Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology (1955 - )

Before June 1955 meteorological functions were carried out by the Meteorological Branch/Bureau of the Commonwealth Department of the Interior. The Meteorology Act 1955 became operative on 20 June 1955. The Act established the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology and created the office of Director of Meteorology. From 1973 the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology was also referred to as the ‘Bureau of Meteorology’ in Commonwealth and Australian Government Directories.

 1907 - 1955 Meteorological Branch/Bureau
       1955 - Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology

Participates in

• CRC for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment (c. 1995 - c. 1997)
• CRC for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (1997 - c. 2003)

• Commonwealth Meteorology Research Centre (CMRC) (1969 - 1974)
• CRC for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology (1993 - 2000)

• National Meteorological Analysis Centre
• Central Analysis Office (1941 - 1960s)
• Southern Hemisphere Analysis Centre (1964 - )
• National Climate Centre, Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology (1985 - )
• National Meteorological Centre (1985 - 1990s)
• Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC), Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology (1985 - ) [1985 - ]

• Department of the Interior [II], Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1939 - 1972) [1955 - 1972]
• Department of Science [I], Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1972 - 1975) [1972 - 1975]
• Department of Science and Consumer Affairs, Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1975) [1975]
• Department of Science [II], Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1975 - 1978) [1975 - 1978]
• Department of Science and the Environment, Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1978 - 1980) [1978 - 1980]
• Department of Science and Technology, Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1980 - 1984) [1980 - 1984]
• Department of Science [III], Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1984 - 1987) [1984 - 1987]
• Department of Administrative Services [III], Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1987 - 1993) [1987 - 1990]
• Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories, Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1987 - 1991) [1990 - 1991]
• Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories, Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1991 - 1993) [1991 - 1993]
• Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1993 - 1997) [1993 - 1997]
• Department of the Environment [II], Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1997 - 1998) [1997 - 1998]

• International Antarctic Analysis Centre (IAAC) (1959 - 1965) [1959 - 1965]
• International Antarctic Meteorological Research Centre (1965 - 1969) [1965 - 1969]
• Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre (ANMRC) (1974 - 1984) [1974 - 1984]
• Frosterley Club, Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology (1976 - ) [1976 - ]

• 'Primary description of agency CA 1835; Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Registration of entity: 30 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+1835. [ Details ]
• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/. [ Details ]
• Bureau of Meteorology, 'A Brief History of the Bureau of Meteorology', Bureau of Meteorology, 2001, http://www.bom.gov.au/inside/eiab/Bureauhistory.shtml. [ Details ]
• Cornish, A.; Stout, R.; Swan, K.; Glendinning, C., 'Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1929-1946: History of Major Meteorological Installations in Australia From 1945-1981: Four Years in the RAAF Meteorological Service: the Bureau of Meteorology in Papua and New Guinea in the 1950s', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0490.html. [ Details ]
• Gardner, J., 'Stormy Weather: a History of Research in the Bureau of Meteorology', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0735.html. [ Details ]
• Gibbs, W. J., 'A Very Special Family: Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1946 to 1962', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0830.html. [ Details ]
• Hannay, K., 'Some Recollections of Service in the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology and RAAF Meteorological Service: Mascot and Rose Bay (1938 to 1940): Sojourn in the Far East (1942)', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0339.html. [ Details ]
• Lillywhite, J., 'My Early Years in the Bureau of Meteorology: the Formation of the Frosterley Club', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0165.html. [ Details ]
• Zillman, John W., A Hundred Years of Science and Service, Australian Meteorology Through theTwentieth Century, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, 2001, http://www.bom.gov.au/info/100_years.pdf. [ Details ]

• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=A000909. [ Details ]
• Gibbs, W. J., 'The Origins of Australian Meteorology', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0805.html. [ Details ]