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The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian federal government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Australia. It was abolished in December 1975 and replaced by the Postal and Telecommunications Department.
Bede Fanning was born in Casino, New South Wales on 18 August 1885. [1]During World War II, while the Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department at the time, Daniel McVey, was engaged on work for the Department of Civil Aviation and Aircraft production, Fanning was head of the Australian Post Office.
Trevor Housley was born on 31 October 1910 in Gympie, Queensland. [1]Housley served for four years as chief airways engineer in the Department of Civil Aviation, [2] until 1951 when he joined the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) as assistant general manager. [2]
Winton Malcolm Blount, known as Red Blount (February 1, 1921 – October 24, 2002), was an American philanthropist and politician who served as the United States Postmaster General from January 22, 1969, to January 1, 1972.
Giles Chippindall was born in Carlton, Melbourne on 21 May 1893. [1] He was educated at state schools in Victoria and Prahran College. [2]Chippindall joined the Australian Public Service in 1908 as a telegraph messenger in the Postmaster-General's Department.
From 1829 to 1971, the postmaster general was the head of the Post Office Department (or simply "Post Office" until the 1820s [9]: 60–65 ) and was a member of the president's Cabinet. During that era, the postmaster general was appointed by the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. [9]: 120
Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield (March 17, 1899 – April 26, 1972) was a U.S. political figure who served as the 57th Postmaster General of the United States from 1953 to 1961. As Postmaster General, he was an ardent opponent of obscenity.
In 1869, he opened his second store at 818 Chestnut Street, and, capitalizing on his own name due to the untimely death of his brother-in-law and growing reputation, renamed the company John Wanamaker & Co. In 1875, he purchased an abandoned railroad depot and converted it into a large store, called John Wanamaker & Co.