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Former prime minister Gough Whitlam’s Cabramatta house on the market
Political diehards are flocking to inspect an unassuming four-bedroom house on the market in Sydney’s south-west, once owned by former prime minister Gough Whitlam.
Key points:
- Gough and Margaret Whitlam owned the Cabramatta house from 1956 until 1978
- Mr Whitlam was known to conduct media interviews at the property
- The rundown four-bedroom house is expected to fetch between $720,000 and $750,000 at auction
The Cabramatta home is modest by today’s standards — especially for a prime minister — but it was an architect-designed showpiece and “ahead of its time” when it was built in the 1950s.
Ray White Canterbury director Manuel Roussakis said the home needed a lot of work but was attracting plenty of interest from buyers, and those keen to…
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