Biographical entry Callaghan, Allan Robert (1903 - 1993)

Summary

Allan Callaghan was Principal of the Roseworthy Agricultural College of South Australia from1932 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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Events

1932 - 1949

Career position - Principal of the Roseworthy Agricultural College in South Australia

1941 - 1945

Career position - Chairman of the 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 of the Land Development Executive, South Australia

1949 - 1959

Career position - Director of Agriculture in South Australia

1954

Award - Farrer Medal received from the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

1959 - 1965

Career position - Commercial Counsellor in Washington, USA

1965 - 1971

Career position - Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board

1972

Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt cr)

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, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, 2002, 145 pp. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Callaghan, Allan R', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1177007. Details