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Jim Brigden
James Bristock Brigden (20 July 188712 October 1950) was a senior Australian public servant, heading Australian Government Departments during World War II. Life and career Brigden was born in Maldon, Victoria on 20 July 1887. He attended school in Victoria, but left at age 16 with a job as a cabin-boy on a ship to England. In 1915 Brigden enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force as a private. He was wounded in France. After the First World War Brigden moved to Tasmania, where he was appointed as a tutor to Workers' Educational Association classes at Queenstown, in the state's west. He went on to become the Professor of Economics at University of Tasmania, staying in the position until his resignation in June 1929. In 1935 Brigden was appointed Queensland government statistician. In 1938, he was appointed chairman of the National Insurance Commission, responsible for health insurance and pensions and benefits functions. In May 1939, then Health Minister Frederick Stewart a ... [...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] |
Daniel McVey
Sir Daniel McVey (24 November 189224 December 1972) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department from 1940 until December 1946. Life and career Daniel McVey was born in Carronshore, Stirlingshire, Scotland, on 24 November 1892, to Daniel and Jeanie McVey. He and his younger brothers Robert (Bob), Harry (Henry), George, Bill and sister Nessie moved to Australia in 1910 after their mother Jeanie died in childbirth and their father remarried. McVey joined the Commonwealth Public Service in the Postmaster-General's Department as a clerk in 1914. He left the department to serve with the First Australian Imperial Force between 1915 and 1919 in the 45th Battery, attaining the position Lieutenant. He was appointed Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, heading the Postmaster-General's Department, in January 1940. From February 1944, McVey had also held the post of Director-General of Civil Aviation, head of the Department of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Personnel From Victoria (state)
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct military uniform. It may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of the military is usually defined as defence of the state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms ''armed forces'' and ''military'' are often treated as synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include both its military and other paramilitary forces. There are various forms of irregular military forces, not belonging to a recognized state; though they share many attributes with regular military forces, they are less often referred to as simply ''military''. A nation's military may f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Public Servants
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'', 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 (other) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania *Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Deaths
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship ''Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 – Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. * February 2 – The first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 – The Interstate Commerce Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jensen (public Servant)
Sir John Klunder Jensen (20 March 188417 February 1970) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Munitions between 1942 and 1948. Life and career John Jensen was born in Bendigo, Victoria on 20 March 1884. He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1901, the year of Australia's federation and the year the service was first established. In 1920, Jensen visited the United States on rifle-manufacturing business, and he went on to study factory administration in England and in the United States. In January 1942, Jensen was appointed Secretary of the Department of Munitions. During his time as permanent head of the Munitions department, he was a member of the Allied Supply Standing Committee and the executive of the Allied Supply Council. In the role, he played a leading part in organizing munitions supply during World War II. His department was abolished in 1948 after scaling down after the world war. At this time, Jensen was moved to head t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Smith (public Servant)
Arthur Sydney Victor Smith (22 January 18939 February 1971) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Supply and Development from 1941 to 1942. Life and career Arthur Smith was born in Coburg, Melbourne on 22 January 1893. Smith began his Commonwealth Public Service career in the Postmaster-General's Department The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian federal government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Australia. It was ... when he was just 14. Smith was appointed Secretary of the Department of Supply and Development in July 1941. In this role, he spent March to June 1942 in Washington, at first to secure greater collaboration between Australia, Britain and the United States in fighting the war in the Pacific. When the Pacific War Council was established, Smith was Australia's representative at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Rowe (public Servant)
Francis Harry Rowe (20 October 189524 May 1958) was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as Director-General of the Department of Social Services. Life and career Frank Rowe was born in Bright, Victoria on 20 October 1895. In March 1917, Rowe enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force and was assigned to a position in the Army Medical Corps. He was discharged in September that year. In 1918 he joined the Commonwealth Public Service in the Repatriation Department, as a clerk. Between April 1941 and his death in May 1958, Rowe was head of the Department of Social Services. He took over from Jim Brigden James Bristock Brigden (20 July 188712 October 1950) was a senior Australian public servant, heading Australian Government Departments during World War II. Life and career Brigden was born in Maldon, Victoria on 20 July 1887. He attended schoo ... who had held the position only nominally since the idea of national insurance had been considered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Supply And Development (1939–42) , an Australian government department
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Department of Supply and Development may refer to: * Department of Supply and Development (1939–42), an Australian government department * Department of Supply and Development (1948–50) Department of Supply and Development may refer to: * Department of Supply and Development (1939–42), an Australian government department * Department of Supply and Development (1948–50), an Australian government department {{disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Social Services (1939–72)
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Department of Social Services may refer to: *Alternative name for Child Protective Services in some U.S. jurisdictions *Department of Social Services (Australia) **Department of Social Services (1939–72), defunct Australian government department *Department of Social Services (Bangladesh) Department of Social Services (সমাজসেবা অধিদফতর) is a government department responsible for carrying out social services, social safety nets, and welfare programs in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka. History Depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Stewart (Australian Politician)
Sir Frederick Harold Stewart (14 August 1884 – 30 June 1961) was an Australian businessman, politician and government minister. His continuing political commitment was to the establishment of a national insurance scheme and the shortening of working hours to improve social conditions during the Great Depression, despite the opposition of his own party. Early life Stewart was born in Newcastle and educated in public schools in Newcastle and worked for 20 years as an administrative officer in the New South Wales Government Railways. In 1908 he married Lottie May Glover and they had six children. He was a prominent Methodist Lay Preacher. In 1919 Stewart developed the Sydney suburb of Chullora and owned the Metropolitan Omnibus Company that serviced the area. He also had an early interest in aviation and broadcasting. He established radio station 2CH and with Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm established Australian National Airways. Political career Stewart failed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
