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Graham Freudenberg

Born

in Brisbane, Australia

May 12, 1934

Died

July 26, 2019

Genre

Politics, History

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Norman Graham Freudenberg AM was an Australian author and political speechwriter for Labor leaders for over 40 years, beginning as Arthur Calwell's press secretary.

He was raised in Brisbane. His father was a soldier who fought at Gallipoli and named his son after a former colonial governor of Queensland, Field Marshal Sir Henry Norman. He was educated at Brisbane Church of England Grammar School, then studied journalism in Melbourne. He worked as a journalist for nine years before becoming Arthur Calwell's press secretary in June 1961. He was appointed Gough Whitlam's press secretary in 1967, and was special advisor to the Prime Minister from 1972 to 1975. Freudenberg was Jewish.

He wrote over 1,000 speeches for several Federal and New South ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 97 ratings · 18 reviews · 7 distinct works

	A Certain Grandeur: Gough Whitlam's Life in Politics 4.17 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Churchill and Australia 3.89 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Figure of Speech: A Political Memoir 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cause for Power: The Official History of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Labor Party 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing Party History: Papers from a Seminar Held at Parliament House, Sydney, May 2006 by David Clune (Editor), Ken Turner (Editor), Bob Carr liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CAUSE FOR POWER The Official History of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Labor Party 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Century of Social Change by Gough Whitlam, Tim Battin, Sean Brawley 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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