Ainsley Gotto
Australian political staffer (1946-2018)
Ainsley Gotto (14 February 1946 – 25 February 2018) was an Australian public servant and interior designer. She was the private secretary to Prime Minister John Gorton in the late 1960s.[1] She was born in Annerley, Queensland.
Gotto began work as a typist at the Department of Immigration, but left after a few months to work for a private firm.[1] After a year, she returned to government work at the Trade Commission Service.[2]
When Gorton stepped down as prime minister in March 1971, Gotto stayed in his service when he became Minister for Defence, but resigned from the public service in 1972.[3]
Gotto died at a hospital in Woollahra, Sydney of cancer-related complications on 25 February 2018 at the age of 72.[2]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ainsley Gotto, career girl". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 904. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 January 1968. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Benns, Matthew (25 February 2018). "Ainsley Gotto, former private secretary to prime minister John Gorton has died aged 71". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ↑ "Papers of Ainsley Gotto". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.