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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-12-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004019b.htm person Turnbull Ron W. AACR2 Electrical engineer Ron W. Turnbull worked for the Postmaster-General's Department. After a career that combined the planning and installation of local and trunk networks, telephone transmission and traffic engineering, he was appointed superintending engineer, planning, at headquarters in 1955. In 1957 he was appointed chairman of ANSO (Automatic Network and Switching Objectives committee), which was set up to develop a national telephone plan that would eventually bring about a totally integrated automatic (STD) dialling system in Australia. He was awarded the Professional Officers Association Award Merit for his work on this committee. During the 1970s he served as Telecom's representative on the board of OTC (Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia)). 1957 1960? Career position - Chairman, Automatic Network and Switching Objectives (ANSO) committee, Postmaster-General's Department 1959 1959 Award - Award of Merit, Professional Officers Association Professional Officers Association, Commonwealth Public Service (1917 - 1975)

Received Award of Merit 1959

 Postmaster-General's Department, Commonwealth of Australia (1901 - 1975)

Chairman, Automatic Network and Switching Objectives (ANSO) Committee 1957 - ?1960

 Turnbull, Ron W.

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 'Turnbull, Ron W.', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Turnbull, Ron W. Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000