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Denison Miller

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Denison Miller
Born(1860-03-08)8 March 1860
Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Died6 June 1923(1923-06-06) (aged 63)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Resting place
Waverley Cemetery
OccupationBanker

Sir Denison Samuel King Miller KCMG, (8 March 1860 – 6 June 1923) was the first governor of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Early life

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Miller was born at Fairy Meadow, near Wollongong, New South Wales, the son of Samuel King Miller, head teacher at the Deniliquin public school and his wife Sarah Isabella, née Jones.[1] He completed his education there.

References

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Serle, Percival (1949). "Miller, Denison". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.

  1. ^ Robin Gollan (1986). "Miller, Sir Denison Samuel King (1860–1923)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10. MUP. pp. 506–507. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

Additional sources listed by the Australian Dictionary of Biography:

C. C. Faulkner, The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Sydney, 1923); R. Gollan, The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Canberra, 1968); Parliamentary Debates (Commonwealth), 1924, 106, p 985; Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, Head office, Sydney