Lloyd Forrester Bott (8 April 1917 – 8 September 2004) was a senior Australian public servant.

Early life

Lloyd Bott was born on 8 April 1917 in Thornbury,

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. He attended

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Career

After leaving high school, Bott qualified for the

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in 1933 and went to work in the Post Office in

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. He returned to Melbourne a year later and began to study at the

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, Bachelor of Commerce, which he completed in 1948 when he returned from the

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, having served in the Australian Navy. After his time as a 'yachtie' based in Dartmouth, Bott joined the

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, rising to become a Deputy Secretary in the department in 1967. He was responsible for the Administration of United States space projects in Australia during the time of the

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appointed Bott

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of the Department of National Development in 1969. He was later Secretary of the

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, between 1973 and 1975. Bott retired from the public service in 1977, his final appointment being Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, which he had held since December 1975.

Awards and honours

Lloyd Bott was honoured with a Distinguished Service Cross in 1945, for his "gallantry, enthusiasm and great devotion to duty while serving in HM MGB 502 in hazardous operations." In 2010, a street in the

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suburb of Casey was named Bott Crescent in Lloyd Bott's honour.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bott, Lloyd Forrester 1917 births 2004 deaths Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Secretaries of the Australian Government Immigration Department People from Thornbury, Victoria People educated at Northcote High School