Jenny Hocking
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Jenny Hocking is a research professor and the director of research with the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University
in Melbourne, Australia.
Hocking is a biographer and scholar in Australian Studies
, published in many political, history, and law journals. She is the author and co-editor of several books including two books on terrorism, Beyond Terrorism: the Development of the Australian Security State, first published in 1993, and Terror Laws: ASIO, Counter-Terrorism and the Threat to Democracy. She has been quoted on various topics on television, on the radio, and in the press.
Hocking has written three biographies, on Lionel Murphy, the Australian High Court Judge and Attorney-General in the Whitlam government, Lionel Murphy: A Political Biography; on Frank Hardy, Australian author and communist activist, Frank Hardy: Politics Literature Life; and on former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History. Lionel Murphy: A Political Biography was short-listed for a South Australian Festival Awards for Literature prize in the non-fiction category in 1998. Frank Hardy: Politics, Literature, Life was short-listed for the NSW Premier's History Awards, State Records Prize in 2006. Her latest book, volume 1 of a two-part biography on Whitlam, was launched by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
in November 2008. The book, Gough Whitlam: A Moment In History, has been reviewed widely in Australia. Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History was short-listed in 2009 for The Age Book of the Year Awards, the Queensland Premier's History Awards and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards.
Hocking has also written and consulted for several television documentaries, including Mr Neal Is Entitled to Be An Agitator about Lionel Murphy. This film won the Australian Human Rights Award for Best Documentary Film in 1991.
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
in Melbourne, Australia.
Hocking is a biographer and scholar in Australian Studies
Australian studies
-Subfields:*Australian Aboriginals *Australian languages*History of Australia*Australian literature*Politics of Australia*Economy of Australia*Culture of Australia-Institutions:...
, published in many political, history, and law journals. She is the author and co-editor of several books including two books on terrorism, Beyond Terrorism: the Development of the Australian Security State, first published in 1993, and Terror Laws: ASIO, Counter-Terrorism and the Threat to Democracy. She has been quoted on various topics on television, on the radio, and in the press.
Hocking has written three biographies, on Lionel Murphy, the Australian High Court Judge and Attorney-General in the Whitlam government, Lionel Murphy: A Political Biography; on Frank Hardy, Australian author and communist activist, Frank Hardy: Politics Literature Life; and on former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History. Lionel Murphy: A Political Biography was short-listed for a South Australian Festival Awards for Literature prize in the non-fiction category in 1998. Frank Hardy: Politics, Literature, Life was short-listed for the NSW Premier's History Awards, State Records Prize in 2006. Her latest book, volume 1 of a two-part biography on Whitlam, was launched by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...
in November 2008. The book, Gough Whitlam: A Moment In History, has been reviewed widely in Australia. Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History was short-listed in 2009 for The Age Book of the Year Awards, the Queensland Premier's History Awards and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards.
Hocking has also written and consulted for several television documentaries, including Mr Neal Is Entitled to Be An Agitator about Lionel Murphy. This film won the Australian Human Rights Award for Best Documentary Film in 1991.