Peter Coaldrake

Owen Peter Coaldrake AO (born 1951) is an Australian academic and higher education administrator. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology between 2003 and 2017.^[1]

Professor Emeritus Peter Coaldrake AO
Coaldrake in 2014
Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology
In office 2003–2017
Preceded by	Dennis Gibson
Succeeded by	Margaret Sheil
Personal details
Born	Gregory Alan Naylor 1951 Marrickville, New South Wales
Alma mater	James Cook University Griffith University
Profession	Academic

Early life

Peter Coaldrake was born Gregory Alan Naylor to a young mother Jeanette in Marrickville. He was adopted as the only child of Anglican missionaries, Keith and Sheila Coaldrake.^[2] He was educated in Queensland, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from James Cook University and a PhD from Griffith University.^[3]

Career

Coaldrake was appointed by Queensland Premier Wayne Goss to be CEO of the Public Sector Management Commission.^[4][5] He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology between 2003 and 2017, replaced by Margaret Sheil.^[1] He was Chair of Universities Australia.^[4]

Coaldrake's decision to close QUT's school of humanities and human services drew the wrath of staff and academic unions. "Many humanities staff see this as the Philistines at the gate."^[6]

From 2011 to 2016, Coaldrake was the chair of the Queensland Heritage Council.^[5][7] Two notable listings added to the Queensland Heritage Register under his leadership were the Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites and the Queensland Cultural Centre.^[7]

Coaldrake was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2011 for "distinguished service to higher education".^[8]

In October 2017 Coaldrake became chair of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust. He was appointed chair of Jobs Queensland at the end of 2018.^[9] Since March 2019 Coaldrake has been a member of the Council of the University of Newcastle.^[10]

Publications

• Coaldrake, O.P. 1989 Working the System, Government in Queensland (University of Queensland Press)
• Coaldrake, O.P. and Stedman, L. 1998. On the Brink. Australia's Universities Confronting their Future. (University of Queensland Press)
• Coaldrake, O.P. and Stedman, L. Academic Work in the Twenty-First Century (DETYA, Occasional Paper Series 99-4).

References

1. "QUT announces new Vice-Chancellor". Queensland University of Technology. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
2. The Courier Mail Q Weekend Archived 20 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine 3 August 2015, pp10-14.
3. Peter, Coaldrake. "QUT - Staff Profiles - Peter Coaldrake". staff.qut.edu.au. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
4. Universities Australia Archived 17 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Peter Coaldrake, Chair (Queensland Heritage Council)". Queensland Heritage Council. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
6. Lebihan, R. 2009, 'A quintessential Queenslander, by degrees', Financial Review, avail.https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/a-quintessential-queenslander-by-degrees-20090216-jmnd8
7. Miles, Steven (1 December 2016). "Palaszczuk Government salutes contribution of outgoing chair of Queensland Heritage Council". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
8. Office of the Governor-General Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine and Australian Government Honours website
9. "Meet Professor Peter Coaldrake AO". The University of Newcastle, Australia. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
10. "Meet our Council members". The University of Newcastle, Australia. 18 April 2013. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

External links

• Media related to Peter Coaldrake at Wikimedia Commons

Academic offices
Preceded by Dennis Gibson	Vice-Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology 2003 – 2017	Succeeded by Margaret Sheil