Abstract
The nomination in 1930 of an Australian, Sir Isaac Isaacs, as Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia has become a minor landmark in the development of Australian independence. Opposed or supported at the time as a measure of the strength of Australia's links with Britain, the appointment has become, for lawyers and historians alike, a test-case for Australian autonomy and the countervailing cultural and legal force of the imperial connection. The central collision between Australian Prime Minister James Scullin (who nominated Isaacs) and King George V (who resisted strongly) added to the constitutional interest of the appointment but contributed to the long closure to researchers of key parts of the documentary record.
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