Previous Administrator - Mr John Anictomatis AO

Term of Office - 31/10/00 - 30/10/03

John Christopher Anictomatis was born in Piraeus, Greece on the 28 December 1945 and immigrated to Australia in 1955. After completing is High School Education at Darwin High School, he was indentured as an apprentice mechanic and completed this training in 1968. In the same year, Mr Anictomatis commenced a two-year period of National Service including active service with the 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment in Vietnam.

After completing his National Service, Mr Anictomatis returned to Darwin where he established a successful family business centered on the design and construction of residential, commercial and industrial sites. In 1976 he became a director of a large global franchise real estate company, an organisation which grew from five to 40 employees during a 14-year period. During the same period he also studied Business/Real Estate at the Northern Territory University.

In 1991 Mr Anictomatis accepted the appointment as Honorary Consul for Greece, a role in which he provided dedicated service to the local Greek community and worked in concert with the Northern Territory Government to promote sister-city relations between Darwin and Kalymnos. His service to the Greek community in Darwin was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday 2000 Honours List, with the award of the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division.

A long-term Darwin resident and a devoted Territorian, Mr Anictomatis has been active with many community organisations including the Immigration Resource and Settlement Centre of the Northern Territory, the Northern Territory University Foundation, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, St John Ambulance, Life Education, Legacy, the Returned and Services League and many groups within the Greek Community.

His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia Sir William Deane appointed Mr Anictomatis as the seventeenth Administrator of the Northern Territory with effect from 31 October 2000. He was sworn in by the Governor-General on 28 November 2000. He completed his term of office on 30 October 2003.

Mr Anictomatis was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the General Division on 27 August 2001.

His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia Right Reverend Dr Peter Hollingworth AC OBE presented Mr John Anictomatis AO with the Centenary Medal on 26 September 2002.

Mr John Anictomatis is married to Jeanette and has four sons; Xristos, Elias, Michael and Nicholas, and one grandson, John.