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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-11-13 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007915b.htm person Crawford John Murray MBE AACR2 8 October 1871 30 May 1943 Place of Birth Liverpool, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Electrical engineer Telecommunications engineer John Crawford, MBE MIEAust MIEE, was Chief Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department, Commonwealth of Australia, from c1927 to 1936. For more than fifteen years before that, he held senior engineering positions within the Department in Melbourne and Sydney. He presented from Melbourne, at the historic first joint meeting of the Melbourne Division and Sydney Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia, held on the 26th March 1929 by telephone link, and broadcast live by public radio in both Melbourne and Sydney. He was Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia in 1933-34; was its President in 1937; and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1935 in recognition of his service to the Postmaster-General's Department. 1911 1911 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London c. 1911 c. 1911 Life event - Arrived in Australia 1912 c. 1917 Career position - Assistant Electrical Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department c. 1917 1924 Career position - State Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1925 c. 1927 Career position - Chief Electrical Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department 1926 1926 Career event - Member (MIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London c. 1927 1936 Career position - Chief Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department 26 Mar 1929 26 Mar 1929 Career event - Presented at the first major telephone meeting organised in Australia 1930 1930 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1932 1932 Career event - Representative of the Commonwealth of Australia, International Telecommunications Conference, Madrid 1932 1932 Career event - Representative of the Commonwealth of Australia, International Electrical Congress, Paris 1933 1933 Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia 3 Jun 1935 3 Jun 1935 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) - Chief Engineer in the PMG's Department 1936 1936 Life event - Retired 1937 1937 Career position - President, Institution of Engineers, Australia 1937 1937 Career event - Representative of the Commonwealth of Australia, International Congress of the International Association for Testing Materials, London Postmaster-General's Department, Commonwealth of Australia (1901 - 1975)

Chief Engineer c1927 - 1936;

 'Crawford, John Murray', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Crawford, John Murray Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Long line telephone and telegraph systems in Australia (Discussions and communications) Hayes, Norman William Victor; Attkins, Roy James (Nimmo, W.; Page, R. E.; Crawford, J. M.; Partington, R. N.) Long line telephone and telegraph systems in Australia (Discussions and communications) 1931 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 3 5 173 Journal Article: Long line telephone and telegraph systems in Australia (Discussions and communications) Hayes, Norman William Victor; Attkins, Roy James (Nimmo, W.; Page, R. E.; Crawford, J. M.; Partington, R. N.) Long line telephone and telegraph systems in Australia (Discussions and communications) 1930 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 2 12 466-467 Journal Article: The future of the engineering profession (Discussions and communications) Chapman, W. D. (Jenkinson, H. G.; Crawford, J. M.; Carter, H. G.; Just, J. S.; Mackerras, A. P.; Gibson, W. H. H.; Leith, A. C.; Pringle, T. P.; Costello, E. C.; Finch, L. H.; Simpson, J. A.; McLean, D.) The future of the engineering profession (Discussions and communications) 1935 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 7 6 202-206 Journal Article: Communication engineering in Australia (Discussions and communications) Crawford, John Murray; Partington, R. N.; Crook, R. A.; Archer, R. F.; Witt, S. H. Communication engineering in Australia (Discussions and communications) 1931 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 3 6 221-223 Edited Book: A Biographical register 1788-1939 : notes from the name index of the Australian Dictionary of biography. Volume 1: A-K Gibbney, H. J.; and Smith, Ann G. A Biographical register 1788-1939 : notes from the name index of the Australian Dictionary of biography. Volume 1: A-K Canberra Australian Dictionary of Biography 1987 Journal Article: Chairman's Address [Melbourne Division] - Service: Institutional and National; Developments in communications engineering Crawford, John Murray Chairman's Address [Melbourne Division] - Service: Institutional and National; Developments in communications engineering 1934 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 6 6 212-216 Journal Article: Notes on Victorian-Tasmanian Telephone Cable Crawford, John Murray Notes on Victorian-Tasmanian Telephone Cable 1936 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 8 6 236-239 Journal Article: Preservation of wooden poles - I and II (Appendices, and discussions and communications) Crawford, J. M.; Vine Hall, R. (Baker, Richard T.; Welch, M. B.; Grant, R.; Froggatt, W. W.; Lofts, G. H.; Burton, W. L.; Brookman, J. R.; Morse, R. V.; Humble, W.) Preservation of wooden poles - I and II (Appendices, and discussions and communications) 1924 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 5 342-354 Journal Article: Communication engineering in Australia Crawford, John Murray Communication engineering in Australia 1931 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 3 2 41-53 Journal Article: Automatic telephony, with special reference to the Sydney Exchanges [in Abstracts of papers read before divisions, 1922.] Crawford, John Murray Automatic telephony, with special reference to the Sydney Exchanges [in Abstracts of papers read before divisions, 1922.] 1922 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 3 190-196 Journal Article: Preservation of wooden poles - I Crawford, John Murray Preservation of wooden poles - I 1924 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 5 49-59 Journal Article: Presidential address [1938] Crawford, John Murray Presidential address [1938] 1938 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 10 6 217-225 Journal Article: The development of communication in Victoria Crawford, J. M. The development of communication in Victoria 1934 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 6 10 401-406 Journal Article: Recent developments in Post Office Engineering. An historical meeting Crawford, J. M.; Lawson, R. Recent developments in Post Office Engineering. An historical meeting 1929 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 9 344-347 Journal Article: Retirement of Chief Engineer. Postmaster-General's Department [J. M. Crawford MBE MIEAust] Anon Retirement of Chief Engineer. Postmaster-General's Department [J. M. Crawford MBE MIEAust] 1936 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 8 6 220