Bob Cotton
16th Ambassador of Australia to the United States | |
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| In office 16 August 1982 – 1 June 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey J. Price (Chargé d'affaires) |
| Succeeded by | Rawdon Dalrymple |
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| Born | 29 November 1915 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 25 December 2006 (aged 91) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Businessman, pastoralist |
Sir Robert Carrington Cotton,
Early life
Cotton was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1915. He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide and trained as a Royal Australian Air Force pilot in 1942 and 1943, but did not participate in action in World War II as he was seconded to the Department of Supply. Instead Cotton established the timber industry in Oberon, New South Wales as a wartime priority.[1]
After the war Cotton became a businessman and
Politics
Cotton was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia from its foundation, and in the 1949 federal election he ran unsuccessfully for the seat of Macquarie against the sitting Australian Labor Party member, Prime Minister Ben Chifley. He again lost to Chifley, now Leader of the Opposition, in 1951.[2]
From 1957 to 1960 he was New South Wales State President of the Liberal Party.[2]
Senate
Cotton was appointed to the
Later life
Cotton retired from Parliament in 1978. He was Australian Consul-General in New York from 1978 to 1981. He was a director of the
He died on Christmas Day 2006 in Sydney aged 91 after a long illness. He was survived by his second wife, two daughters and a son, three stepchildren, seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and a sister.[7]
Honours
Cotton was knighted (KCMG) in 1978 and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1993.[6] He received a Doctorate of Science from the University of Sydney in 1995.[8]
References
- ^ "Robert Cotton, 1915–2006". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 January 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
- ^ a b c d Graham, John. "COTTON, Sir Robert Carrington (1915–2006)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "The Australian Election Archive Index of Senate appointments 1901–2003". Psephos. Adam Carr. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
- ^ Cranston, Frank (1 December 1972). "DCA plan for tighter security". The Canberra Times. ACT. p. 7.
- ^ "Sir Robert Cotton" (Press release). Prime Minister of Australia. 29 December 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
- ^ a b "Papers of Sir Robert Cotton". National Library of Australia. August 1996. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
- ^ "PM pays tribute to Sir Robert Cotton". The Australian. 29 December 2006. Retrieved 5 January 2007. [dead link]
- ^ "Sir Robert Cotton KCMG AO". University of Sydney. 2 June 1995. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
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