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Biographical entry Noble, Robert Jackson

Born: Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Agricultural scientist

Summary

Robert Noble was Director and Permanent Head of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture 1940-1959, having joined the Department in 1913.

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New South Wales Department of Agriculture, State of New South Wales (1908 - )
Robert Nobel joined the New South Wales Department of Agriculture in 1913 and was Permanent Head from 1940 until 1959.

Date: 1913 - 1959

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

Robert Jackson Noble - Records, 1901 - 1980, ML MSS 2465; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

University of Sydney, Archives

Robert Jackson Noble - Records, 1908 - 1935, P 82 and others; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Green Lindsay, 'Noble, Robert Jackson (1894-1981), Agricultural Scientist and Public Servant', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 18, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2012, p. 225. Details

Online Resources

'Noble, R J (18940517-19810521)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-582464. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018

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