Allen Brown (public servant)
{{Short description|Australian public servant}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sir Allen Brown
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}}
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| office1 = Secretary of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction
| term_start1 = 1 January 1949
| term_end1 = 24 August 1949
| office2 = Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department
| term_start2 = 25 August 1949
| term_end2 = 31 December 1958
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|07|03|df=y}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|08|02|1911|07|03|df=y}}
| occupation = Public servant
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| nationality = Australian
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| spouse = Hilda (m. 1936; d. 1997)
| alma_mater = {{nowrap begin}}University of Melbourne (MA, LLM){{nowrap end}}
| children = 3
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Sir Allen Stanley Brown {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}} (3 July 1911{{snd}}2 August 1999) was an Australian public servant who was Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department from 1949 to 1958.
Life and career
Allen Brown was born on 3 July 1911. He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Wesley College and the University of Melbourne.{{sfn|Farquharson|1999}}
In 1949, Brown served as Secretary of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction.{{citation|title=CA 49: Department of Post-War Reconstruction, Central Office|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+49|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=28 December 2013|archive-date=4 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804165324/http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+49|url-status=dead}} During his time at the Department, Brown was instrumental in establishing the Snowy Mountains Scheme.{{sfn|Farquharson|1999}}
Brown was Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department between August 1949 and December 1958.{{citation|title=CA 12: Prime Minister's Department|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+12|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=23 March 2014|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325010332/https://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SessionManagement/SessionManager.asp?Key=CA_12&Module=SearchNRetrieve&Location=SNRAgencyDetail|url-status=dead}} From the Prime Minister's Department, Brown's next appointment was in the diplomatic service, he was Deputy High Commissioner for Australia in the United Kingdom.{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136305589|title=London post for Sir Allen Brown|date=14 August 1958|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=2|location=ACT}}
In 1965, Brown was appointed Australian Ambassador to Japan.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105826967|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323040424/http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/105826967|archivedate=23 March 2014|url-status=live|title=New envoy to Japan named|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=4 February 1965|page=1}} While in that role, he led the Australian delegation which observed the 1967 South Vietnamese presidential election. The delegation was invited by the South Vietnamese Government,{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106973689|title=Poll observers named|date=26 August 1967|page=1|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT}} and Brown observed polling in Huế.{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106975124|title=Observers impressed by poll facilities|date=4 September 1967|page=1|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT}}
Brown retired from the Commonwealth public service in 1971.{{cite press release|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=2473|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323025907/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=2473|archivedate=23 March 2014|url-status=dead|title=Retirement of Sir Allen Brown|first=William|last=McMahon|author-link=William McMahon|access-date=23 March 2014|df=dmy-all}}
Awards
Brown was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in January 1953.{{citation|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1065142|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323024102/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1065142&search_type=quick&showInd=true|archivedate=23 March 2014 |title=Search Australian Honours: BROWN, Allen Stanley|publisher=Australian Government}} He was named a Knight Bachelor in January 1956.{{citation|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083218|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323024208/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1083218&search_type=quick&showInd=true|archivedate=23 March 2014|publisher=Australian Government|title=Search Australian Honours: BROWN, Allen Stanley}}
Notes
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References
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- {{citation|url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/brown-sir-allen-stanley-1559|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110093650/http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/brown-sir-allen-stanley-1559|archivedate=10 November 2013|url-status=live|title=Brown, Sir Allen Stanley (1911–1999)|author-link=John Farquharson (journalist)|first=John|last=Farquharson|date=1999|publisher=Australian National University}}
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Category:Ambassadors of Australia to Japan
Category:Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Secretaries of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Category:20th-century Australian public servants