Facts:   - death place: victoria    - resting place: boroondara general cemetery    - birth name: harry newton phillips wollaston    - death date: 11 february 1921    - office: comptroller-general of the department of trade and customs      - term end: 1911    - term start: 1901    - birth date: 17 january 1846    - name: sir harry wollaston    - nationality: australia australian    - birth place: western australia    - occupation: public servant   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of harry wollaston .
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sir harry newton phillips wollaston -lrb- 17 january 184611 february 1921 -rrb- was a senior australian public servant .he was the first comptroller-general of the department of trade and customs , from 1901 to his retirement in 1911 .