Leading by proxy The Governor Generals of Australia: Recent Episodes
ABC New England
A man who was a keen sportsman, amiable and one of Victoria's most popular and well-known governors, Sir Dallas Brooks
Was he an unlucky leader or in over his head, a wishy-washy well-meaning fellow who had risen above his level of competence or the victim of circumstance, this week we find out about the 2nd Governor of NSW, John Hunter
He took Australia through perhaps one of the darkest periods during WWII ... a war that cost him his son's life.
... a keen historian who liked French literature and is considered one of the intellectuals who filled the role ...
The life of Dame Roma Mitchell was filled with firsts, including the first woman to be appointed Governor of South Australia
Australia's 9th Governor-General from 1931-1936 and the first Australian born GG Sir Isaac Isaacs
Our podcast this week looks at the role of a man regarded as one o f the finest constitutional lawyers in the English speaking world. Sir Zelman Cowen stepped into the role of Governor General during a very turbulent political time following the Whitlam Dismissal.