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Roger Bede Nott CBE

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Appointed: 1 April 1961 to 1 October 1964

Date of birth: 20 October 1908

Place of birth: Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia

Parents: Herbert Nott and Margaret Ann (née Rogers)

Education: Dunedoo Public School

Spouse: Mary (née Rope) - married  13 January 1936

Children: 3 sons

Employment history

  • Shearer, farmer and grazier Dunedoo NSW
  • 1942 to 1944 - Primary Producers representative of Commonwealth Liquid Fuel Board
  • 1941 to 1961 ALP Member for Liverpool Plains NSW Legislative Assembly
  • 1956 to 1957 - Secretary for Lands and Secretary for Mines
  • 1957 to 1959 - Minister for Food Production
  • 1959 to 1961 - Minister for Agriculture
  • 1961 to 1964 - Appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory

Honours and awards

  • 1977 - Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the  General Division (CBE)

Subsequent career

  • 1964 to 1966 - Administrator of Norfolk Island
  • 1976 - Foundation President of the Henry Lawson Society Gulgong