Stewart Wolfe Jamieson

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(4 January 1903 – 4 May 1975) was an Australian diplomat, journalist, and lawyer. After attending The King's School,

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, Jamieson graduated from the

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with a Bachelor of Arts before studying law at the

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. He worked as a lawyer and journalist in the late 1920s and the 1930s, and enlisted with the

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. After the war, he joined Australia's diplomatic service. In a 20-year diplomatic career, he held a number of consular and ambassadorial posts, including as Australia's high commissioner to

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(1958–1960), ambassador to Brazil (1960–1962), ambassador to the Soviet Union (1962–1965) and Aabassador to Sweden (1964–1965).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamieson, Stewart Wolfe 1903 births 1975 deaths 20th-century Australian lawyers Ambassadors of Australia to the Soviet Union Ambassadors of Australia to Brazil High commissioners of Australia to Ghana Ambassadors of Australia to Sweden Consuls-general for Australia in San Francisco Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire University of Sydney alumni People educated at The King's School, Parramatta Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford 20th-century Australian journalists