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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-09-16 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007857b.htm person McCready Lindsay Leslie AACR2 2 January 1919 27 August 1976 Place of Birth Leeton, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Engineer Radio engineer Lindsay McCready was an engineer specialising in radio receiver systems. After being employed by AWA before WWII, he joined the CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics where he worked closely with Joe Pawsey. In October 1945, the first successful Australian radio observations of the sun were made at the RAAF radar station, Collaroy Plateau Park, Sydney, by Pawsey, McCready and Ruby Payne-Scott. McCready ultimately became head of all engineering services at the Division. 1937 1949 Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia Payne-Scott, Ruby Violet (1912 - 1981) Pawsey, Joseph Lade (1908 - 1962) 'McCready, Lindsay Leslie', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McCready, Lindsay Leslie Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Australian Astronomy Since the Second World War Gascoigne, S. C. B. Australian Astronomy Since the Second World War Sydney Cambridge University Press 1988 Australian Science in the Making R. W. Home 345-373 Journal Article: Radio-frequency energy from the sun Pawsey, J. L., Payne Scott, R. and McCready. L. L. Radio-frequency energy from the sun 1946 Nature 157 158-9 Journal Article: Solar radiation at radio frequencies and its relation to sun spots McCready, L. L., Pawsey, J. L. and Payne-Scott, R. Solar radiation at radio frequencies and its relation to sun spots 1947 Proceedings of the Royal Society, A 190 357-75 Book: Joe Pawsey and the founding of Australian radio astronomy: early discoveries, from the sun to the cosmos Goss, W. M.; Hooker, Claire; and Ekers, Ronald D. Joe Pawsey and the founding of Australian radio astronomy: early discoveries, from the sun to the cosmos Cham, Switzerland Springer 2023