Peter Coaldrake
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}
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| name = Peter Coaldrake
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| office = Vice-Chancellor of the
Queensland University of Technology
| term_start = 2003
| term_end = 2017
| predecessor = Dennis Gibson
| successor = Margaret Sheil
| birth_date = 1951
| birth_name = Gregory Alan Naylor
| birth_place = Marrickville, New South Wales
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| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|James Cook University|Griffith University}}
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Owen Peter Coaldrake {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 1951) is an Australian academic and higher education administrator. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology between 2003 and 2017.
Early life
Peter Coaldrake was born Gregory Alan Naylor to a young mother Jeanette in Marrickville. He was adopted as the only child of Anglican missionaries, Keith and Sheila Coaldrake.[https://cms.qut.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/459747/educating-peter-coaldrake.pdf/ The Courier Mail Q Weekend] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220092351/https://cms.qut.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/459747/educating-peter-coaldrake.pdf |date=20 February 2017 }} 3 August 2015, pp10-14. He was educated in Queensland, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from James Cook University and a PhD from Griffith University.{{cite web|url=http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/coaldrak/|title=QUT - Staff Profiles - Peter Coaldrake|first=Coaldrake|last=Peter|website=staff.qut.edu.au|access-date=28 February 2018|archive-date=23 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223115001/http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/coaldrak/|url-status=live}}
Career
Coaldrake was appointed by Queensland Premier Wayne Goss to be CEO of the Public Sector Management Commission.[http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/page/about-us/board-of-directors/peter-coaldrake/ Universities Australia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217133946/http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/page/about-us/board-of-directors/peter-coaldrake/ |date=17 February 2011 }} He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology between 2003 and 2017, replaced by Margaret Sheil.{{Cite web|url=https://www.qut.edu.au/news?news-id=122721|title=QUT announces new Vice-Chancellor|last=|first=|date=14 September 2017|website=|publisher=Queensland University of Technology|access-date=28 February 2018|archive-date=28 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228233219/https://www.qut.edu.au/news?news-id=122721|url-status=live}} He was Chair of Universities Australia.
Coaldrake's decision to close QUT's school of humanities and human services drew the wrath of staff and academic unions. "Many humanities staff see this as the Philistines at the gate."Lebihan, R. 2009, 'A quintessential Queenslander, by degrees', Financial Review, avail.https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/a-quintessential-queenslander-by-degrees-20090216-jmnd8
From 2011 to 2016, Coaldrake was the chair of the Queensland Heritage Council.{{cite web|title=Peter Coaldrake, Chair (Queensland Heritage Council)|url=http://www.qldheritage.org.au/peter-coaldrake.html|publisher=Queensland Heritage Council|access-date=21 December 2012|archive-date=9 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409045607/http://qldheritage.org.au/peter-coaldrake.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/Statement/2016/12/1/palaszczuk-government-salutes-contribution-of-outgoing-chair-of-queensland-heritage-council|title=Palaszczuk Government salutes contribution of outgoing chair of Queensland Heritage Council|last=Miles|first=Steven|date=1 December 2016|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516055849/http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/Statement/2016/12/1/palaszczuk-government-salutes-contribution-of-outgoing-chair-of-queensland-heritage-council|archive-date=16 May 2017|url-status=live|access-date=16 May 2017}} Two notable listings added to the Queensland Heritage Register under his leadership were the Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites and the Queensland Cultural Centre.
Coaldrake was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2011 for "distinguished service to higher education".[http://www.gg.gov.au/res/file/2011/honours/ad11/Media%20Notes%20AO%20(final).pdf Office of the Governor-General] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629141929/http://www.gg.gov.au/res/file/2011/honours/ad11/Media%20Notes%20AO%20(final).pdf |date=29 June 2011 }} and [https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1143410 Australian Government Honours website]
In October 2017 Coaldrake became chair of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust. He was appointed chair of Jobs Queensland at the end of 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newcastle.edu.au/current-staff/our-organisation/governance/council/council-members/meet-deborah-wright|title=Meet Professor Peter Coaldrake AO|date=2016-07-25|website=The University of Newcastle, Australia|language=en|access-date=2019-10-09|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009211635/https://www.newcastle.edu.au/current-staff/our-organisation/governance/council/council-members/meet-deborah-wright|url-status=live}} Since March 2019 Coaldrake has been a member of the Council of the University of Newcastle.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newcastle.edu.au/current-staff/our-organisation/governance/council/council-members|title=Meet our Council members|date=2013-04-18|website=The University of Newcastle, Australia|language=en|access-date=2019-10-09|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009210031/https://www.newcastle.edu.au/current-staff/our-organisation/governance/council/council-members|url-status=live}}
Publications
- Coaldrake, O.P. 1989 Working the System, Government in Queensland (University of Queensland Press)
- Coaldrake, O.P. and Stedman, L. 1998. On the Brink. Australia's Universities Confronting their Future. (University of Queensland Press)
- Coaldrake, O.P. and Stedman, L. Academic Work in the Twenty-First Century (DETYA, Occasional Paper Series 99-4).
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Category:Officers of the Order of Australia
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