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CBHagman

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1. A cultural education for me.

Reply to Matilda (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2014, 11:41 PM

Nov 2014

I've only watched the Cate Blanchett speech thus far but it was just beautifully done and filled in a lot of the gaps in my education about the cultural history of Australia.

And it was bold speech about the common good, and precisely the thing that the U.S. Congress needs to see now, this instant, even if many of them wouldn't get it at all.

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Gough Whitlam Memorial Service [View all] Matilda Nov 2014 OP

A cultural education for me. CBHagman Nov 2014 #1

I watched those videos, very nice tributes steve2470 Nov 2014 #2

It did surprise us as well; Matilda Nov 2014 #3

Not to take the attention from Gough Whitlam... CBHagman Nov 2014 #4