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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001994b.htm person Turner Arthur William FAA OBE AACR2 17 August 1900 20 December 1989 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Veterinary scientist Bacteriologist Arthur Turner was the Officer-in-Charge of the Animal Health Research Laboratory, CSIR/O Division of Animal Health and Nutrition (later Production), Parkville 1936-1954, he was then Assistant Chief of the Division until 1960. The work he and his collaborators undertook on Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) established confidence in the complement fixation test for diagnosis and identified the value of vaccination and its occasional shortcomings. The work was the basis of a national eradication campaign leading to Australia being declared officially free of CBPP in 1973.

* Life Member, Australian Veterinary Association;
* Foundation Life Fellow, Australian College of Veterinary Scientists.

1923 1923 Education - Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc), University of Melbourne 1924 1924 Career position - Walter & Eliza Hall Fellow, Veterinary School, University of Melbourne 1926 1927 Career position - Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, Institut Pasteur, Paris 1927 1928 Career position - Institute of Animal Pathology, Cambridge 1928 1932 Career position - CSIR Veterinary Research Institute 1930 1930 Education - Doctor of Veterinary Science (DVSc), University of Melbourne 1932 1932 Career event - Elected Member (Veterinary Science), Australian National Research Council 1932 1932 Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne 1932 1936 Career position - Head, Animal Health Station, Oonoonbah, Townsville, Queensland [which was on loan from Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock] 1936 1954 Career position - Chief Bacteriologist, CSIR/O Division of Animal Health and Nutirition and Officer-in-Charge, Animal Health Research Laboratory 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1938 1938 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - Senior Bacteriologist at the CSIRO 1947 1947 Career event - President, Section L (Veterinary Science), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1954 1960 Career position - Assistant Chief, CSIR/O Division of Animal Health and Production (from 1959 CSIRO Division of Animal Health) 1954 1989 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1958 1958 Award - Gilruth Prize for Meritorious Service to Veterinary Science, Australian Veterinary Association Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member (Veterinary Science) 1932 -

 Gilruth Prize for Meritorious Service to Veterinary Science, Australian Veterinary Association (1953 - )

Awarded the Prize 1958

 CSIR Division of Animal Health and Nutrition, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1936 - 1944)

Chief Bacteriologist of the CSIR/O Division of Animal Health and Officer-in-Charge, Animal Health Research Laboratory 1936 - 1954

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

President, Section L (Veterinary Science) 1947; Fellow 1937 -

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1954 - 1989

 David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize 1932

 CSIRO Division of Animal Health, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1959 - 2000) CSIR/O Division of Animal Health and Production, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1944 - 1959)

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 Turner, Arthur William (1900-1989)

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 'Turner, Arthur William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Turner, Arthur William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Arthur William Turner 1900-1989 French, E. L.; and Sutherland, A. K. Arthur William Turner 1900-1989 1992 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 1 49-63 Journal Article: Environment, Economy and Australian Biology 1890-1939 Schedvin, C. B. Environment, Economy and Australian Biology 1890-1939 1984 Historical Studies 21 11-28 Journal Article: Gilruth's Work with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1929-1936 Turner, A. W. Gilruth's Work with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1929-1936 1937 Australian Veterinary Journal 13 112-115 Journal Article: Gilruth Prize award: Arthur William Turner, O.B.E., D.V.Sc., D.Sc., F.A.A. Turner, A. W. Gilruth Prize award: Arthur William Turner, O.B.E., D.V.Sc., D.Sc., F.A.A. 1958 Australian Veterinary Journal 34 8 262-4 Resource Section: Arthur William Turner Ward, C. Arthur William Turner Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Journal Article: Lionel Bately Bull, 1889-1978 French, E. L.; and Stewart, D.F. Lionel Bately Bull, 1889-1978 1983 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 4 90-110 Arthur William Turner Arthur William Turner All rights reserved.

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