Currie, George Alexander - Submissions by the Vice-Chancellor to the Committee on Universities, 1959

Fonds — Folder: MSS C976 S

Identifier: curg

Staff Only

Dates

1954-1959

Biographical/Historical note

Currie, George Alexander, Sir

Missing Title

1896: Born
1984: Died

Born in Banffshire, Scotland, on 13 August 1896, George Alexander Currie became a prominent agricultural scientist, working mainly in Queensland, Australia. He was Hackett Professor of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, c.1939. He was specially commissioned in 1945 to make a survey and report to the Commonwealth Department of Post-War Reconstruction on rural training for ex-service personnel. From 1941 he served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Australia, before becoming Vice-Chancellor of the University of New Zealand in 1952. He played a leading role in the re-organisation of the New Zealand university system, which entered into legislation in 1961. Currie was knighted in 1961, before returning to Australia with his wife and children in 1962. He died in Canberra on 4 May 1984 [source: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography].

Extent

1 linear_centimeters

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Administrative Information

All text and images are copyright to Victoria University of Wellington. Enquiries for re-use should be made in the first instance to the J C Beaglehole Room, VUW Library.

Subjects

NRAM: The Community Archive entry Subject Source: Local sources
University archives - corporate Subject Source: Local sources

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Currie, George Alexander - Submissions by the Vice-Chancellor to the Committee on Universities, 1959
Subtitle: J C Beaglehole Room - archives and manuscripts
Status: Edited Full Draft
Author: Nicola Frean
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: Finding aid is written inEnglish
Edition statement: XML EAD edition