Head of state : the governor-general, the monarchy, the republic and the dismissal / David Smith
- Bib ID:
- 3562573
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Smith, David, Sir, 1933-2022
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Paddington, N.S.W. : Macleay Press, 2005
- 358 p. : port. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1876492155
- Summary:
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On the thirtieth anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam government, the man who read the proclamation dissolving parliament, Sir David Smith, makes a powerful case about the Australian Constitution. Our founding fathers made the Governor-General, not the Queen, our head of state.
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- Machine derived contents note: 1: The office of Governor-General 1. from Federation to Bill
- Hayden 18
- 2: The office of Governor-General 2. Deane and Hollingworth 51
- 3: The Governor-General is Australia's head of state 85
- 4: The role of the Governor-General 117
- 5: The Queen of Australia 140
- 6: State Governors: an endangered species? 155
- 7: The road to the republican referendum 183
- 8: The republican referendum: a post mortem 212
- 9: November 11, 1975: Phew, what a day! 239
- 10: The Dismissal: setting the record straight 257
- 11: The first rough draft of history? the media and the Dismissal 282
- 12: What shall we do with ex governors-general? 314.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. [338]-346.
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