Bob Hawke marries Blanche d'Alpuget It was April 1970 when Blanche d’Alpuget first met Bob Hawke. They were at a party in Jakarta, where the writer was living with her husband, Antony Pratt. As she sat on a swinging chair, answering the then-ACTU president’s questions about the city, she felt a connection between them. It wasn’t … Continue reading On This Day In Australia: In 1995, Bob Hawke married Blanche d’Alpuget