Colin Moodie Explained

Colin Moodie
Birth Name:Colin Troup Moodie
Birth Date:5 April 1913
Birth Place:Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, New South Wales
Death Place:Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:Public servant, diplomat
Alma Mater:University of Adelaide
(LLB)
Nationality:Australian

Colin Troup Moodie (5 April 19136 February 2000) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.

Life and career

Moodie was born on 5 April 1913 in Wollstonecraft, New South Wales. In 1920, when Moodie was seven, he and his family moved to Adelaide so that Moodie's father could take a bank manager role.

Moodie was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, achieving a scholarship to St. Mark's College at the University of Adelaide after being named dux of his class. Moodie graduated from the university in 1934 with a Bachelor of Laws.

He began a legal career and was associate to Herbert Angas Parsons before resigning in 1937 to take up an appointment at the Department of External Affairs as a clerk.[1] [2]

In 1944 Moodie was appointed official secretary to the first Australian High Commissioner to India Iven Mackay. Moodie was one of several officers responsible for setting up the new mission in Delhi.[3]

Moodie was appointed Australia's first Minister to Burma in 1954.[4]

From 1972 to 1975, Moodie was Australian Ambassador to South Africa.[5] [6]

Moodie died in Adelaide on 6 February 2000.

Notes and References

  1. News: Canberra Position for Court Associate. 20 March 1937. 2. News. Adelaide, SA.
  2. News: Graduates for Federal Public Service. The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 14 April 1937. 15.
  3. News: General Mackay's Staff. The Daily News. Perth, WA. 6. 14 February 1944.
  4. News: Australian for Burma. News. Adelaide, SA. 15 March 1954. 4.
  5. News: Foreign Affairs changes. 12 June 1972. The Canberra Times. 8.
  6. News: Post in Pretoria. 25 June 1975. 8. The Canberra Times.