Malcolm Fraser opening Swinburne Library, February 1972

The Honorable Malcolm Fraser at podium, opening the Swinburne Library, February 1972.

At the time of this video, Fraser was Minister for Education and Science until the 1972 election brought the Labor government of Gough Whitlam into power.

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[kadoelen2006]

He speaks properly. Not like some bogan from the burbs or the bush with a grating nasal twang.

[Choson4eva]

It's called cultivated Australian. Menzies had the same accent.

[jcjcjc94]

@Choson4eva i learnt that in my English Language class today!! (:

[deeunitt]

anyone who was educated spoke like that in those days i was a kid and remember the news etc and his voice brings back memories of an Australia i wish we still lived in.

[Askadalen]

Thankfully someone from Australia that can speak English without degenerating to the "fully sick z0mG in the roflcoptah" school of thought. The last politician outside of Hawke/Keating that truly stood for belief. Not to mention excellent elocution. Such a rare thing in modern Australia

[Mollarooza]

Ohh my god, listen to the accent would you, he sounds british not australian, its sounds worse than the britsh accent in fact painful to listen to