Appointed Conductor of the Ayr Choir: APR 1939, Ayr, Queensland, Australia ⁴

First place - Country Male Chorus Innisfail Eisteddof: APR 1941, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia; Ronald Murray Cook conducted the male chorus singing "The Forge Song" ⁵

Reunion of the Ayre sub-branch: MAY 1947, Ayr, Queensland, Australia; Ronald Cook spoke on behalf of the young diggers ⁶

Recognition of Service Presentation: DEC 1948, Ayr, Queensland, Australia; For his service to the musical world of the Lower Burdekin area ⁷

Elected Chairman of the Local Recruiting Committee: NOV 1950, Ayr, Queensland, Australia ⁸

Sugar Cane Judge at the Ayr Show: JUL 1952, Ayr, Queensland, Australia; Robert William Burstall, one of the other judges, was Ronald's brother-in-law. Charles Dudley Wellington, also a judge, was a maternal first cousin of Ronald's wife Olive. ⁹

C.C.S. Tests: JUL 1952, Ayr, Queensland, Australia; Other prize winners were Olive's father Harry Bousfield Burtsall and Charles Dudley Wellington her first cousin. Townsville Daily Bulletin Saturday 5 July 1952 ¹⁰

Baritone Solo Winner of the Cairns Easter Eisteddfod: APR 1953, Cairns, Queensland, Australia ¹¹

Elected an Officer of the North Queensland Eisteddfod Society: APR 1953, Ayr, Queensland, Australia ¹²

Ayr Choir Placed First: APR 1959, North Queensland Eisteddfod, Cairns; Ronald conducted the Ayr choir which was placed first in the "B" Grade Madrigal at the thirty fifth Annual North Queensland Eisteddfod ¹³

Departure: NOV 1952, Sydney, NSW, Australia ¹⁹

Arrival: 29 DEC 1952, London, England ²⁰