About Harold Raggatt
Lived 1900 – 1968 (aged 68). Harold Raggatt was an Australian civil servant.
Sir Harold George Raggatt (25 January 19002 November 1968) was a senior Australian public servant and geologist, best known for his time as Secretary of the Department of National Development.
Life and career Harold Raggatt was born on 25 January 1900 in North Sydney, New South Wales.
Raggatt joined the Australian Public Service in 1939. In the role, he worked to measure Australia's natural resources, and to develop a policy to assist in Australia's economic development. In 1960, he helped broker the lifting of the 20-year embargo on Australian export of iron ore. In June 1963, Raggatt was appointed a Knight Bachelor.
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Who was Harold Raggatt?
Australian public servant
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Harold Raggatt was born on 25 January 1900.
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Harold Raggatt died on 2 November 1968 in Hughes.
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Harold Raggatt was a civil servant.
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Harold Raggatt was Australian.
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