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Hasluck, Sir Paul Meernaa (1905–1993)

	Hasluck, Sir Paul Meernaa (1905–1993)
Born	1 April, 1905 Fremantle , Western Australia , Australia
Died	9 January, 1993 (aged 87) Perth , Western Australia , Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (prostate)
Cultural Heritage	English
Religious Influence	Salvationist
Related Entries [View as tree]	Hasluck, Patience Eliza (mother) Hasluck, Lewis Norman (brother) Hasluck, Lewis (grandfather) Makin, Norman John (work colleague) Barker, Ernest Herbert (acquaintance)
Education*	Norwood primary school (Perth) (student, 1909-1910) Perth Modern School (student, 1918-1922) University of Western Australia (student, 1926-1937)
Occupation*	journalist (1922-1941) Western Australia, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1925-1993) Western Australia, Australia poet (1938-1990) Western Australia, Australia public servant (1941-1947) Federal, Australia military historian (1947-1949) Federal, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1949-1969) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1949-1969) Federal, Australia political historian (1950-1990) Western Australia, Australia governor-general (1969-1974) Federal, Australia
Awards	Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (recipient, 1969) Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (recipient, 1970) Knight of the Order of the Garter (recipient, 1979)
Key Organisations*	Australian Journalists' Association (WA) (committee member, 1924-1940) Royal Western Australian Historical Society (member, 1926) Australian Aborigines Amelioration Association (WA) (member, 1932) Freshwater Bay Press (co-owner, 1939-1941)
Political Activism*	Vietnam War supporter (politician) Liberal Party (WA) (politician, 1949-1969)
Workplaces*	West Australian (newspaper) (journalist, 1923-1941) Dept of External Territories (Federal) (public servant, 1941-1947) University of Western Australia (history) (academic, 1947-1949) Dept of Territories (Federal) (minister, 1950-1963) Dept of External Affairs (federal) (minister, 1964)

* Dates are approximate