Pat Galvin (public servant)

Pat Galvin
AM
Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs and Environment
In office
1 February 1984 – 13 December 1984
Secretary of the Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment
In office
13 December 1984 – 24 July 1987
Personal details
Born
Patrick John Galvin

(1933-03-17) 17 March 1933 (age 91)
Adelaide, South Australia
NationalityAustralia Australian
SpouseLenore Manderson
ChildrenMichael Galvin, Terence Galvin, Simon Gratton, Scott Galvin, Tobias Manderson-Galvin, Kerith Manderson-Galvin
ParentPat Galvin
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
OccupationPublic servant

Patrick John Galvin AM (born 17 March 1933) is an Australian retired senior public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment between 1984 and 1987.

Life and career

Galvin was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 17 March 1933.[1][2] His father, also called Pat Galvin, was an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives.[1]

Galvin joined the Australian Public Service in 1950, with a personnel cadetship that enabled him to obtain an arts degree from the University of Adelaide.[2][1]

Whilst working in the Department of External Territories, Galvin served in Papua New Guinea.[1]

In 1982, Galvin was appointed as a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Home Affairs and Environment. He was appointed Secretary of the Department in July 1984, having acted in the role since February that year.[3] A departmental reshuffle in December 1984 saw him transitioning to become Secretary of the Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment.[4]

Galvin retired from the public service in 1988, and moved to Brisbane with his wife Dr Lenore Manderson who had been appointed to a position at the University of Queensland.[2]

Awards

In January 1991, Galvin was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his services to heritage, the arts and the Public Service.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Coyle, Kerry (17 November 1985). "Treading the boards with Pat Galvin". The Canberra Times. p. 18.
  2. ^ a b c "Former Arts Department head quits PS". The Canberra Times. 27 November 1987. p. 7. Mr Pat Galvin... will retire from the Public Service on March 17 next year—his 55th birthday
  3. ^ CA 3068: Department of Home Affairs and Environment, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 5 April 2015
  4. ^ CA 4131: Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 29 December 2013
  5. ^ "Search Australian Honours: GALVIN, Patrick John, Member of the Order of Australia", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 5 April 2015
Government offices
Preceded by Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs and Environment
1984 		Succeeded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment
Preceded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs and Environment 		Secretary of the Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment
1984 – 1987 		Succeeded byas Secretary of the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories