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Governor-General of Australia

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal/national level of the Australian monarch . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...

Timeline of Events

1903

1.9.1903

Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.

1931

1.22.1931

Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.

1975

11.11.1975

Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.

2003

5.28.2003

Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct.