Record ID:
35136688 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
Heading:
Birth:
  • 1946-
  • Sydney, New South Wales
Fields of activity:
  • archaeology
  • business
Occupations:
  • executive
  • author
Notes:
  • Former chairman and managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corp.; lives in Sydney. Born 20 June 1946. From Wikipedia entry viewed 5 October 2012: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hill_(businessman)
  • From David Hill’s migration memories, website viewed 5 October 2012: "I was born in 1946 in post-war England": http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/belongings/david-hill/
  • The forgotten children, 2007 t.p. (David Hill)
  • ...chairman then managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; chairman of the Australian Football Association; chief executive and director of the State Rail Authority; chairman of Sydney Water Corporation; a fellow of the Sydney University Senate; and chairman of CREATE (an organisation representing Australian children in institutional care). .. held a number of other executive appointments and committee chair positions in the areas of sport, transport, international radio broadcasting, international news providers, politics, fiscal management and city parks. ... came from England to Australia in 1959 under the Fairbridge Farm School Child Migrant scheme. ... In 2006 he was awarded a Diploma of Arts with merit in classical archaeology from Sydney University and subsequently graduated in classical archaeology. He is an honorary associate at the Sydney University departments of archaeology and classics and ancient history, and a visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales. Since 2011 he has been the manager of an archaeological study of the ancient Greek city of Troizen. ... leading figure in the international campaign to have the Parthenon sculptures returned from the British Museum to Greece. Author Lives In: Sydney, Australia. - Random House author information, http://www.randomhouse.com.au/authors/david-hill.aspx?sort=title - viewed 25/11/14.
  • From David Hill’s migration memories, website viewed 5 October 2012: "I was born in 1946 in post-war England http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/belongings/david-hill
  • Career - former Executive Director Television Sydney Ltd (TVS), Executive Member Asian Broadcasting Union (Kuala Lumpur), Chairman Sydney Water Corporation Ltd 1997-98, Managing Director ABC 1986-95, Chief Executive State Rail Authority 1980-86, Commissioner Australian National Airlines 1984, Member Senate University Sydney 1983, Public Transport Commissioner NSW 1979, Director NSW Government Ministerial Advisor Unit 1976-80; Chairman Australia Soccer Federation 1995-98. Date of Birth: 20 Jun 1946. - Who's who in Australia (online) http:/​/​live.crowncontent.com.au/​whoswho viewed 25/11/14.
  • David Hill (businessman) Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hill_(businessman) viewed 25/11/14.
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)16731
  • abv03972357
  • 000000137405
  • (AU-CaAIA)XX162472
Cataloguing source:
  • AuCNLKIN eng TSL rda ANL
Authentication code:
  • anuc