Australia Agent-general

1 australia

1.1 list of agents-general new south wales
1.2 list of agents-general queensland
1.3 list of agents-general south australia
1.4 list of agents-general tasmania
1.5 list of agents-general victoria
1.6 list of agents-general western australia

australia
list of agents-general new south wales

the new south wales office in london 1 of several overseas offices established represent various states interests in london. london office established after appointment of first agent-general on 1 may 1787. after 1932, agent-general s office abolished , replaced new south wales government offices, london. agent-general s office re-established in 1937.

in september 1992, position of nsw agent-general in london abolished fahey government. replaced nsw government trade , investment office, london, had no diplomatic function, focussed on promotion of investment , trade in uk , europe.

list of agents-general queensland

hon. john douglas, 1869–1870
archibald archer, 1870–1872
richard daintree, 1872–1876
arthur macalister, 1876–1881
thomas archer, 1881–1884, 1888–1890
james francis garrick, 1884–1888, 1890–1895
william hemmant, 1885 (acting)
sir henry wylie norman, 1896
hon. sir horace tozer, 1898–1909
thomas bilbe robinson, 1910–1919
john mcewan hunter, 1919–1922
john arthur fihelly, 1922–1924
john saunders huxham, 1924–1929
edward henry macartney, 1929–1931
leonard henry pike, 1931–51
sir david muir, 1951–64
william alan thompson summerville, 1964–1970
hon. sir peter roylance delamothe, 1971–1973
n c sweeney (acting), 1973–1974
hon. sir wallace rae, 1974–1980
g. w. swan (acting), august 1980 – march 1981
john h andrews, april 1981 – september 1984
john f s brown, september 1984 – march 1988
hon d t mcveigh, april 1988 – january 1991
ray t anderson, june 1991 – september 1995
dermot mcmanus, february 1996 – october 2000
ray kelly (acting), october 2000 – april 2001
john dawson, april 2001 – september 2007
ross buchanan (acting), october 2007 – april 2008
andrew hugh craig, april 2008 – june 2011
ken smith, july 2011 – may 2017
linda apelt, august 2017  – present

list of agents-general south australia

gregory seale walters, 1856–1865
francis dutton, 1865–1877
arthur blyth, 1877–1891
john cox bray, 1892–1894
thomas playford ii, 1894–1898
sir john cockburn, 1898–1901
henry allerdale grainger, 1901–1905
john jenkins, 1905–1908
andrew kirkpatrick, 1909–1914
sir frederick william young, 1915–1918
sir edward lucas, 1918–1925
john price, 1925–1928
sir henry barwell, 1928–1933
lionel hill, 1933–1934
sir charles mccann, 1934–1951
alfred greenham, (in 1959?)
malcolm pearce, 1961–1966
raymond charles taylor, 1971–1974
geoff walls, 1985?–1998
maurice de rohan, 1998–2006
bill muirhead, 2007–present

list of agents-general tasmania

hon. adye douglas (later sir, kt), 1886–1887
sir arthur blyth (acting), 1887–1888
james arndell youl cmg (later sir, kcmg) (acting), 1888
hon. edward braddon, (later right hon sir, pc kcmg), 1888–1893
sir robert herbert, 1893–1896
sir andrew clarke (acting), 1896
sir westby perceval, 1896–1898
sir andrew clarke (acting), 1898–1899
hon. sir philip oakley fysh, kcmg, 1899–1901
sir andrew clarke (acting), 1901
hon. alfred dobson, cmg, 1901–1908
sir john mccall, kcmg, kt., 1909–1919
alfred henry ashbolt (later sir, kt), 1919–1924
lieut.-colonel r. eccles snowden (later sir, kt), 1924–1930
darcy w. addison, cmg, iso, mvo, 1930–1931
herbert w. ely, iso (acting), 1931–1937
hon. sir claude ernest weymouth james, kt, 1937–1950
sir eric e. von bibra, kt, obe 1950–1958
hon. sir alfred j white, kt 1959–1971
royce r. neville, 1971–1978
hon. william a. neilson, ac, 1978–1981

list of agents-general victoria

hugh culling eardley childers, 1857–1858
charles pasley, 1864–1867 (acting)
george frederic verdon, 1867–1872
hugh culling eardley childers, 1872–1873
james mcculloch, 1873 (acting january april)
archibald michie, 1873–1879
charles pasley, 1880–1882 (acting)
robert murray smith, 1882–1886
graham berry, 1886–1891
james munro, 1892–1893
duncan gillies, 1893–1897
andrew clarke, 1897–1902 (and tasmania)
john william taverner, 1903–1913
peter mcbride, 1913–1922
john mcwhae, 1922–1924
george fairbairn, 1924–1927
walter leitch, 1929–1933
richard linton, 1933–1936
murray william james bourchier, 1936–1937
albert louis bussau, 1938–1944
norman angus martin, 1945–1950
john henry lienhop, 1950–1956
william watt leggatt, 1956– 1964
sir horace petty, 1964–1969
ian haig, 1983–1985
kenneth andrew finnin, 1985–1988
ian haig, 1988–1989
alan brown, 1996–2000
peter hansen, 2000–2004
david buckingham, 2004–2009
sally capp, 2009–2012
geoffrey conaghan, 2013–present

list of agents-general western australia

1910 advertisement wa agent general



hon. edward horne wittenoom, 1889 - 1901
hon. septimus burt kc, 1891–1892 (acting)
hon. sir malcolm fraser, 1892–1898
hon. sir edward wittenoom, 1898–1901
hon. sir henry lefroy, 1901–1904
hon. sir walter james, 1904–1907
hon. sir cornthwaite rason, 1907–1911
hon. sir newton moore, 1911–1917
hon. sir james connolly, 1917–1923
hon. sir hal colebatch, 1923–1927
hon. william angwin, 1927–1933
hon. sir hal colebatch, 1933–1939
hon. michael troy, 1939–1947
hon. william kitson, 1947–1952
hon. james dimmitt, 1953–1957
hon. ernest hoar, 1957–1965
hon. gerald wild, 1965–1971
hon. william bovell, 1971–1974
jim richards, 1975–1978
les slade, 1978–1982
ron douglas, 1982–1986
hon. ron davies, 1986–1990
david fischer, 1990–1992
gary stokes, 1992–1994
bill hassell, 1994–1996
hon. clive griffiths, 1997–2001
robert fisher, 2001–2005
noel ashcroft, 2005–2008
dr. kerry sanderson, 2008–2012
kevin skipworth, 2012–2015
john atkins, 2015–present




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^ edward wittenoom