James C. Archer

James Archer OBE
Administrator of the Northern Territory
In office 1 July 1956 – 31 March 1961
Preceded by	Frank Wise
Succeeded by	Roger Nott
Personal details
Born	(1900-07-28)28 July 1900 Elphinstone, Victoria, Australia
Died	23 December 1980(1980-12-23) (aged 80) Canberra, Australia

James Clarence Archer OBE (28 July 1900 – 23 December 1980) was an Australian public servant and Administrator of the Northern Territory. Archer, Northern Territory is named after him.

Employment history  

• World War II: Lieutenant in Papua New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
• 1942 - Led a party of Rabaul citizens to escape from the Japanese as they landed on New Britain
• Commonwealth Public Service
• Attorney-General’s Office New Guinea
• 1983 - Delegate of the Custodian of Expropriated Properties of New Guinea 1983
• Deputy Secretary Department of Territories
• 1956 to 1961 - Appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory

Honours and awards

• 1956 - Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Civil Division (OBE)

Memorial: Archer, Palmerston, Northern Territory - died 23 December 1980 in Canberra^[1]

• "Biography: Previous Incumbents - James Clarence Archer" (PDF). Government House NT. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2012.