Sir H.C. Coombs

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Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:advisorTo gptkb:John_Curtin
gptkb:Gough_Whitlam
gptkb:Robert_Menzies
gptkb:Harold_Holt
gptkb:Ben_Chifley
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:London_School_of_Economics
gptkb:University_of_Western_Australia
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_Australia
gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:birthDate 1906-02-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kalamunda,_Western_Australia
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:Australian_Council_for_the_Arts
Australian Council for Aboriginal Affairs
gptkbp:child Jill Coombs
gptkbp:deathDate 1997-10-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Sydney,_New_South_Wales
gptkbp:education gptkb:London_School_of_Economics
gptkb:University_of_Western_Australia
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:public_administration
economics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Herbert_Cole_Coombs
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Reserve_Bank_of_Australia
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir H.C. Coombs
gptkbp:knownFor arts patronage
support for Indigenous Australians
Coombs Review (higher education)
gptkbp:legacy Coombs Building at Australian National University
Coombs Centre for Financial Studies
Coombs Policy Forum
Coombs Theatre at ANU
gptkbp:memberOf Australian Labor Party (advisor)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Director-General_of_the_Department_of_Post-War_Reconstruction
gptkb:Governor_of_the_Reserve_Bank_of_Australia
advocate for Aboriginal rights
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:civil_servant
gptkb:economist
gptkbp:predecessor (none, inaugural Governor of RBA)
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Return_of_Scarcity
Trial Balance
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Alice_Ross
gptkbp:successor John Grant Phillips
gptkbp:termEnd 1968
gptkbp:termStart 1960
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia_(central_banking_functions)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6