Gerry Nutter
{{Short description|Australian public servant and diplomat}}
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| office1 = Australian Ambassador to Italy
| term_start1 = 1985
| term_end1 = 1987
| monarch1 = Elizabeth II
| primeminister1 = Bob Hawke
| predecessor1 = Keith Douglas-Scott
| successor1 = A.D. Campbell
| office2 = Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea
| term_start2 = 1978
| term_end2 = 1981
| monarch2 = Elizabeth II
| primeminister2 = Malcolm Fraser
| predecessor2 = Tom Critchley
| successor2 = Robert Birch
| office3 = Australian Ambassador to the Philippines
| term_start3 = 1975
| term_end3 = 1978
| monarch3 = Elizabeth II
| primeminister3 = Malcolm Fraser
| predecessor3 = Peter Henderson
| successor3 = Richard Woolcott
| birth_name = Daniel Gerald Nutter
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| death_place = Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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Daniel Gerald "Gerry" Nutter (7 June 1928 – 13 September 2016) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.
Career
Nutter was educated at North Sydney Boys High School.
Nutter joined the Department of External Affairs in 1949. His early postings were to Saigon, Katmandu, Delhi, Tokyo, Vientiane, Bonn and Berlin.{{citation|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2091284|title=Summary of Gerry Nutter interviewed by Michael Wilson for the Australian diplomacy 1950–1990 oral history project [sound recording]}}
From 1973 to 1975, Nutter was head of national assessments in the Department of Defence, a precursor to the modern-day stand-alone Office of National Assessments. In the role he was responsible for long-term intelligence functions. His first ambassadorial post was Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, from 1975 to 1978.{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136967432|title=Directors changed|date=24 March 1973|page=6|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110788915|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3|title=Envoy to Manila|date=21 November 1974}} Nutter's next appointment was Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea was announced in September 1977.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19770916&id=aYRWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3833,4730315&hl=en|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=16 September 1977|page=8|first=Peter|last=Hastings|title=Reshuffle of senior diplomats next year}} While resident in Port Moresby, Nutter made extensive tours to inspect Australian tax-funded development projects across the nation.{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110604324|page=20|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=10 October 1979|title=Aid without ties enhances Australia's reputation in the third world. PNG: a new period of co-operation|first=Alan|last=Thornhill}}
In 1985, Nutter was appointed Australian Ambassador to Italy.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19850423&id=vVFVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1559,4455638&hl=en|title=New ambassador|page=5|newspaper=The Age|date=23 April 1985}}{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122474344|title=Italian posting|date=23 April 1985|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3}}
Nutter died on 13 September 2016.{{cite web |title=NUTTER, DANIEL GERALD. (Gerry) |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/76451/daniel-nutter/ |publisher=Sidney Morning Herald |access-date=23 March 2023}}
References
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Category:Ambassadors of Australia to Italy
Category:Ambassadors of Australia to Libya
Category:Ambassadors of Australia to the Philippines
Category:High commissioners of Australia to Papua New Guinea