Function and purpose
This series includes records documenting John Kerr’s
appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of NSW in 1973 and as Governor-General in
1974: congratulatory correspondence, papers relating to appointments, including
arrangements for ceremonial occasions and regal audiences, press clippings,
estimates of Government House expenditure, speeches and proclamations. The series also includes press clippings
relating to John Kerr’s resignation as Governor-General in 1977 and
biographical notes.