Rae, Wallace Alexander Ramsay, KBE (Wally)
Personal
Birth Date:
31 March 1913 (Lindfield, New South Wales)
Death Date:
18 March 2006 (Port Macquarie, New South Wales)
Parents:
George Ramsay Rae and Alice Evelyn (nee Haseldean)
Education:
Lindfield Public School; Sydney Technical College
Religion:
Presbyterian
Career
Jackaroo, overseer and manager with the Australian Pastoral Company at Noondoo and Dirranbandi; Pastoral inspector, Winchombe Carson, stock and station agents; Grazier 'Ramsay Park', Blackall and stock dealer; Agent-General for Queensland (in London) 9 Dec 1974 to 8 Aug 1980
Military Service:
Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force, Mar 1940 to Aug 1946; Coastal Command Pilot in England, Africa and Gibraltar; Returned to Australia in 1944 as Test Pilot at Amberley RAAF station
Parliamentary Representation
| House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | CN | Gregory | 5 Oct 1957 | 7 Dec 1974 | By-election |
Parliamentary Service
| Description | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Minister for Lands and Forestry | 20 Jun 1972 | 6 Dec 1974 |
| Minister for Local Government and Electricity | 4 Sep 1969 | 20 Jun 1972 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Interests include golf and music. Honorary Chairman, Brisbane Forest Park Advisory Board, from 1981. Officer for Legacy. Founding President, Pony Club Association. Member, United Service Club and Tattersalls Club. In 1979 he became the first Queensland representative in London to be made a Freeman of the city. A newspaper report once described Rae as 'colourful' for some of his more eccentric acts which included flying a plane upside down over Queen Street for the Duke of Gloucester and hopping on a horse to chase a bullock at the Sydney Royal Easter Show for the Queen Mother. Sir Wally listed reducing pollution entering Queensland waterways and fining litter-bugs as some of his proudest achievements in government
Sources:
Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service; Black, Chris, Sunday Truth, 23 August 1970, p 42; Waterson, DB and John Arnold, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982)
[Last Modified: Monday, 18 September 2017]