Gough Whitlam: Political earthquake reshaped the landscape

By Peter Hartcher
Updated October 30 2014 - 10:09am, first published October 22 2014 - 6:24am
Peter Nicholson's famous Gough Whitlam "Did the Earth Move For You Too Dear" cartoon after the Tangshan earthquake in 1976.
Peter Nicholson's famous Gough Whitlam "Did the Earth Move For You Too Dear" cartoon after the Tangshan earthquake in 1976.

When Gough and Margaret Whitlam were caught up in an earthquake during a visit to China, a cartoonist took the opportunity to have some fun with the incident.