Walter Geoffrey Thomas Miller is a former senior Australian public servant and diplomat, best known for heading the

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between 1989 and 1995.

Life and career

Miller was the Tasmanian Rhodes scholar in 1956, and went on to graduate from the University of Oxford. In 1989 Miller was appointed head of the Australian Government's intelligence assessment agency, the

. His tenure at the office, between 1989 and 1995, coincided with the first

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, the

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and the beginning of the

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; and he oversaw intelligence assessment analysts working on developments in these regions as well developments relating to Australia's commitment to

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. In 1995, Miller was appointed Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand, to commence in January 1996. Miller retired from his diplomatic and

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career in 2000.

Awards

In January 1993, Miller was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for public service and service to international relations.

References

Living people Officers of the Order of Australia Australian Rhodes Scholars High commissioners of Australia to New Zealand Ambassadors of Australia to Japan Ambassadors of Australia to South Korea Year of birth missing (living people) High commissioners of Australia to the Cook Islands People from Tasmania Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford People from Queenstown, Tasmania {{Australia-diplomat-stub