Alfred Clement Borthwick "Alf" Maiden (21 August 192230 July 1979) was a senior Australian public servant and businessman. He was

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of the Department of Primary Industry between October 1962 and December 1968.

Life and career

Alfred Maiden was born on 21 August 1922 in Taree, New South Wales. At 16 he began a four-year program at New England University College, graduating in history and economics with honours after just three years. He joined the army in 1941, at 19, and during

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was positioned in

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. In October 1962, Maiden was appointed Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry He resigned from the role in 1968 to become managing director of the International Wool Secretariat in London. Alf Maiden died on 30 July 1979. His death was widely mourned, including by then Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser—Maiden had been Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry when Fraser had been Minister of the Department in 1967.

Awards

Maiden was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 1965 while Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry.

References

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