Jim Moroney
CBE
Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry
In office
15 February 1956 – October 1962
Personal details
Born
James Vincent Moroney

(1898-12-17)17 December 1898
Bochara, Victoria
Died30 August 1965(1965-08-30) (aged 66)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Resting placeCanberra Cemetery
NationalityAustralia Australian
Spouse
Ivy Florence Davis
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(m. 1939⁠–⁠1965)​
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OccupationPublic servant

James Vincent Moroney CBE (17 December 1898 – 30 August 1965) was a senior Australian public servant and policymaker.

Life and career

Jim Moroney was born on 17 December 1898 in Bochara, Victoria.[2] For schooling, he attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat.[2]

Moroney began his Commonwealth public service career in 1916, in Melbourne as a clerk at the Prime Minister's Department.[2] He went on to work in the Department of Markets and Migration, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Commerce and Agriculture.[2]

In February 1956, Moroney was appointed Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry.[3][4] He stayed in the position until 1962, when he was appointed to a three year term as chairman of the Wheat Board.[5] At the Wheat Board, under Moroney's leadership, the board successfully disposed of three record harvests and Moroney was personally responsible for some of the large wheat sale contracts.[6]

Moroney died of cancer in Canberra on 30 August 1965, aged 66.[2][7]

Awards and honours

Moroney was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 1960.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Honeymoon in Victoria". The Canberra Times. 15 November 1939. p. 2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Drinkwater, Derek (2000), Moroney, James Vincent (Jim) (1898–1965), Australian National University, archived from the original on 5 February 2014
  3. ↑ CA 63: Department of Primary Industry [I], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 17 April 2016, retrieved 2 April 2014
  4. ↑ "Primary Industry Appointment". The Central Queensland Herald. 2 February 1956. p. 5.
  5. ↑ "Chairman of Board appointed". The Canberra Times. 5 September 1962. p. 13.
  6. ↑ "Death of Wheat Board chairman at 66". The Canberra Times. 31 August 1965. p. 9.
  7. ↑ "Wheat Board chairman dies". The Canberra Times. 31 August 1965. p. 1.
  8. ↑ Search Australian Honours: MORONEY, James Vincent, Australian Government, archived from the original on 2 April 2014
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