Frank Bulcock

Background

Bulcock was born at Mount Arapiles, near Horsham, Victoria in 1892 to Thomas Bulcock and his wife Eliza Mackay (née Grove).

Career

In 1914 Bulcock moved to Western Queensland and became involved with the Australian Workers" Union. In 1919, premier T. J. Ryan decided to enter federal politics and resigned as the member for Barcoo. During this time he was Secretary for Agriculture and Stock from 1932 till 1942 and in 1939 was a delegate on a South African study tour.

Bulcock resigned from parliament in 1942 to take up a position with the federal government under Prime Minister, John Curtin.

Bulcock was appointed as Commonwealth director-general of agriculture. In this position he organized the wartime planning of essential agricultural production and labor requirements.

Following his resignation from this position he took up an appointment to the Scarce Commodities Committee which met in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America with responsibility for fertilisers, phosphate rock and sulphur.

Achievements

• After completing his schooling at local schools he studied veterinary science at Sydney Technical College and won a Department of Agriculture bursary to Wagga Wagga Experiment Farm. Bulcock, representing the Australian Labor Party, easily won the by-election over rival Justice of the Peace Boland and held the seat for the 23 years.