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| Birth | 1 January 1909 | |
| Death | 1992 (aged 83 years) |
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Sir Leslie Charles Thiess CBE (8 April 1909 – 25 November 1992) was a construction and mining industries entrepreneur, based in Queensland, Australia.
In 1968 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1971 he was knighted.
In 1999 he received the Distinguished Constructor Award from the Queensland University of Technology.