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Max Smith (golfer)
Richard Max Smith (born 22 February 1930) is a former Australian politician. He represented Electoral district of Pittwater, Pittwater in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1986, first as a member of the Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division), Liberal Party and then as an Independent (politician), independent. Smith was born in Gladesville, New South Wales, Gladesville to John Voyle Smith and Doris Ethel Cullen. He was educated at Parramatta, New South Wales, Parramatta High School and then the University of Sydney, and was selected as the youngest member sent to the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Edinburgh's 1956 study conference at Oxford. He became a miner and colliery manager. He worked for Australian Iron and Steel from 1951 to 1962 and was superintendent of Rio Tinto Group, Rio Tinto from 1962 to 1967, subsequently serving as consultant mining engineer until 1974. From 1974 to 1978 he was technical and operations director of Coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |