Helen Alma Newton Turner AO OBE (15 May 1908 – 26 November 1995) was an Australian geneticist and statistician.

She was a leading authority on sheep genetics and worked at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) for 40 years.

[1][2] She developed an interest in statistics and Ross arranged for her to train in the United Kingdom with statisticians Frank Yates and Ronald Fisher.

Newton Turner formed the University Women's Land Army with marine biologist Isobel Bennett in 1940.

[5] The Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics established the Helen Newton Turner Medal in 1993.