James C. Archer
James Clarence Archer 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
- 1956 - Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Civil Division