Robert Broughton Lansdown AO CBE (9 May 1921 – 6 May 2006) was a senior Australian public servant and policymaker.
[1] At the age of 14, he first joined the Australian Public Service, as a post office bicycle messenger in Strathfield.
[2] During World War II, Lansdown joined the Second Australian Imperial Force, serving in the Middle East and New Guinea.
[2] Lansdown first rejoined the Australian Public Service in 1950 as a Private Secretary in the Prime Minister's Department.
[3] Lansdown was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for housing, environment and community development in 1977.