Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Peter Maurice Arnison, (born 21 October 1940) is a retired

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (Austral ...

officer who served as the 23rd

Governor of Queensland The governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the monarch of Australia. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governor Governors of the Australian states, performs c ...

, in office from July 1997 until July 2003. He graduated from the

Royal Military College, Duntroon lit: Learning promotes strength , established = , type = Military college , chancellor = , head_label = Commandant , head = Brigadier Ana Duncan , principal = , city = Campbell , state = ...

in 1962, and served as

Land Commander Australia Forces Command (FORCOMD) is the largest command within the Australian Army responsible for the combat brigades, the enabling and training formations reporting to the Chief of the Army with approximately 85% of the Army’s personnel. The Command ...

from 1994 until he retired from the Australian Army in 1996. For the year prior to his appointment as governor, Arnison was the executive director of Allied Rubber Products, a manufacturing firm. He is a former

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Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

, and is Chairman of Panbio Limited,CEO on extended medical leave
press release, Panbio Ltd, 8 August 2006, www.panbio.com.au Chairman of the Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, Director of Energex Limited,Board of directors
, ENERGEX Limited, www.energex.com.au Governor of the Queensland Community Foundation, and on the board of directors of the Australian Multicultural Foundation.

Personal

Arnison is married to Barbara.
Stateline (Queensland), 11 July 2003, abc.net.au

Education, appointments, honours and awards

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University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

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Griffith University Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asian s ...

D Letters D, or d, is the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''dee'' (pronounced ), plural ''dees''. History Th ...

University of Southern Queensland The University of Southern Queensland (branded as UniSQ and formerly branded as USQ) is a medium-sized, regional university based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, with three university campuses at Toowoomba, Springfield and Ipswich. It offe ...

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Southern Cross University Southern Cross University (SCU) is an Australian public university, with campuses at Lismore and Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, and at Coolangatta, the most southern suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland. It is ranked in the top ...

::Fellow of the

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:July 1977 National MedalNational Medal
14 July 1977, itsanhonour.gov.au :January 1992 Officer of the

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(AO)Officer of the Order of Australia
Military division, 26 January 1992, itsanhonour.gov.au Citation: In recognition of service to the Australian Army as the Commander of the 1st Division :1994 Land Commander Australia (LCAUST) :June 1996 Executive Director, Allied Rubber Products :July 1997 Queensland’s 23rd Governor :January 2001

Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or go ...

Centenary Medal
1 January 2001, itsanhonour.gov.au :March 2001 Companion of the

(AC)Companion of the Order of Australia
Civil division, 30 March 2001, itsanhonour.gov.au Citation: In recognition of service as Governor of Queensland :March 2002 Commander of the

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

(CVO)The Royal Victorian Order – Commander
3 March 2002, itsanhonour.gov.au Citation: In recognition for service as Governor of Queensland :December 2004 Non-executive Director, ENERGEX Limited ::Chair, Network and Technical Committee, ENERGEX Limited ::Member, Audit and Compliance Committee, ENERGEX Limited ::Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology Chancellor
, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), September 2009, www.chancellery.qut.edu.au ::Chairman of The Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health ::Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation ::Chairman of Panbio Limited ::Chairman, Communities Future Task Force :September 2009 re-elected Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) :January 2011 Appointed Chairman of the Flood Response Review Board in Brisbane''Flood disaster response under scrutiny''
Brisbane Times, 21 January 2011, www.brisbanetimes.com.au

References

External links

Biog at Queensland Museum Foundation
* Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), homepag

with pictures

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