11 Facts About Dennis Argall

Dennis Walter Argall was an Australian diplomat and senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Dennis Argall was Australia's Ambassador to China from 1984 until 1985.

Dennis Argall was a career diplomat, a former Ambassador to China, and he wrote the first speech in the Australian Parliament that talked about human rights.

Dennis Argall's father worked for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and he grew up in Newcastle, Sydney, and Maryborough before returning to Sydney.

Dennis Argall attended Newington College on a scholarship and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in anthropology at the University of Sydney.

Dennis Argall joined the Department of External Affairs in January 1964.

Dennis Argall was posted to Manila, Rome, and Washington DC where he was Counsellor, later acting Minister.

Dennis Argall was later acting head of the North and South Asia Division in 1982 and 1983.

Dennis Argall completed a master's degree in defence studies at the University of New South Wales College in the Australian Defence Force Academy in 1988, with a minor thesis analysing decisions made by the Australian cabinet about the relationship with China in 1980.

In 2003 and 2004 Dennis Argall gave speeches critical of the Australian Government's entry into war with Iraq comparing events with the beginnings of World War 1 and expecting comparable unravelling of violence.

Dennis Argall subsequently sought to assist communities in Africa with developing practical business plans for development.