John Knott (public servant)

Sir John Lawrence Knott AC CBE (6 July 1910 – 1999) was a senior Australian public servant.

[1] Between August 1957 and April 1958, Knott headed the Department of Defence Production.

[3] During his time in the role, he accompanied Minister for Supply Allen Fairhall overseas visiting the United Kingdom and the United States on departmental business.

[1] At the end of his term in November 1968, when he had been already appointed to head the Postmaster-General's Department starting the following month, Knott attended the UN World Space Conference in Vienna.

[6] In 1972, Knott was appointed to the board of Equity Trustees and Agency Co Ltd.[7]