Person
Callaghan, Allan Robert (1903 - 1993)
Kt
- Born
- 24 November 1903
Perthville, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 18 July 1993
Wattle Park, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural scientist and Public servant
Summary
Allan Callaghan was Principal of the Roseworthy Agricultural College of South Australia from 1932 to 1949 and then South Australian Director of Agriculture (1949-1959). He was educated at the Universities of Sydney (BScAgr) and Oxford (DPhil) and spent the next four years in plant breeding research with New South Wales Department of Agriculture.
Details
Chronology
- 1932 - 1949
- Career position - Principal of the Roseworthy Agricultural College in South Australia
- 1941 - 1945
- Career position - Chairman, Crown Land Development Committee of South Australia
- 1945
- Award - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
- 1945 - 1951
- Career position - Chairman, Land Development Executive, South Australia
- 1949 - 1959
- Career position - Director of Agriculture in South Australia
- 1954
- Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust
- 1959 - 1965
- Career position - Commercial Counsellor in Washington, USA
- 1965 - 1971
- Career position - Chairman, Australian Wheat Board
- 1972
- Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt)
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Allan Robert Callaghan - Records, 1923 - 1974, MS 4850; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Books
- Humphreys, L. R., Allan Callaghan: a Life (Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 2002), 145 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Stock, H. M. P., 'Callaghan, Sir Allan Robert (1903 - 1993), agricultural scientist and public servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 19: 1991 - 1995 A-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2021), pp. 127-8. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/callaghan-sir-allan-robert-18728. Details
Resources
- 'Callaghan, Allan R (19031124-19930718)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1177007. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 February 2024
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