Robert Arthur Broinowski
Australian public servant and poet
About Robert Arthur Broinowski
Lived 1877 – 1959 (aged 81–82). Robert Arthur Broinowski was an Australian civil servant, poet and private secretary.
Robert Arthur Broinowski (1 December 1877 – 16 August 1959) was an Australian public servant. He served as clerk of the Australian Senate from 1939 to 1942.
Early life Broinowski was born on 1 December 1877 in Balwyn, Victoria. He was one of eight children born to Jane (née Smith) and Gracius Broinowski. His father was a Polish-born ornithologist and artist who arrived in Australia in the 1850s.
Broinowski and his family moved to Sydney in 1880. He attended a state school in Milsons Point, then went on to St Aloysius' College where his father was an art teacher.
Career In 1902, Broinowski joined the Commonwealth Public Service in Melbourne as a clerk with the Department of Defence, a position obtained via Prime Minister Edmund Barton who was a friend of his father. In 1907 he was appointed private secretary to the minister for defence, working under Thomas Ewing, George Pearce, and Joseph Cook.
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Who was Robert Arthur Broinowski?
Australian public servant and poet (1877-1959)
When was Robert Arthur Broinowski born?
Robert Arthur Broinowski was born on 1 December 1877 in Balwyn.
When did Robert Arthur Broinowski die?
Robert Arthur Broinowski died in 1959 in Lindfield.
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Robert Arthur Broinowski was a civil servant, poet and private secretary.
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Robert Arthur Broinowski was Australian.
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