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Harry Frederick Ernest "Fred" Whitlam (3 April 1884 – 8 December 1961) was Australia's Crown Solicitor from 1936 to 1949, and a pioneer of international human rights law in Australia. He was the father of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, and had a great influence on his son's values and interests.
Harry Frederick Ernest (Fred) Whitlam (1884-1961), Commonwealth crown solicitor, was born on 3 April 1884 at Prahran, Melbourne, eldest of five children of Victorian-born parents Henry Hugh Gough Whitlam, clerk, and his wife Janet Turnbull, née Steele.
The making of a Prime Minister. Explore how Australia’s 21st Prime Minister was shaped by the people, places and politics that surrounded him from an early age, and discover how these pivotal experiences went on to inform his nation-defining policies.
6 de mar. de 2019 · His father, Fred Whitlam, was a significant figure, Deputy Crown Solicitor and later Crown Solicitor, who had accompanied Dr HV Evatt to the crucial 1946 Paris peace conference that oversaw the formation of the United Nations (Hocking 2008).
Harry Frederick Ernest "Fred" Whitlam (3 de abril de 1884 - 8 de diciembre de 1961) fue Abogado de la Corona de Australia de 1936 a 1949, y pionero del derecho internacional de los derechos humanos en Australia.
9 de oct. de 2019 · It is interesting to note that Fred Whitlam, Gough's father, participated in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And of course it was Australian Foreign Minister “Doc” Evatt who, as President of the UN General Assembly, oversaw the adoption of the Universal Declaration.
16 de abr. de 2015 · In the postwar formation of the United Nations, Fred Whitlam played a major role as a member of Labor External Affairs Minister’s HV Evatt’s delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1946.
