Former NSW Premier Barrie Unsworth leads team buying Sydney home once owned by Gough Whitlam
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The architect-designed home was cutting-edge when it was built in the 1950s.
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A group led by former NSW Labor Premier Barrie Unsworth has sealed a deal to buy Gough Whitlam s former house before it was due to go to auction this weekend.
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Gough and Margaret Whitlam owned the Cabramatta house from 1956 until 1978
Four men, including the Whitlam s son Nick, have bought the home ahead of Saturday s auction
Nick visited the four-bedroom home for the first time in 50 years, describing it as unchanged
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.