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Sir William John McKell, GCMG, QC (26 September 1891 – 11 January 1985) was an Australian politician who served as the 12th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1947 to 1953. He had previously been Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, as leader of the Labor Party.
Sir William John McKell (1891-1985), boilermaker, premier and governor-general, was born on 26 September 1891 at Pambula, New South Wales, eldest of four children of New South Wales-born parents Robert Pollock McKell, butcher, and his wife Martha, née Shepherd.
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16 de oct. de 2019 · Precisely 70 years ago, on October 17, 1949, the Governor-General, Sir William McKell, stood on a Snowy Mountains hilltop above a gorge of the Eucumbene River and pressed a button, detonating an explosive charge that would change Australia forever.
Sir William John McKell, GCMG, QC (26 September 1891 – 11 January 1985) was an Australian politician who served as the 12th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1947 to 1953. He had previously been Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, as leader of the Labor Party.
8 de may. de 2024 · View full image. Governor-General, 11 March 1947 to 8 May 1953. William McKell (1891-1985) rose from working as a boilermaker – which he described as ‘the hardest, the dirtiest and the most dangerous trade’1 – to become the second Australian-born Governor-General.
William McKell rose from working as a boilermaker – which he described as ‘the hardest, the dirtiest and the most dangerous trade’ [1] – to become the second Australian-born Governor-General. After his appointment, he observed that ‘my old mates don’t like me because of my new mates, and my new mates don’t like me because of my old mates’. [2]
Sir William McKell and Labor History become governor-general of Australia; made a G.C.M.G. in 1951 he retired to private life in 1953. McKell's life spans the history of the Labor Party. In many ways he is the archetypal Labor man and leader, with a background and qualities many others desired and often claimed but very seldom had. His
