Paul Hasluck

Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck (1 April 1905 - 9 January 1993), Australian historian, public servant and politician, and 17th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, into a family of Salvationists, whose values he retained throughout his career. He was educated at the prestigious Perth Modern School (where Prime Minister Bob Hawke was also educated) and at the University of Western Australia, where he graduated with a Master of Arts.

Further reading

• Paul Hasluck, Black Australians, Melbourne University Press, 1942
• Paul Hasluck, Shades of Darkness: Aboriginal Affairs 1925-1965, Melbourne University Press, 1988
• Paul Hasluck, Mucking About: An Autobiography, University of Western Australia Press, 1994
• Paul Hasluck, The Chance of Politics (edited by Nicholas Hasluck), Text Publishing, 1997
• Robert Porter, Paul Hasluck: A Political Biography, University of Western Australia Press, 1993