Rees Withers

Rees Bedford Withers (28 August 1913 – 4 August 1996) was an Australian accountant and mining entrepreneur. He was a co-founder of what is now Woodside Energy and served as its managing director from 1954 to 1972.

Rees Withers
Born
Rees Bedford Withers

(1913-08-28)28 August 1913
Died4 August 1996(1996-08-04) (aged 82)
OccupationAccountant
Spouse
Nea Hall
(m. 1938)

Early life

Withers was born on 28 August 1913 in Camberwell, Victoria. He grew up in Corryong, a small town in country Victoria, where his father ran a drapery. He attended the local high school and later studied accounting by correspondence, moving to Melbourne in 1937.[1]

References

  1. Murray, Robert; McGrath, Kim (2021). "Withers, Rees Bedford (1913–1996)". Australian Dictionary of Biography.
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