Angus, Barbara Biography 1991

ANGUS, Barbara, CMG 1988
Retired Public Servant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Born Woodville, 15 January 1924, daughter of Archibald Douglas Angus and Cora Florence (née Webber);
Education: Riverton Primary School; South Otago High School, Balclutha; Otago University, MA 1945, George Young Scholar 1944; Auckland Teachers Training College, postgraduate course 1946.
Research assistant, Otago Centennial History, 1947; Research assistant, War History Branch, Department Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1948; Department External Affairs, Wellington, 1950; Information Officer, NZ Embassy, Washington DC, 1954-1957; Third Sec, Singapore 1962-1964; First Sec, Sydney 1964-1968 (rep NZ, UN Conference on the Participation of Women in Public Life, Ulan Bator, Mongolia 1965); Wellington, MFA, 1969-1972; Deputy High Commander, Kuala Lumpur, 1972-1975; Minister, Washington, 1976-1978; Ambassador, Manila, 1978-1981; Chief of Protocol, Wellington, 1981-1984 (retired); Member, Public Service Appeal Board, 1986; Chairman, Review Committee, MERT, 1988-1991.  Member, Regional Committee (Wellington), NZ Historic Places Trust 1984-1986; Board Member, Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society, Wellington, 1986-1989.
Publications: ‘A Guide to Katherine Mansfield’s Wellington’, 1985 (pamphlet).
Recreations: reading, walking, scrabble, bridge.
Address: 9C Mansfield Towers, 1 Grant Road, Thorndon, Wellington.