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THE PROFESSIONAL CAREER PUBLIC SERVICE: SOME REFLECTIONS OF A PRACTITIONER
Author(s) -
Wheeler Sir Frederick
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1980.tb00906.x
Subject(s) - honour , commonwealth , pleasure , public service , government (linguistics) , service (business) , sociology , management , law , political science , public administration , media studies , psychology , philosophy , business , economics , linguistics , marketing , neuroscience
I feel it a great honour to be invited to give the Robert Garran Memorial Oration of 1979. Although Sir Robert and I were of different generations, I did have some personal contact with him following my coming to Canberra in 1939. I also had the pleasure of knowing two of his sons, John and Andrew. Andrew and I were colleagues in our roles as Chairmen of the Victorian and Commonwealth Public Service Boards respectively. These small personal associations enable me to appreciate all the better the wide‐ranging and historic contributions made by Sir Robert to government in Australia.