Person
Morrison, William (Bill) Lawrence (1928 - 2013)
AO
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 2013
- Occupation
- Politician
Summary
Bill Morrison served as the minister for Science under the Whitlam Government in the 1970s.
Details
Chronology
- 1949
- Education - Earned Degree in Economics at Sydney University
- 1950 -
- Career position - Cadet, Department of External Affairs, Commonwealth Public Service
- 1969
- Career event - Won seat of St George, Sydney
- 1972 - 1975
- Career position - Federal Minister for Science
- 1975
- Career event - Lost seat of St George, Sydney
- 1980
- Career event - Won seat of St George, Sydney
- 1980 - 1983
- Career position - Member of the Opposition, Commonwealth Government of Australia
- 1985 - 1989
- Career position - Ambassador to Indonesia
- 1988
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the Commonwealth Parliament and to international relations
Archival resources
National Library of Australia
- At the opening of the Papua New Guinea display at the National Library in Canberra, 1973, 3513779; National Library of Australia. Details
- Bill Morrison [picture] / Moir, 2058640; National Library of Australia. Details
- [Biographical cuttings on Bill Morrison, politician, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals], 2490180; National Library of Australia. Details
- Papers of William (Bill) L. Morrison [Part B] (1928- ), 1967 - 1985, MS 4957; National Library of Australia. Details
- William Morrison interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording], 29 June 1976 - 19 October 1976, ORAL TRC 121/81; National Library of Australia. Details
State Library of New South Wales
- Ricegrowers' Co-operative Mills' barbeque at CSIRO for Minister for Science William Morrison and Al Grassby, Griffith, 26 Mar 1973, http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=FL934616&embedded=true&toolbar=false; State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Ramsy, Alan, 'From Curl Curl to the Kremlin, then Canberra', Sydney Morning Herald (2013), http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/from-curl-curl-to-the-kremlin-then-canberra-20130219-2epj2.html. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4910261. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/26640565. Details
- 'Morrison, Bill (1928-20131231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-459844. Details
Elizabeth Daniels
Created: 15 August 2017