Former prime minister Gough Whitlam lists his Darling Point, Sydney, apartment
The former prime minister Gough Whitlam has listed the Darling Point, Sydney, flat that he and his late wife, Margaret, lived in for more than 35 years.
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom Darling Point apartment was acquired by Gough and Margaret in 1975, and they moved into the flat after The Dismissal.
Margaret Whitlam died in March this year, and the former prime minister now resides at Lulworth, the St Luke's aged care facility in Elizabeth Bay.
Its McGrath listing agents Ben Collier and Bernadette Berlyn expect around $1.2 million at its November 17 auction.
The vacated apartment has been styled by the agency.
It's in a block of 10 on Marathon Road and comes with a swimming pool.
Title Tattle recalls for privacy Gough identified himself, from time to time, on the building's list of tenants in the lobby as Miltiades, the Greek general victorious at the Battle of Marathon against the Persians in 490 BC.
