Colonel David Miller CMG ISO (1857 – 1934) was a senior Australian Commonwealth Public Servant, appointed in the year of Federation to head the Department of Home Affairs.
[5] His residency was the first permanent building in Canberra and he was responsible for conducting an international design competition for establishing the national capital.
[5] Miller was not a fan of the Walter Burley Griffin design selected for Canberra, believing it to be too expensive to be realised.
[5] Miller retired officially from Canberra in his final position as Secretary of the Department of Works and Railways in August 1917.
[1] Miller was awarded an Imperial Service Order in February 1904, as Secretary of the Home Affairs Department.