The late Margaret Whitlam, seen here at Wattie Creek when PM Whitlam handed over land to the Gurindji, symbolically pouring soil into the hand of Vincent Lingiari, the two men sharing a bottle of champers, an event previously covered by Little Darwin with exclusive photographs and details . A great person , she and Gough , both height enhanced , spotted each other across a crowded room at a gathering filled with lesser mortals in their younger days and , as they say in the movies , it is now history. Her death at 92 is a sad event. This scribe had a short chat with Mrs Whitlam outside the writers' tent at an Adelaide Festival of Arts . She was held in the same high regard as is brave Hazel Hawke .
