{{Short description|Australian public servant and diplomat}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Gerry Nutter | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | office1 = Australian Ambassador to Italy | term_start1 = 1985 | term_end1 = 1987 | monarch1 = Elizabeth II | prime_minister1 = Bob Hawke | predecessor1 = Keith Douglas-Scott | successor1 = A.D. Campbell | office2 = Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea | term_start2 = 1978 | term_end2 = 1981 | monarch2 = Elizabeth II | prime_minister2 = Malcolm Fraser | predecessor2 = Tom Critchley | successor2 = Robert Birch | office3 = Australian Ambassador to the Philippines | term_start3 = 1975 | term_end3 = 1978 | monarch3 = Elizabeth II | prime_minister3 = Malcolm Fraser | predecessor3 = Peter Henderson | successor3 = Richard Woolcott | birth_name = Daniel Gerald Nutter | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|06|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|09|13|1928|06|07|df=yes}} | death_place = Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | spouse = | relations = | profession = | awards = }} '''Daniel Gerald "Gerry" Nutter''' (7 June 1928 – 13 September 2016) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.
==Education== Nutter was educated at North Sydney Boys High School.
== Career == Nutter joined the Department of External Affairs in 1949. His early postings were to Saigon, Katmandu, Delhi, Tokyo, Vientiane, Bonn and Berlin.<ref>{{citation|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2091284|title=Summary of Gerry Nutter interviewed by Michael Wilson for the Australian diplomacy 1950–1990 oral history project [sound recording]}}</ref>
From 1973 to 1975, Nutter was head of national assessments in the Department of Defence, a precursor to the modern-day stand-alone Office of National Assessments. In the role he was responsible for long-term intelligence functions. His first ambassadorial post was Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, from 1975 to 1978.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136967432|title=Directors changed|date=24 March 1973|page=6|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110788915|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3|title=Envoy to Manila|date=21 November 1974}}</ref> Nutter's next appointment was Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea was announced in September 1977.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19770916&id=aYRWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3833,4730315&hl=en|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=16 September 1977|page=8|first=Peter|last=Hastings|title=Reshuffle of senior diplomats next year}}</ref> While resident in Port Moresby, Nutter made extensive tours to inspect Australian tax-funded development projects across the nation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110604324|page=20|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=10 October 1979|title=Aid without ties enhances Australia's reputation in the third world. PNG: a new period of co-operation|first=Alan|last=Thornhill}}</ref>
In 1985, Nutter was appointed Australian Ambassador to Italy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19850423&id=vVFVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1559,4455638&hl=en|title=New ambassador|page=5|newspaper=The Age|date=23 April 1985}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122474344|title=Italian posting|date=23 April 1985|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3}}</ref>
== Death == Nutter died on 13 September 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=NUTTER, DANIEL GERALD. (Gerry) |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/76451/daniel-nutter/ |publisher=Sidney Morning Herald |access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{s-bef|before=Peter Henderson}} {{s-ttl|title=Australian Ambassador to the Philippines|years=1975–1978}} {{s-aft|after=Richard Woolcott}} |- {{s-bef|before=Tom Critchley}} {{s-ttl|title=Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea|years=1978–1981}} {{s-aft|after=Robert Birch}} |- {{s-bef|before=Keith Douglas-Scott}} {{s-ttl|title=Australian Ambassador to Italy|years=1985–1987}} {{s-aft|after=A.D. Campbell}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nutter, Gerry}} Category:1928 births Category:Ambassadors of Australia to Italy Category:Ambassadors of Australia to Libya Category:Ambassadors of Australia to the Philippines Category:High commissioners of Australia to Papua New Guinea Category:2016 deaths Category:People educated at North Sydney Boys High School