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Leslie Bruce Hamilton (4 July 191112 June 1989) was a senior Australian public servant and head of the Department of Social Services (later Social Security) between 1966 and 1973. ==Life and career== Bruce Hamilton was born in Nook, Tasmania on 4 July 1911 to parents George Hamilton and Margaret Ann, née Peters. Hamilton began his Australian Public Service career in 1939 as Army Paymaster for Tasmania. He moved to Canberra in 1940.〔〔 On 1 January 1966, Hamilton was appointed Secretary of the Department of Social Services. When the Whitlam Government was elected, the department was abolished and the new Department of Social Security established. Hamilton was Secretary of the new department for less than a month before he retired. During his time as head of the Social Services department, Hamilton broadened the department's scope by introducing legislation for deserted wives, for home care and for emergency relief.〔 Hamilton died on 12 June 1989 at the Royal Canberra Hospital.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruce Hamilton (public servant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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