David Hill (businessman)
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David Hill is a British
-born Australia
n businessman who has held a number of high profile senior positions with public authorities in Australia
. He is also a writer.
As a child, David Hill was sent from Britain to Fairbridge Farm School in Molong, New South Wales
with his two brothers, and has since written a book about the experiences of the pupils there. The documentary The Long Journey Home was aired on ABC TV on 17 November 2009.
He has been chief executive and director of the State Rail Authority of New South Wales, chairman and managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
, head of Soccer Australia
, head of Sydney Water
, director of the Australian National Airlines Commission and Chairman of CREATE, a national organisation responsible for representing the interests of young people and children in institutional care. A former North Sydney rugby league junior, Hill was president of the North Sydney Bears
Rugby League Football Club between 1989 and 1992. He was instrumental in the eventual ban on cigarette sponsorship of the game.
Hill is strongly in favour of the return of the Elgin Marbles
to Greece. As well as being a member of the British Marbles Reunited
campaign, he is the founder and current chairman of the International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures
.
Hill ran in the 1998 federal election as the Australian Labor Party
candidate for the Division of Hughes
.
His latest book is Gold (2010).
He lives in Sydney
.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
-born Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n businessman who has held a number of high profile senior positions with public authorities in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He is also a writer.
As a child, David Hill was sent from Britain to Fairbridge Farm School in Molong, New South Wales
Molong, New South Wales
Molong is a small town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, in Cabonne Shire.Molong is located on the Mitchell Highway about 300 kilometres west of Sydney and about 30 kilometres from the city of Orange. It is elevated at 529 metres above sea level. At the 2006 census, Molong...
with his two brothers, and has since written a book about the experiences of the pupils there. The documentary The Long Journey Home was aired on ABC TV on 17 November 2009.
He has been chief executive and director of the State Rail Authority of New South Wales, chairman and managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
, head of Soccer Australia
Football Federation Australia
Football Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...
, head of Sydney Water
Sydney Water
Sydney Water is a New South Wales government owned corporation that provides drinking water, wastewater and some stormwater services to Sydney, Illawarra and the Blue Mountains, in Australia...
, director of the Australian National Airlines Commission and Chairman of CREATE, a national organisation responsible for representing the interests of young people and children in institutional care. A former North Sydney rugby league junior, Hill was president of the North Sydney Bears
North Sydney Bears
The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top-grade competition. The Bears are based on...
Rugby League Football Club between 1989 and 1992. He was instrumental in the eventual ban on cigarette sponsorship of the game.
Hill is strongly in favour of the return of the Elgin Marbles
Elgin Marbles
The Parthenon Marbles, forming a part of the collection known as the Elgin Marbles , are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures , inscriptions and architectural members that originally were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens...
to Greece. As well as being a member of the British Marbles Reunited
Marbles Reunited
Marbles Reunited : Friends of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles is a campaign group, governed by charter & funded by donations from members and supporters, affiliated to the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles which lobbies and raises...
campaign, he is the founder and current chairman of the International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures
International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures
The International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures is a campaign group, which joins together various organizations around the world whose primary aim is to bring about the reunification of all the surviving Parthenon Sculptures to Athens, Greece.The Association was...
.
Hill ran in the 1998 federal election as the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
candidate for the Division of Hughes
Division of Hughes
The Division of Hughes is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1955 and is named for Billy Hughes, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1915-23...
.
His latest book is Gold (2010).
He lives in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
.