Background
SMITH, Miles Staniforth Cater was born on February 25, 1869 in Kingston, Victoria, Australia.
SMITH, Miles Staniforth Cater was born on February 25, 1869 in Kingston, Victoria, Australia.
Private tutor; Melbourne University.
Mayor of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1900-1901. Took a leading part in Federal movement. At lirst Senate elections was returned at head of poll, 1901, and represented that State for six years in Federal Parliament.
Has taken a deep interest in the external policy of the Commonwealth, and has travelled through and reported on the British and German possessions in the Pacific, Ceylon, theiDutch East Indies, the Malay Peninsula, and Papua. Administrator of the Territory of Papua; Director of Agriculture, Mines, and Public Works, and Commissioner for Lands and Survey.
Travel and literature.