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Name	Sir Robert Bowden Madgwick
Born	10 May, 1905 North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	25 March, 1979 (aged 73) Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Walker, Edward Ronald (colleague)
Occupation *	schoolteacher (1927-1929) New South Wales, Australia academic (1929-1933) New South Wales, Australia economist (1929-1941) New South Wales, Australia academic (1936-1941) New South Wales, Australia economic historian (1936-1941) New South Wales, Australia educationist (1938-1966) New South Wales, Australia army officer (1941-1946) Federal, Australia college warden (1947-1954) New South Wales, Australia local government councillor (1954-1956) New South Wales, Australia university vice-chancellor (1954-1966) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1967-1973) Federal, Australia public service head (1967-1973) Federal, Australia

* Dates are approximate