Person
O'Grady, Francis Philip ( - 1981)
CBE
- Died
- 1981
- Occupation
- Electrical engineer
Summary
Francis O'Grady was Director-General, Posts & Telegraphs 1961-1965. Earlier in his career he worked on the expansion of long distance telephone dialling in South Australia. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
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CBE 1964. Temporary messenger, Postmaster-Generals's Department (PMG) 1915-ca 1918; Uhnehaun and Johnstone, an Adelaide electrical engineering firm ca 1918-23; mechanic, PMG ca 1923, engineer 1923-59, Deputy Director-General, Posts & Telegraphs 1959-61, Director-General 1961-65. His work included telephone equipment design, instructing mechanics in techniques for the new carrier equipment, design work for the national broadcasting system in South Australia, long distance signalling and the development and installation of a train control system.
Published resources
Resources
- 'O'Grady, Francis Phillip (19001009-19810506)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476483. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_o.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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