For many it was if the prophesied Messiah had finally arrived while others feared the anti-Christ had descended upon the earth.
It wasn’t Donald John Trump but Edward Gough Whitlam whose electoral victory on December 2, 1972 ended 23 years of benign Liberal-Country Party rule.
While some Australians were ecstatic others harboured serious reservations about the man sent to lead them.
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