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Stephen Mills (public Servant)
Stephen Mills (23 September 18571 November 1948) was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his long association with the Department of Trade and Customs. Life and career Stephen Mills was born in Sydney on 23 September 1857 to parents Emily and John Mills. Between 1913 and 1922, Mills was Comptroller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs. Mills died on 1 November 1948, in Glen Iris, Melbourne and was cremated. Awards In June 1920, Mills was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for his service as Controller-General of the Trade and Customs Department. References 1857 births 1948 deaths Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 20th-century Australian public servants {{Australia-gov-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departmental Secretary
In Australia, a departmental secretary is the most senior public servant of an Australian Government or 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 government minister that oversees the Commonwealth 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 executive of the department; the position is equivalent to the Permanent Secretary of a government department in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Trade And Customs (Australia)
The Department of Trade and Customs was an Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1956. It was one of the inaugural government departments of Australia established at federation. History The department was one of the first seven Commonwealth Government departments to be established in the Federation year, 1901. The first head of the department was Harry Wollaston, appointed in 1901. In that first year, Wollaston and Charles Kingston worked closely together in drafting legislation and the first Commonwealth customs tariff. In 1956, the department was abolished and most of its functions were split between the Department of Customs and Excise and the Department of Trade. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the department's annual reports. By 1906 the department was responsible for: *bounties; *copyrigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Lockyer (public Servant)
Sir Nicholas Colston Lockyer ISO (6 October 1855 – 26 August 1933) was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as head of the Department of Trade and Customs. Life and career Lockyer was born in Woolloomooloo, Sydney on 6 October 1855. His first marriage was to Mary Juliet, daughter of Geoffrey Eagar, from 1885 to her death in 1898. In 1901, he married Winifred, the daughter of Harry Wollaston Sir Harry Newton Phillips Wollaston (17 January 184611 February 1921) was a senior Australian public servant. He was the first Comptroller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs, from 1901 to his retirement in 1911. Life and career .... Between 1911 and 1913, Lockyer was Comptroller-General of Customs and head of the Department of Trade and Customs. Lockyer died at his home in Toorak, Melbourne, on 26 August 1933. Awards Lockyer was awarded an Imperial Service Order in July 1906 whilst Collector of Customs for New South Wales. He was created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Whitton
Percy Whitton ISO ISO is the most common abbreviation for the International Organization for Standardization. ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance * Iso (supermarket), a chain of Danish supermarkets incorporated into the SuperBest chain in 2007 * Is ... (28 January 186114 March 1923) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Comptroller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs between October 1922 and his death in March 1923. Life and career Whitton was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 28 January 1861. In 1902, Whitton transferred to the Commonwealth Audit Office and worked under its first Auditor-General John William Israel. In 1910 he was appointed Collector of Customs for Victoria, a job in which he stayed until 1917 when he became Chief Prices Commissioner under the War Precautions Act. In October 1922 he took up the position of Comptroller-General of Customs. On 14 March 1923, Whitton suffered a heart attack and died in his sleep at his home o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1857 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, '' Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. * January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating. * January 9 – The 7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). * January 24 – The University of Calcutta is established in Calcutta, as the first multidisciplinary modern university in South Asia. The University of Bombay is also established in Bombay, British India, this year. * February 3 – The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, D.C., becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf. * February 5 – The Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States is promulgated. * March – The Austrian garrison leaves Bucharest. * March 3 ** France and the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Companions Of The Order Of St Michael And St George
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) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
