BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Geelong Regional Libraries X-WR-CALNAME:Geelong Regional Libraries BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8598a5cb-4ecb-474b-8704-6cb7c8005e21 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260806T062904Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210204T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210204T203000 SUMMARY:*ONLINE* Jenny Hocking - The Palace Letters LOCATION:Geelong Library and Heritage Centre (The Dome)\nGeelong Library a nd Heritage Centre (The Dome) X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Geelong Library and Herita ge Centre (The Dome);X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Geelong Library and Heritag e Centre (The Dome):geo:-38.146838,144.356968 GEO:-38.146838;144.356968 DESCRIPTION:The Queen\, the Governor-General\, and the plot to dismiss Gou gh Whitlam. A political betrayal. A constitutional crisis..\nhttps://grlc. libnet.info/event/4838961 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Professor Jenny Hocking waged a ten-year c ampaign and a four-year legal battle to force the National Archives of Aus tralia to release the letters written by Governor General John Kerr to the Queen during one of the most divisive episodes in the nation&rsquo\;s his tory &ndash\; the dismissal. In May 2020\, despite being opposed by the Ar chives\, Buckingham Palace\, and the full resources of the federal governm ent\, she won her historic case in the High Court.

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The Palace Letters is the ground-breaking account of her indomitable fight. Draw ing on material from the Palace letters\, Kerr&rsquo\;s archives\, and her submissions to the courts\, Hocking traces the collusion and deception be hind the dismissal\, and charts the secret role of High Court judges\, the leader of the opposition\, Malcolm Fraser\, and the Queen&rsquo\;s privat e secretary in fostering and supporting Kerr&rsquo\;s actions.

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