Person

Callaghan, Allan Robert (1903 - 1993)

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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.

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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)

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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

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Resources

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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