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- Australia's Governors-General: From Hopetoun to Jeffrey
Australia's Governors-General: From Hopetoun to Jeffrey
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Australia has had 25 Governors General. At first they were selected and appointed by the monarch. From 1926 the Australian Government had a choice - from a list prepared by the Colonial office. Some of those chosen were reluctant, others saw it as a stepping stone to something better. They have been aristocrats, generals, lawyers, academics, politicians, boilermakers and a clergyman. Their beginnings have been humble, on foreign soil or with a silver spoon. Some were outstanding, others mediocre, and some had to face constitutional challenges. One was described as 'playing pornie pranks with matrons and maids' and 'playing court to the chorus girls now displaying their bulging busts and beefy buttocks at the Criterion Theatre'. (Admittedly, the writer was John Norton and the publication Truth.) One died in office, another 'displayed to all Australians the sort of qualities that a head of state in an Australian republic should have - tolerance, compassion, a unifier, and above party pol
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