How Gough Whitlam’s Canberra roots shaped his politics | The Canberra Times

Inside Gough Whitlam: Landscape of the NewTroy Bramston’s new biography of Whitlam, Canberra, published in October, impressed upon the young future prime minister “the fundamental need for a proactive approach to urban development to provide the services and amenities a growing population needs, from schools to hospitals, roads to transport, critical services to sports and leisure opportunities”. Opened in January 1931, Manuka Pool attracted great attention.