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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000644b.htm person Miller David AACR2 27 March 1857 27 November 1934 Place of Birth Glebe, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia Public servant Soldier David Miller was a clerk to the Surveyor-General of New South Wales and was sent by H. Russell, Director of the Sydney Observatory, to Lord Howe Island as a member of one of the teams to observe the transit of Venus in 1882. After his Scientific career David Miller went on to become an important public servant and military major serving in the Second Boer War. He was the first Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs and played a pivotal role in the design and establishment of Canberra as the Federal Capital of Australia.

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 Miller, David (18570327-19341127)

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 'Miller, David', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Miller, David Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Miller, David (1857-1934), public servant and soldier Harrison, Peter Miller, David (1857-1934), public servant and soldier Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 505-506 David Miller - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales David Miller - Records ML MSS 3391 1882 An illustrated notebook kept while on the Transit of Venus Expedition to Lord Howe Island 1882 [1 box, ML MSS 3391]. 1 box Artwork