It was the family home of a prime minister during one of the most tumultuous periods in Australian politics.
Now, a group of Labor Party heavyweights want to step in to save the house of Gough Whitlam in Cabramatta in south-west Sydney.
The house is going to auction this weekend â the first time it s been on the market in 30 years.
The home Gough Whitlam lived in as Prime Minister in Sydney is going on the market.(9News)
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Former NSW Premier Barrie Unsworth, NSW Labor President Mark Lennon, Unions NSW Secretary Mark Morey and Mr Whitlam s businessman son Nick have banded together and formed the Whitlam Heritage Home Fund to try to become the winning bidder.
With a murky green pool and in need of major repairs, the Sydney home of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam owned at the time of his dismissal is for sale.