85:, but is not exhaustive or detailed; for example it discusses only eight governors-general: Fitzroy, Hasluck, Hayden, Hopetoun, Isaacs, Kerr, McKell and Munro Ferguson; and only Hasluck in any depth. Its list of contributors contains around 320 names of researchers and specialists, mostly academics, with their respective institutions.
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