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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_governors-generalList of governors-general of Australia - Wikipedia

    James Scullin (1930) became the first prime minister of Australia to exercise complete discretion in the appointment; his nomination of Sir Isaac Isaacs made Australia the first Dominion to have a native-born governor-general.

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  3. www.nma.gov.au › defining-moments › resourcesFirst Australian-born governor-general | National Museum of ...

    Sep 6, 2023 · Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs is best known for being our first Australian-born governor-general. He was a strong defender of the British Empire and a patriotic Australian. Isaacs proved that a ‘local man’ could hold the office as competently as the British aristocrats who had preceded him.

  4. australianpolitics.com › constitution › ggGovernors-General Since 1901 - AustralianPolitics.com

    Sir Isaac Isaacs was the first Australian-born Governor-General. His appointment by Labor Prime Minister Scullin in 1930 was reluctantly agreed to by King George V, who wanted to appoint Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood.

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    Samantha Mostyn
    01.07.2024
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    General David Hurley
    01.07.2019
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    26.
    General Sir Peter Cosgrove
    28.03.2014
    01.07.2019
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    Dame Quentin Bryce
    05.09.2008
    28.03.2014

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Governor-General_of_AustraliaGovernor-General of Australia - Wikipedia

    In 1961, Lord Dunrossil became the first and, to date, only governor-general to die while holding office. A vacancy occurs on the resignation, death, or incapacity of the governor-general. A temporary vacancy occurs when the governor-general is overseas on official business representing Australia.

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  7. www.australiangeographic.com.au › topics › historyGovernors-General of Australia - Australian Geographic

    Jan 28, 2014 · Sir Isaac Issacs had the esteemed honour of becoming the first Australian-born governor-general in 1931. And the first female governor-general was Quentin Bryce, who took up the position in 2008. Governor-general’s role

  8. www.aph.gov.au › Visit_Parliament › ArtSir Isaac Alfred Isaacs – Parliament of Australia

    Lawyer, parliamentarian, judge, and the first Australian-born Governor-General, Isaac Isaacs (1855-1948) possessed a prodigious work ethic and passionate desire to declare himself an ‘Australian’ in the new Federation. 1 Highlighting Isaacs’s extraordinary achievements, Alfred Deakin wrote: ‘the son of a struggling tailor in an up ...

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  10. www.aph.gov.au › rp › rp1819First, most and more: facts about the Federal Parliament

    The first Governor-General was John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, who served from 1 January 1901 to 9 January 1903. First Australian-born Governor-General The first Australian born Governor-General was Isaac Isaacs who served from 22 January 1931 to 23 January 1936.

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