[1] Initiated the convening of the first assembly of Montenegrin teachers, in which he advocated uniform instruction and abolition of corporal punishment in schools.
[2] During the Great War, he performed significant duties in the supply of food to Serbian refugees from Herzegovina.
In 1876, Prince Nicholas appointed him Chief Administrator for the reception of food and aid from Imperial Russia.
[1] Because Oraovac was opposed to the absolutist regime of Prince Nikola, he was expelled from Montenegro in 1883 and was forced to move to the Kingdom of Serbia.
He worked as the District Chief, Taxman, Comptroller and Inspector in the Ministry of Finance, and remained in this position until his retirement, after fifty years of civil service.