Person
Murray, Jack Keith (1889 - 1979)
OBE
- Born
- 8 February 1889
Brighton, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 10 December 1979
Jindalee, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural scientist and Administrator
Summary
Sir Jack Murray was Principal of the Queensland Agricultural College from 1923 to 1945 and Administrator of Papua and New Guinea from 1945 to 1952. Under his administration the run down College was transformed into Queensland's top rural education institute. Murray was also heavily involved in the military. Between 1913 and 1920 he was a member of the Australian Imperial Force serving in many locations. From 1935 Murray was involved in administering army training schools and in civil affairs.
Details
Chronology
- 1914
- Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1915
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1916 - 1920
- Military service - First World War. Australian Imperial Force
- 1920 - 1922
- Career position - Lecturer in Dairy Bacteriology and Technology at Hawkesbury Agricultural College in New South Wales
- 1923 - 1945
- Career position - Principal of the Queensland Agricultural High School and College in Gatton
- 1935 - 1945
- Military service - Second World War. Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, 25th Battalion, Darling Downs Regiment.
- 1944 - 1945
- Career position - Joined the Directorate of Research (and Civil Affairs) in Melbourne
- 1945 -
- Military service - Transferred to the Reserve of Officers (in October)
- 1945 - 1952
- Career position - Administrator of the Territory of Papua-New Guinea
- 1959
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- 1967
- Education - Doctor of Science honoris causa (Hon DSc) received from the University of Queensland
- 1975 -
- Career position - Appointed Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland
- 1978
- Award - Knighted
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Jack Keith Murray - Records, 1936 - 1975, MS 5016; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Books
- Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1987), 180 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Jinks, Brian, 'Murray, Sir Jack Keith (1889-1979)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 15 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 450-451. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150522b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q29545729. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92149189. Details
- CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Murray Jack Keith', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=7990481. Details
- 'Murray, J K (1889-1979)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-503979. Details
See also
- Caro, D. E.; Martin, R. L., 'Leslie Harold Martin 1900-1983', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 97-107. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710097. Details
- Crompton, R. W., 'Leonard George Holden Huxley 1902-1988', Historical Records of Australian Science, 8 (4) (1991), 249-264. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9910840249.htm. Details
- White, F. W.G., 'Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978)', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (1) (1980), 68-102. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9800510068. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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