Sir Norman William Kater MLC (18 November 1874—18 August 1965) was a medical practitioner, pastoralist and member of the New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 legislative council

Legislative Council

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. He was born into a socially prominent rural family. His father William Edward Kater also was a member of the legislative council, and his grandfather William Forster was Premier of New South Wales. He served as a member of the legislative council for 30 years, from 1921 to 1955. He was educated at All Saints College

All Saints College, Bathurst

All Saints' College is an independent, co-educational Christian college in the Anglican tradition. Located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, the college caters for day students from Transition to Year 12 and boarders from Years 7 to 12....

, Bathurst

Bathurst, New South Wales

-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...

, and Sydney Grammar School

Sydney Grammar School

Sydney Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, selective, day school for boys, located in Darlinghurst, Edgecliff and St Ives, all suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

. He read medicine at the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...

 He served during first world war with the Red Cross and was appointed a Chevalier de La Legion d'Honneur

Légion d'honneur

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. He also served as the President of the Australian Club

Australian Club

The Australian Club is a private club founded in 1838 and located in Sydney at 165 Macquarie Street. Its membership is men-only and it's the oldest gentlemen's club in the southern hemisphere...

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His commercial appointments included directorships of Peko Wallsend Limited and Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited.