Graham Feakes AO | |
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Born | Graham Barton Feakes 20 March 1930 Adelaide, South Australia |
Died | 3 December 1994 Sydney, New South Wales | (aged 64)
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation(s) | Public servant, diplomat |
Graham Barton Feakes AO (20 March 1930 – 3 December 1994) was an Australian public servant and diplomat. From 1984 to 1990, Feakes was Australian High Commissioner to India.
Feakes, born in Adelaide on 20 March 1930,[1] joined the Australian Public Service in the Department of External Affairs in 1951.[2] He said that his motivation for joining the department was in part due to years spent traveling widely for his father's work as a child.[1]
In 1969, Feakes became Australian Ambassador to Cambodia.[3] During his time as ambassador in Phnom Penh, he felt some level of anxiety and concern for his family's safety.[1]
From 1972 to 1974, Feakes was assistant secretary in charge of policy research at the Department of Foreign Affairs.[1] He was then promoted to first assistant secretary of the South Asia division in 1974.[1][4]
Between 1976 and 1980, Feakes was the Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia.[5][6]
In 1984, Feakes was appointed Australian High Commissioner to India and non-resident ambassador to Nepal.[2][7] After his appointment ended in 1990, he was made Chairman of the first Australia-India Council Board in 1992.[8]
Feakes died at his home in Sydney on 3 December 1994, at the age of 64.[9][10]
In January 1985, Feakes was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of service to the Public Service as a diplomat representative and in the development of Australian relations with South and South East Asia.[11]