Alexandra Hasluck
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Dame Alexandra Hasluck, Lady Hasluck AD (26 August 1908 - 18 June 1993) was an author and social historian in Western Australia.
Born Alexandra Darker in Perth, Western Australia in 1908, she graduated from the University of Western Australia. In 1932 she married Paul Hasluck, who would later become Governor-General of Australia. On 3 June 1978, Alexandra Hasluck was appointed a Dame of the Order of Australia for "services to Australian letters". She died in 1993.
Alexandra Hasluck's published works include:
- Portrait with Background (1955)
- Unwilling Emigrants (1959)
- Audrey Tennyson's Vice-Regal Days (1978)
- Portrait in a Mirror (1981).
She and her husband are joint eponyms of the Western Australian Federal House of Representatives Division of Hasluck.
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| NAME | Hasluck, Alexandra, Dame |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | author and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perth, Western Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1993 |
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