{{Short description|Australian public servant (1915–1997)}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sir Clarrie Harders | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OBE}} | image = Clarrie Harders.jpg | image_size = | caption = Harders c. 1969 | office1 = Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department | term_start1 = 29 June 1970 | term_end1 = 1979 | birth_name = Clarence Waldemar Harders | birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|03|01|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|02|22|1915|03|01|df=y}} | death_place = | occupation = Public servant | years_active = | website = | parents = | siblings = | spouse = | alma_mater = University of Adelaide | children = }}

'''Sir Clarence Waldemar "Clarrie" Harders''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OBE}} (1 March 1915{{spaced endash}}22 February 1997) was a senior Australian public servant best known for his time as Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department in the 1970s.

==Life and career== Clarrie Harders was born on 1 March 1915.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110564979|date=4 July 1979|title=New A-G named: Foreign Affairs job for Harders likely|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3|first=Bruce|last=Juddery|author-link=Bruce Juddery}}</ref>

He was appointed Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department on 29 June 1970.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110329414|title=New chiefs settle future of office|first=Bruce|last=Juddery|author-link=Bruce Juddery|page=6|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=30 June 1970}}</ref>

In 1979, Harders retired from his position as Secretary of the Attorney-General's department and was appointed legal adviser to the Department of Foreign Affairs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110565329|title=Harders post|page=3|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=5 July 1979}}</ref>

After leaving the Australian Public Service, Harders went on to become a consultant with a major law firm.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126918918|title=Hard for backbenchers to influence legislative style|date=25 April 1982|page=4|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}</ref>

Harders died on 22 February 1997.<ref>{{cite journal|title=OBITUARY: Sir Clarrie Harders|journal=Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences|date=1997|volume=28|issue=2|doi=10.1080/00450619609411354|pages=63–65|last1=Harders |first1=Sir Clarrie }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.adoptionlawyer.com.au/legal-news/1997/3/10/an-adviser-who-gave-his-all/|title=An Adviser Who Gave His All|date=10 March 1997|first1=Gough|last1=Whitlam|first2=Tom|last2=Hughes|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Australian|title=A mandarin for all seasons|date=4 March 1997}}</ref>

==Awards== Harders was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1969, whilst Deputy Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department.<ref>{{citation|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1109844|archivedate=11 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111040037/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1109844&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Search Australian Honours: HARDERS, Clarence Waldemar|publisher=Australian Government|work=itsanhonour.gov.au}}</ref> He was knighted in recognition of his public service in June&nbsp;1977.<ref>{{citation|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083522|archivedate=11 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111040149/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1083522&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Search Australian Honours: HARDERS, Clarence Waldemar|publisher=Australian Government|work=itsanhonour.gov.au}}</ref>

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