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Life Summary

Name	John Douglas Anthony
Born	31 December, 1929 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 December, 2020 (aged 90) Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Education *	Murwillumbah Primary School (NSW) (student, 1935-1941) Murwillumbah High School (NSW) (student, 1942-1942) King's School (Parramatta, Sydney) (student, 1943-1946) Queensland Agricultural College (Gatton, Qld) (student, 1947-1949)
Occupation *	cotton farmer (1957-2005) New South Wales, Australia country politician (1957-1984) Federal, Australia dairy farmer (1957-2005) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1957-1984) Federal, Australia wheat farmer (1957-2005) New South Wales, Australia newspaper owner (1967-1986) New South Wales, Australia radio station owner (1967-1986) New South Wales, Australia television station owner (1967-1986) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Order of the Companion of Honour (recipient, 1981) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2003)
Key Organisations *	Clyde Agriculture (company director) Normandy Mining (company director) Northern Rivers Railroad (company director) Northern Rivers Railroad (shareholder) PosGold (company director) Resource Finance Corporation (chair) Swire Australia (company director) Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (honorary fellow, 1990-2020) Regional Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (chair, 1997)
Political Activism *	Country Party (federal) (deputy leader, 1966-1971) Country Party (federal) (leader, 1971-1984)
Workplaces *	Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member)

* Dates are approximate