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Fifty years ago today, prime minister Gough Whitlam was dismissed by governor-general Sir John Kerr.

It was a day etched in the memories of those who were there as one of the most significant moments in Australian political history.

To mark the anniversary, we're putting you right there as it happened, covering the key moments of that fateful day in 1975 in real time.

The material in today's blog has been sourced from archival material including the ABC radio's live coverage, Museum of Australian Democracy, National Archives of Australia, Hansard, the Parliamentary Handbook, the Whitlam Institute, whitlamdismissal.com, news reporting, and first

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