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Leading by proxy The Governor Generals of Australia

18 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 12 years ago -

Governor generals of Australia. Who they were, their influences, and lives

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Episodes

Leading by Proxy: Governor General Quentin Bryce

June 26, 2012 02:57 - 23 minutes - 42.2 MB

The 25th and current Governor General of Australia

Leading by Proxy: Governor Sir Dallas Brooks

June 19, 2012 01:56 - 20 minutes - 37.7 MB

A man who was a keen sportsman, amiable and one of Victoria's most popular and well-known governors, Sir Dallas Brooks

Leading by Proxy: Governor John Hunter

June 08, 2012 03:19 - 23 minutes - 43.8 MB

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

Leading by Proxy: Governor General, Lord Gowrie

June 05, 2012 05:11 - 22 minutes - 41.8 MB

He took Australia through perhaps one of the darkest periods during WWII ... a war that cost him his son's life.

Leading by Proxy: Governor General the Duke of Gloucester

May 29, 2012 05:51 - 22 minutes - 41.8 MB

.. our only Royal Vice Regal appointment ....

Leading by Proxy: Governor General Paul Hasluck

May 22, 2012 03:44 - 18 minutes - 34 MB

... a keen historian who liked French literature and is considered one of the intellectuals who filled the role ...

Leading by Proxy: Dame Roma Mitchell

May 18, 2012 06:27 - 17 minutes - 31.4 MB

The life of Dame Roma Mitchell was filled with firsts, including the first woman to be appointed Governor of South Australia

Leading by Proxy: Sir Isaac Isaacs

May 07, 2012 04:57 - 23 minutes - 43.9 MB

Australia's 9th Governor-General from 1931-1936 and the first Australian born GG Sir Isaac Isaacs

Leading by Proxy: Governor Ralph Darling

April 30, 2012 06:22 - 20 minutes - 37.2 MB

Governor Ralph Darling

Leading by Proxy:Charles La trobe

April 30, 2012 04:19 - 20 minutes - 19 MB

Charles Joseph La Trobe was the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Victoria.

Leading by Proxy: Sir John Kerr

April 27, 2012 06:10 - 21 minutes - 38.6 MB

Sir John Kerr, the man behind the controversy

Leading by Proxy: Sir Philip Game

April 26, 2012 02:04 - 23 minutes - 43.1 MB

Sir Philip Game was the 26th Governor of NSW.

Leading by Proxy: Sir Zelman Cowen

April 24, 2012 01:03 - 20 minutes - 37.1 MB

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.

Leading by Proxy: William Bligh

April 24, 2012 00:43 - 21 minutes - 40.3 MB

William Bligh was a Governor whose reign was marred by controversy.

Leading by Proxy: Munro Ferguson

April 23, 2012 05:40 - 23 minutes - 43.5 MB

Our 6th Governor General Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson

Leading by Proxy: Lord Hopetoun

April 23, 2012 04:11 - 19 minutes - 8.75 MB

The 2nd in our podcast series is all about our first Governor General Lord Hopetoun

Leading by Proxy: Captain Arthur Phillip

April 23, 2012 03:52 - 20 minutes - 9.41 MB

Arthur Phillip, the man who created a nation.

Leading by Proxy: Lachlan Macquarie

April 23, 2012 03:11 - 18 minutes - 8.46 MB

Lachlan Macquarie is credited with shaping Sydney and NSW.