Jenny Hocking | |
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 Hocking in 2006 | |
| Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Writer, researcher, academic based at Monash University |
| Language | English |
| Education | Lauriston Girls' School |
| Alma mater | Monash University, University of Sydney |
| Notable works | Lionel Murphy: A Political Biography Frank Hardy: Politics, Literature, Life Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History Gough Whitlam: His Time The Dismissal Dossier The Palace Letters: The Queen, the Governor-General, and the Plot to dismiss Gough Whitlam |
| Partner | Daryl Dellora |
Jennifer Jane Hocking AM FASSA is an Australian historian, political scientist and biographer. She is the inaugural Distinguished Whitlam Fellow with the Whitlam Institute at Western Sydney University,[1] Emeritus Professor at Monash University,[2] and former Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University. Her work is in two key areas, counter-terrorism and Australian political biography. In both areas she explores Australian democratic practice, the relationship between the arms of government, and aspects of Australian political history. Her research into the life of former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam uncovered significant new material on the role of High Court justice Sir Anthony Mason in the dismissal of the Whitlam government. This has been described as "a discovery of historical importance".[3] Since 2001 Hocking has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Lionel Murphy Foundation.[4]
- ^ "Meet Our Fellows: Professor Jenny Hocking: Distinguished Fellow". Whitlam Institute within the University of Western Sydney. Whitlam Institute. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Profile: Professor Jenny Hocking". Monash University. Monash University Arts. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Editorial (28 August 2012). "The Governor-General, the judge and the dismissal". The Australian (newspaper) p.15.
- ^ "Board of Trustees of the Lionel Murphy Foundation". Lionel Murphy Foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2019.