1975 Australian federal election
The 1975 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 13 December 1975. All 127 seats in the House of Representatives and all 64 seats in the Senate were up for election, due to a double dissolution.
Image: Fraser Malcolm BANNER
Image: Gough Whitlam headshot
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are set down in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia.
Australian House of Representatives
The Australian House of Representatives in 1901
Frontbench and despatch box
The House of Representatives chamber at Old Parliament House, Canberra, where the Parliament met between 1927 and 1988