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Raggatt, Harold George (1900 - 1968)

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Geologist

Born: 25 January 1900 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 2 November 1968 Hughes, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

(Sir) Harold George Raggatt joined the Geological Survey of New South Wales in 1922 and in 1940 was appointed Commonwealth Geologist. From 1942-51 he was foundation Director of the Bureau of Mineral Resources and until 1965 Secretary to the Department of National Development. He was educated at the University of Sydney (BSc, MSc, DSc) and knighted in 1963.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1922 - 1939 Geologist with the Geological Survey of New South Wales
1939 Assistant to the Commonwealth Geological Adviser
1940 - 1942 Commonwealth Geological Adviser
1942 - 1951 Director of the Commonwealth Mineral Resources Survey (later Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics)
1951 - 1956 Secretary of the Department of National Development
1954 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1954 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1957 - 1965 Deputy Chairman of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission
1963 Knighted

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See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000728. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 4 December 2006

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