Person

McDonald, Donald (1908 - )

Born: 23 June 1908
Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Radio engineer

Summary

Donald McDonald was an engineer with the Postmaster-General's Department from 1931, its Director of Technical Services from 1952 and a member of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board.

Details

Chronology

1932: Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1935 - 1951: Career position - Research Engineer at the Postmaster-General's Department
1952 - 1965: Career position - Director of Technical Services at the Postmaster-General's Department
1965 - 1973: Career position - Member of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board

Published resources

Journal Articles

Anon, 'Memorial to Donald Macdonald', The Victorian naturalist, 56 (1940), 172. Details
Balmford, Peter, 'Newspapers as a Source of Information about Natural History', The Victorian naturalist, 102 (1) (1985), 20-27. Details

Resources

'McDonald, Donald (1908-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475433. Details

Resource Sections

'McDonald, Donald', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001732p.htm. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 July 2005

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