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Life Summary

Name	Donald Victor Selth
Born	6 October, 1925 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	28 December, 2006 (aged 81) Barton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (pancreatic)
Education *	Mitcham Primary School (Adelaide) (student, 1931-1938) Unley High School (Adelaide) (student, 1939-1940) Prince Alfred College (Adelaide) (student, 1941-1943) University of Adelaide (student, 1944-1948) University of New England (NSW) (student, 1963-1965) University of Tasmania (student, 1965-1970)
Occupation or Descriptor *	athlete (1944-1950) South Australia, Australia lacrosse player (1944-1950) South Australia, Australia sports writer (1944-1958) South Australia, Australia schoolteacher (1947-1958) South Australia, Australia radio sports broadcaster (1949-1961) South Australia, Australia school principal (1959-1970) Tasmania, Australia school principal (1971-1973) Australian Capital Territory, Australia pigeon fancier (1973-2006) Australian Capital Territory, Australia public servant (1973-1989) Federal, Australia sports writer (1989-2006) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (recipient, 1982) Australian Sports Medal (recipient, 2000) ACT Sport Hall of Fame (recipient, 2007)
Key Events *	Hilton bombing (1978) (organiser of Commonwealth heads of Government conference) Olympic Games (Melbourne, 1956) (broadcaster) Opening of Federal Parliament House, 1988 (event organiser) Royal Tour, 1977 (tour manager) Royal Tour, 1980 (tour manager) Royal Tour, 1982 (tour manager) Royal Tour, 1986 (tour manager)
Key Organisations *	Amateur Athletic Association of South Australia (coach) International Association of Track and Field Statisticians (member) Modena Society of New South Wales (secretary, 1886-2006) On Dit (University of Adelaide) student paper (editor, 1945-1946) Athletics Australia (member, 1956-1958) ACT Australian Football Umpires’ Association (life member, 1972-2006) ACT Australian Football Umpires’ Association (president, 1977-1978) Canberra and Goulburn Show Pigeon Society (co-founder, 1979-2006) Australian National Pigeon Association (founding vice-president, 1981) Australian Pigeon Fanciers Association (committee member, 1981) International Modena Club (founding member, 2003)
Workplaces *	St Peter's College (Adelaide) (school teacher, 1947-1959) 5CL radio station (SA) (sports broadcaster, 1949-1961) Launceston Church Grammar School (Tas) (principal, 1959-1971) Canberra Girls' Grammar School (principal, 1971-1973) Senate (Federal parliament) (clerk of committees, 1973-1975) Prime Minister & Cabinet (Director of the Ceremonial and Hospitality Section, 1975-1989) Canberra Times (sports writer, 1989)

* Dates are approximate