Ulrich Ellis

He was the inaugural chairman of the Canberra Tourist Bureau from 1937 to 1940, and served on the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council, an elective office, from 1947 to 1951.

In 1944, Ellis moved back to Canberra and joined the Department of Post-War Reconstruction as deputy director of public relations.

[1] He wrote a letter to The Canberra Times in April 1945 criticising Interior Minister Joe Collings, accusing him of "laugh[ing] with contempt in the face of the common principles of administrative justice" and calling him "unfit to administer his Department".

The following year, he gave evidence before the New South Wales royal commission on new states, chaired by Judge Harold Sprent Nicholas.

Ellis served on the executive of the New England New State Movement from 1948, and he and his wife moved to Armidale, New South Wales, in 1960.

[3] During the 1950s, Ellis served as "publicist, valet, chauffeur, nursemaid and baggage handler" to Arthur Fadden, the leader of the Country Party and Deputy Prime Minister.