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Doug McKay (public Servant)
Douglas Henry McKay (5 September 1923 – 7 July 2012) was a senior Australian public servant. Life and career Doug McKay was born in North Sydney on 5 September 1923, growing up around Tumbarumba then Narrandera in southern New South Wales. In 1971, McKay was appointed Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (Australia). Between December 1972 and January 1973, McKay was Acting Secretary of the Department of Tourism and Recreation as well as the Department of Secondary Industry The Department of Secondary Industry was an Government of Australia, Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and June 1974 under the Whitlam government. History The Department had previously been located in .... while serving as permanent head of trade department (which had since become the Department of Overseas Trade). In 1978, he was appointed Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry. Before retiring in 1980, McKay went on exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra
Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory at the northern tip of the Australian Alps, the country's highest mountain range. As of June 2021, Canberra's estimated population was 453,558. The area chosen for the capital had been inhabited by Indigenous Australians for up to 21,000 years, with the principal group being the Ngunnawal people. European settlement commenced in the first half of the 19th century, as evidenced by surviving landmarks such as St John's Anglican Church and Blundells Cottage. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies of Australia was achieved. Following a long dispute over whether Sydney or Melbourne should be the national capital, a compromise was reached: the new capital would be buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Bott
Lloyd Forrester Bott (8 April 1917 – 8 September 2004) was a senior Australian public servant. Early life Lloyd Bott was born on 8 April 1917 in Thornbury, Melbourne. He attended Northcote High School , motto_translation = Let us follow the better path , established = 1926 , address = 19-25 St. Georges Road , city = Northcote , state = Victoria , postcode .... Career After leaving high school, Bott qualified for the Australian Public Service, Commonwealth Public Service in 1933 and went to work in the Post Office in Sydney. He returned to Melbourne a year later and began to study at the University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Commerce, which he completed in 1948 when he returned from the World War II, Second World War, having served in the Australian Navy. After his time as a 'yachtie' based in Dartmouth, Devon, Dartmouth, Bott joined the Department of Supply, rising to become a Deput ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Commanders Of The Order Of The British Empire
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Deaths
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Australian Public Servants
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1923 Births
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Lindsay Duthie
Lindsay Percival Duthie is a former senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry, between 1980 and 1986. Life and career Lindsay Duthie was born in the early 1930s in Wiluna, Western Australia. He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1951 in the Department of Trade and Customs. In 1976, he was appointed Deputy Secretary in the Department of Trade and Resources The Department of Trade and Resources was an Australian government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Like o .... Duthie was appointed Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry in April 1980. In 1986, in the departmental reshuffle, Duthie was removed as head of the Primary Industry Department, going on to become Special Trade Representative of Australia to Europe between 1986 and 1990. Awards Duthie was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Ives
Walter Ives (26 August 191720 December 2006) was a senior Australian public servant. He was head of the Department of Primary Industry from 1968 to 1978. Life and career Walter Ives was born on 26 August 1917. Ives worked in the CSIRO, and was appointed to the Department of Primary Industry in 1969 from his position there. As the Department of Primary Industry transitioned to become the Department of Agriculture, and then the Department of Primary Industry again, Ives remained its head. In May 1978, Ives was named as the first chairman of the Primary Industry Bank of Australia, and he left the Department of Primary Industry. Ives died on 20 December 2006, aged 89. Awards Ives was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 1976 for his public service. References 1917 births 2006 deaths Australian public servants Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire CSIRO people Burials in New South Wales {{Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Pryor
Frank Commons Pryor (1919-1985) was a senior Australia public servant. Life and career Pryor graduated with first class honours in Philosophy from the University of Sydney, having been a member of the Philosophy Club there in 1939. Within a year of graduation, Pryor began his Australian Public Service career in the Department of the Treasury. In November 1971, Pryor resigned from the Treasury after John Stone was appointed a Deputy Secretary in the Department. In December 1971 Pryor returned to the Australian Public Service as director of the Office of Secondary Industry within the Department of Trade and Industry. In July 1972 the Australian Government approved the creation of 25 new positions in the Office of Secondary Industry, giving Pryor the opportunity to set up the nucleus for a full-scale Department of Secondary Industry. In April 1973 the then Minister for Secondary Industry, Jim Cairns James Ford Cairns (4 October 191412 October 2003) was an Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Scully (public Servant)
James Scully is a retired senior Australian public servant. He is best known for his time in the Australian Government trade department. Life and career Scully was the son of William Scully, a federal Labor MP and government minister. He studied English and History at the University of Sydney, going on to join the Australian Public Service in 1949, in the Department of Trade and Customs as a junior clerk. Between 1961 and 1963, Scully was Assistant Trade Commissioner in Cairo. In 1967, Scully was appointed a First Assistant Secretary in the Department of Trade and Industry, heading the trade services section. In August 1975, Scully was appointed to his first Secretary role, heading the Department of Minerals and Energy. He went on to fill the Secretary position at the Department of National Resources (1975–1977), the Department of Trade and Resources (1977–1983) and the Department of Trade (1983–1984). In 1981, he led bilateral talks on resources development with So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departmental Secretary
In Australia, a departmental secretary is the most senior Civil service, public servant of an Australian Government or States and territories of Australia, state government department. They are typically responsible for the day-to-day actions of a department. Role A departmental secretary is a non-political, non-elected public servant head (and "responsible officer") of government departments, who generally holds their position for a number of years. A departmental secretary works closely with the elected Minister (government), government minister that oversees the Commonwealth List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities, department or state government department in order to bring about policy and program initiatives that the government of day was elected to achieve. A departmental secretary works with other departments and agencies to ensure the delivery of services and programs within the nominated area of responsibility. The secretary is also known as the chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Westerman
Sir Wilfred Alan Westerman (25 March 1913 – 18 May 2001) was a senior Australian public servant and policymaker. Life and career Alan Westerman was born in New Zealand on 25 March 1913. He was educated at Knox Grammar School, the University of Tasmania, the University of Melbourne and Columbia University. After World War II, Westerman joined the Australian Trade Commissioner Service, staying in the organisation between 1946 and 1949. He was appointed Departmental secretary, Secretary of the Department of Trade (1956–1963), Department of Trade in September 1960, becoming Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (Australia), Department of Trade and Industry when the new department was established in 1963. His contribution to trade policy occurred at a significant time in Australia's international trading history, as the nation was seeking markets for its ever-increasing industrial products. Westerman retired from his Secretary role when he was appointed executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
