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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2020-01-14 human Helen Cohn; Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006776b.htm person Banks Edgar Roger FTSE AACR2 10 July 1930 26 January 2018 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Telecommunications engineer Roger Banks, FTSE BEE DEng(Hon) MIEAust, was responsible for the assessment and adoption by Telecom Australia of the switching equipment used in Australia's first electronic trunk exchanges, and later held senior positions in Telecom Australia. In the 1960s Banks was a leader in special study groups of the International Telecommunications Union concerned with planning for the development of automated telephone networks in developing countries and for worldwide international direct dialling following the laying of the first submarine telephone cables across the Atlantic Ocean. Banks also had a keen interest in road safety research, and was a board member of road safety research groups at both Monash University and the University of Melbourne, and of the Victorian Government's road construction and management organisations. 1948 1948 Career event - Appointed Cadet Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department 1949 1949 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1953 1953 Education - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE), University of Melbourne 1953 1972 Career position - Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department, rising to Assistant Director General, Switching and Facilities Planning, Postmaster-General's Department 1959 1959 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1964 1968 Career position - Vice-Chairman, Special Study Group B - Worldwide Telephony, International Telecommunications Union 1965 1968 Career position - Chair, Special Autonomous Group, Consultative Committee for International Telegraphy and Telephony, International Telecommunications Union 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.] 1972 1973 Career position - Director, Business Planning, Plessey Telecommunications Ltd, UK 1974 1975 Career position - Assistant Director-General, Telephone Exchange Equipment, Postmaster-General's Department 1975 1980 Career position - General Manager, Customer Service, Telecom Australia (Australian Telecommunications Commission) 1980 1987 Career position - Executive Director, Business Development, Telecom Australia (Australian Telecommunications Commission) 1983 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1983 1989 Career position - Member of the Board, Victorian Road Construction Authority 1984 1988 Career position - Director, Aussat Pty Ltd 1987 1988 Career position - Executive Director, Corporate Strategy, Telecom Australia (Australian Telecommunications Commission) 1987 2018 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1983] 1988 1988 Life event - Retired 1988 1993 Career position - Senior Research Fellow, Monash University 1990 1993 Career position - President, Royal Automobile Association of Victoria 1991 2005 Career position - Member, VicRoads Advisory Board 1992 1992? Career position - Member, Advisory Board, Transport Research Centre, University of Melbourne 1992 1995 Career position - President, Intelligent Vehicle and Highway Systems Australia 1997 2007 Career position - Chair, University of Melbourne Engineering Foundation 1999 2005 Career position - Board Member, Monash University Accident Research Centre 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in telecommunications and engineering 2003 2003 Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Awarded Honorary DEng 2003.

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

Assistant Director-General, Telephone Exchange Equipment 1974-75; Assistant Director General, Switching and Facilities Planning c1960-1972.

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1987 - 2018 [Elected Fellow AATS 1983]

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Fellow 1983 - 1987

 Australian Telecommunications Commission, Commonwealth of Australia (1975 - 1989)

Executive Director, Corporate Strategy 1987 - 1988; Executive Director, Business Development 1980 - 1987.

 'Banks, Edgar Roger (Roger)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Banks, Edgar Roger (Roger) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Academy 2024 Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Journal Article: Investigation of faults on the Adelaide-Perth CU5 Three-channel system Banks, E. R. Investigation of faults on the Adelaide-Perth CU5 Three-channel system Postal Electrical Society of Victoria 1954 Telecommunication Journal of Australia 9 6 290-99 Journal Article: Crossbar switching equipment for the Australian telephone network Banks, E. R. Crossbar switching equipment for the Australian telephone network Telecommunication Society of Australia 1961 Telecommunication Journal of Australia 13 2 85-98 Journal Article: Crossbar switching equipment for the Australian telephone network Banks, E. R. Crossbar switching equipment for the Australian telephone network 1961 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 33 4-5 113-125 Journal Article: Edgar Roger Banks FTSE: telecommunications visionary became Telecom leader Anon Edgar Roger Banks FTSE: telecommunications visionary became Telecom leader 2019 Impact: magazine of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 209 68-9 Journal Article: Vale Roger Banks: a tribute - Edgar Roger Banks, 10 July 1930 - 26 January 2018 Holmes, Jim Vale Roger Banks: a tribute - Edgar Roger Banks, 10 July 1930 - 26 January 2018 2018 Australian journal of telecommunications and the digital economy 6 1 60-6 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 2012 Who's who in Australia 2012 48th Melbourne Crown Content Pty Ltd 2012 Book: Clear across Australia: a History of Telecommunications Moyal, Ann Clear across Australia: a History of Telecommunications Melbourne Nelson 1984