The day Gough Whitlam visited Ben Chifley's house

By Louise Eddy
Updated October 22 2014 - 7:58am, first published 4:00am
A LABOR MAN: Prime minister Gough Whitlam (far right) sitting on the verandah of the Chifley Home in Busby Street, Bathurst, in 1973. Photo: Courtesy of the Chifley Collection
A LABOR MAN: Prime minister Gough Whitlam (far right) sitting on the verandah of the Chifley Home in Busby Street, Bathurst, in 1973. Photo: Courtesy of the Chifley Collection

Former prime minister Gough Whitlam, who passed away yesterday aged 98, came to Bathurst in 1973 with his wife Margaret to open the Chifley Home and Museum.

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