Person
Miller, David (1857 - 1934)
- Born
- 27 March 1857
Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 27 November 1934
Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Public servant and Soldier
Summary
David Miller was a clerk to the Surveyor-General of New South Wales and was sent by H. Russell, Director of the Sydney Observatory, to Lord Howe Island as a member of one of the teams to observe the transit of Venus in 1882. After his Scientific career David Miller went on to become an important public servant and military major serving in the Second Boer War. He was the first Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs and played a pivotal role in the design and establishment of Canberra as the Federal Capital of Australia.
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- David Miller - Records, 1882, ML MSS 3391; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Harrison, Peter, 'Miller, David (1857-1934), public servant and soldier' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 505-506. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/miller-david-7580. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5237574. Details
- 'Miller, David (18570327-19341127)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467675. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 25 June 2018
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