Sir Robert Townley Scott ISO (30 December 1841 – 3 August 1922) was a senior official in the Australian Public Service.
He was appointed Secretary of the Postmaster-General's Department in 1901, the year of Australia's Federation.
Scott was born on 30 December 1841 in Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England.
[1] He and his family emigrated to Australia in 1848, arriving in Brisbane in December of that year.
[1] Scott was appointed first secretary of the new Australian Government Postmaster-General's Department,[2] by fellow Brisbanite James Drake, prompting allegations of state bias.