Paul hasluck biography

Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck (1 April 1905 – 9 January 1993) was an Australian statesman who served as the 17th Governor-General of Australia.
Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck was an Australian statesman who served as the 17th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1969 to 1974.
Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck (1905–1993), governor-general, historian, poet, politician, and public servant, was born on 1 April 1905 at Fremantle.

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Biographical entry Hasluck, Paul Meernaa Caedwalla (1905 - 1993)

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Born: 1905
Freemantle, Western Australia, Australia
Died: 1993
Occupation: Governor-General (Australia), Historian, Poet, Politician, Public Servant and Writer of Inscription

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Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck was an historian, poet, public servant, politician and the 17th Governor-General of Australia (1969-74). Born in Freemantle, Western Australia, Hasluck joined the Department of External Affairs in 1941. Elected member for Curtin (Western Australia) for the Liberal Party, Hasluck served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969. He was Minister for Territories (1951-63), Minister for Defence (1963-64) and Minister for External Affairs (1964-69). In 1932, he married Alexandra Darker in 1932. He died in 1993.

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'Hasluck, Rt. Hon. Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla.' In Who's Who in Australia 1993, 29th edition, 608. Melbourne: Information Australia, 1993.

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Paul Hasluck: A Life (paperback)

Geoffrey Bolton

Sir Paul Hasluck was for almost two and a half decades one of Australia’s most prominent politicians.

Born in Fremantle in 1905 and educated at Perth Modern School and The University of Western Australia, Hasluck worked for The West Australian and lectured at The University of Western Australia before moving into politics in 1949. After two decades in politics, including a variety of ministerial responsibilities, Hasluck was appointed as the 17th Governor General of Australia in 1969.

This biography includes Hasluck’s experience working for the Department of External Affairs during the Second World War. It covers his career as a writer, poet, historian, and politician, providing a complete and enthralling portrait of one of Australia’s great men.

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Shortlisted - 2016 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards (WA History)

Praise for Paul Hasluck:

This book is an overdue reminder that Hasluck was a leading agent of change in Aboriginal Affairs.
FRED CHANEY AO, RECONCILIAT
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Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla HASLUCK, (1905-93), Governor-General of Australia, was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, on 1 April 1905. He was the second child and son of Major E'thel Meernaa Caedwalla and Patience Eliza (Wooler) Hasluck. As his parents served in the Salvation Army, his early childhood was spent in country towns in WA. These childhood experiences of Collie, York, Kalgoorlie and Guildford shaped the man. Following secondary education at Perth Modern school on a scholarship, he became a cadet journalist with the West Australian in 1922 completing this career as a foreign news sub-editor in 1938. He was also the drama critic and wrote historical essays under the pseudonym of 'Polygon'. The journalist became a founding member and secretary of the Royal WA Historical Society in 1932 and through part-time study at the University of Western Australia achieved an MA in history.
He became a university lecturer in history during 1939-40, and was seconded to the Department of External Affairs in 1941. This diplomatic career covered the birth of the United Nations at the