James Thomas Heathershaw CBE (7 May 1871 – 25 July 1943) was an Australian public servant and the third Secretary of the Department of the Treasury.

[1] He was the twelfth child of Henry and Amelia Nancy (née Robilliard),[1] and attended Flinders School in Geelong.

[1] Heathershaw joined the Victorian Public Service in March 1889, transferring to the newly-formed Federal Treasury in 1902.

[1] Heathershaw married Rosa Ethel Rodway at the Primitive Methodist Church in Carlton, on 7 March 1901; they had a son and a daughter.

James Heathershaw spent his final years in Elwood, Melbourne, where he enjoyed golfing and gardening.