Person

Murray, Jack Keith (1889 - 1979)

KBE

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; and from 1935 was administering army training schools and civil affairs.

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Chronology

1914
Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc), University of Sydney
1915
Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), 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
1926 - 1932
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Agriculture), Australian National Research Council
1932
Career event - Elected Member (Agriculture), Australian National Research Council
1935 - 1945
Military service - Second World War. Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, 25th Battalion, Darling Downs Regiment.
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
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
Jan 1959
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - Public service in Queensland
1967
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Queensland
1975 -
Career position - Appointed Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland
1978
Award - Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) - Papua New Guinea

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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

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See also

Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes

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