Background
Woolcott, Richard Arthur was born on June 11, 1928 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Alfred Richard and Anne (Woolcott) Woolcott.
Woolcott, Richard Arthur was born on June 11, 1928 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Alfred Richard and Anne (Woolcott) Woolcott.
Frankston High School, Geelong Grammar School, University of Melbourne and London University School of Slavonic and E. European Studies.
Joined Australian Foreign Service 1951. Served in Australian missions in London, Moscow (twice), S. Africa, Malaya, Singapore and Ghana. Attended United Nations General Assembly 1962.
Acting High Commissioner to Singapore 64. High Commissioner to Ghana 1967-1970. Accompanied Prime Ministers Menzies 1965, Holt 1966, McMahon 1971, 1972 and Whitlam 1973, 1974 on visits to Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Pacific.
Adviser at Commonwealth Heads of Government Conferences London 1965, Ottawa 1973. Pacific Forum 1972, 1973. Australia-Japan Ministerial Committee 1972, 1973.
Head, S. Asia Division, Department, of Foreign Affairs 1973. Deputy Secretary Department, of Foreign Affairs 1974. Ambassador to Indonesia 1975-1978, to Philippines 1978-1982.
Perm. Representative 1982-1989. Australian Representative on United Nations Security Council 1985-1986. Attended confs. UNCTAD V (Manila) 1979, ESCAP (Manila) 1979, SouthEast Asian Ministers of Education Committee (Manila) 1980.
Representative of Australia at Non-aligned Summit meeting, Harare 1986.
Married Birgit Christensen, July 11, 1952. Children– Peter, Robert, Anna.