 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.508)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.508)

  6. [Biographical cuttings on Margaret Whitlam, wife of Edward G. Whitlam and social worker, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.326)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.326)

  7. Passports
    Whitlam, Gough, 1916-
    [ Unpublished : 1967-1975 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.303)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.303)

  8. Margaret Whitlam: A Life
    Whitlam, Margaret; Mitchell, Susan
    Sydney Papers, The
    [ Article : 2007 ]
    View online (access conditions)
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.953)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.953)

  9. Portrait of Margaret Whitlam [Terry Milligan]
    Milligan, Terry
    [ Photograph : 1999 ]
    View online
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.53)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.53)

  10. Gough et Margaret / Jean-Paul Delamotte
    Delamotte, Jean Paul, 1931-
    [ Book : 2010 ]
    Languages: French
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.257)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.257)

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  1. Margaret Gees Australian media guide
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    [ Book, Audio book, Article : 1597-2011 ]
    Languages: English, Chinese, Japanese, [17 others]
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  3. Fundamentals of business law / Margaret L. Barron ; with contributions from Peter C. Anderson, Robyn L. Moore, Peter Fox
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  4. The Oxford companion to English literature / edited by Margaret Drabble
    Drabble, Margaret, 1939-
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    Languages: English, Undetermined, Chinese
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    Osolins, Alex
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  1. Margot Fonteyn : Autobiography / [Margot Fonteyn]
    Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
    [ Book, Audio book : 1975-1989 ]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
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    At 37 libraries
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  2. Remembering Weary / Margaret Geddes
    Geddes, Margaret, 1949-
    [ Book, Audio book : 1996-1997 ]
    At 108 libraries
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    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.344)

  3. Thoughtlines : reflections of a public man / Bob Carr ; [foreword by Gough Whitlam]
    Carr, Bob, 1947
    [ Book, Audio book : 2002-2004 ]
    At 113 libraries
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  4. The Downing Street years / Margaret Thatcher
    Thatcher, Margaret
    [ Book, Audio book : 1993-2012 ]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
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    At 92 libraries
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    Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
    [ Book, Audio book : 1975-1989 ]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
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    At 37 libraries
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    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.73)

  2. Cooking for dummies / by Margaret Fulton and Barbara Beckett ; foreword by Margaret Whitlam
    Fulton, Margaret
    [ Book : 2001 ]
    At 35 libraries
    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.376)

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  3. The Oxford companion to English literature / edited by Margaret Drabble
    Drabble, Margaret, 1939-
    [ Book, Periodical : 1932-2012 ]
    Languages: English, Undetermined, Chinese
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  4. Fundamentals of business law / Margaret L. Barron ; with contributions from Peter C. Anderson, Robyn L. Moore, Peter Fox
    Barron, Margaret
    [ Book, Periodical : 1992-2012 ]
    Possibly online
    At 120 libraries
    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.356)

    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.356)

  1. The atlas of the ancient world : charting the great civilizations of the past / Margaret Oliphant
    Oliphant, Margaret
    [ Book, Map : 1992 ]
    At 48 libraries
    This resource may only be vaguely related to your query: matching terms may only have been found in the full text contents of the resource (score: 0.096)

    This resource may only be vaguely related to your query: matching terms may only have been found in the full text contents of the resource (score: 0.096)

  2. The atlas of water : mapping the world's most critical resource / Maggie Black and Jannet King ; foreword by Margaret Catley-Carlson
    Black, Maggie, 1945-
    [ Book, Map : 2009 ]
    At 56 libraries
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  3. Principles of anatomy and physiology / Gerard J. Tortora, Sandra Reynolds Grabowski
    Tortora, Gerard J
    [ Book, Map, Audio book : 1975-2012 ]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
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    At 218 libraries
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  1. Papers of Gavin Souter
    Souter, Gavin, 1929-
    [ Unpublished : 1959-1991 ]
    At National Library
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  2. Papers of Richard Hall
    Hall, Richard, 1937-2003
    [ Unpublished : 1869-1992 ]
    At National Library
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  3. Papers of Dorothy Green
    Green, Dorothy, 1915-1991
    [ Unpublished : 1943-1990 ]
    At National Library
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  1. Margaret Whitlam "I'm going to na[?] all those rumours[?]
    The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) Wednesday 21 April 1976 p 8 Article Illustrated
    ... bruised and wary. Margaret, Gough Whitlam: "Disenchantment* have been few and far between." "From now ... university cocktail party and I wi Margaret Whitlam: planning to enjoy three score years and ten. ... fm going to nail all those rumoursĀ» A report from KAY KEAVNEY "POLITICS is one thing;' Margaret ... 2013 words
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.997)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.997)

  2. SCHOLARSHIPS Canberra Awards For 193[?]
    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1954) Thursday 15 February 1934 p 2 Article
    ...bsp; Dora Margaret Cumpston (Science Honours - Sydney). Robert Ian Maxwell Moss .(Engin- eering (Civil)-Melbourne). Nancy Mabel Sheehan (Arts-Sydney) Edward- Gough Whitlam (Arts (Art* -Sydney); In the case of Mr. Whitlam, the en- ttl Ā  joyment of the scholarship has, at his own ... 96 words
    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.023)

    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.023)

  3. MARRIED IN SYDNEY
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Monday 27 April 1942 p 5 Article
    ... MARRIED IN SYDNEY For her wedding last week to Mr Edward Gough Whitlam, Miss Margaret garet Dovey, ... by Mrs Cedric Ashton and Miss Freda Whitlam, sister of the bridegroom, who both wore sapphire blue velvet frocks. The bridegroom, who is the son of Mr and Mrs H. F. E, Whitlam, of Canberra, is ... 168 words
    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.023)

    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.023)