Quoting from PS News Edition Number 512f. Updated Friday, 15 July 2016. http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/512/news/archives-launches-whitlam-guide?utm_source=aps512&utm_medium=email&utm_content=news1&utm_campaign=newsletter_aps
Archives launches Whitlam guide
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has released the seventh guide in its series on Prime Minister research materials, this time focusing on Gough Whitlam.
The launch coincided with the centenary of Mr Whitlam's birth on 11 July 1916.
Author of a two-volume Whitlam biography, Jenny Hocking, compiled the guide to direct users to primary source materials about Mr Whitlam's life and work, and aspects of the history in which he played a part.
The guide touches on Mr Whitlam's personal and family life and is expected to stimulate research into both his personal and official papers.
Release marks ex-PM’s centenary
Hailed by many as a towering figure in life and Australian history, the former Prime Minister died in 2014 at the age of 98.
Acting Director-General of the National Archives, Louise Doyle said making records accessible to journalists, historians, educators and the general public was one of the Archives’ key roles.
“Archival records of all 29 Australian Prime Ministers show democracy in action, providing an insight into the life and times of our national leaders,” Ms Doyle said.
“Guides like this are essential tools to help people find relevant records, particularly when they are located across institutions – as Mr Whitlam's are.”
She said the Archives' Prime Ministers research guide series listed archival resources regardless of where they were held, with the aim of making the records of all Australian Prime Ministers visible and accessible.
Archives advises that the Whitlam Research Guide is currently being converted for the web but a 212-page version can be downloaded from the NAA website at this PS News link. http://guides.naa.gov.au/content/20150426-GuidePMWhitlam_tcm48-94039.pdf
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