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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-01-27 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007959b.htm person Corbett Arthur Brownlow AACR2 c. 1876 20 March 1970 Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Telegraphic engineer Arthur Corbett was the Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs, Postmaster-General's Department in Queensland. 1933 Career position - Superintendent of Mails, Sydney General Post Office, Postmaster-General's Department 1923 1923 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1933 1933 Award - Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers Australia [Presented in 1940, in Melbourne.] 1933 1939 Career position - Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs, Postmaster-General's Department 1 Jan 1938 1 Jan 1938 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) - Deputy Director - PMG Department in Qld 1939 c. 1944 Career position - Director-General of Civil Aviation 1944 1944 Life event - Retired Corbett, Arthur Hardie (1906 - 1990) Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - 1975)

Awarded the prize 1933, for the paper "Mechanical handling of mails, General Post Office, Sydney", Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, vol.5, no.4, Apr 1933, pp.109-120.

 'Corbett, Arthur Brownlow', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Corbett, Arthur Brownlow Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Twenty-first Annual Report [1940] Institution of Engineers Australia Twenty-first Annual Report [1940] 1941 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 13 2 33-51 Journal Article: Mechanical handling of mails, General Post Office, Sydney Corbett, Arthur Brownlow Mechanical handling of mails, General Post Office, Sydney 1933 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 5 4 109-120 Book Section: Corbett, Arthur Brownlow (1877-1970), engineer and administrator Prentice, S. A. Corbett, Arthur Brownlow (1877-1970), engineer and administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 500-501