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Defence Standards Laboratories (1953 - 1974)

Commonwealth of Australia

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Function: Analytical Services and Defence Industries

Location: Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia

In October 1953 the Defence Research Laboratories became known as the Defence Standards Laboratories. Another name change took place in September 1974, the Laboratories becoming the Materials Research Laboratories.

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Reference/Legal Number(s): CA 2556
Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia

Location: Maribyrnong, Victoria

Previous and Subsequent Entities

1922 - 1948 Munitions Supply Laboratories (MSL)
       1948 - 1953 Defence Research Laboratories
             1953 - 1974 Defence Standards Laboratories
                   1974 - 1994 Materials Research Laboratories
                         1994 - Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory

Related Corporate Bodies

Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia (1942 - )

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Online Sources

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'Primary description of agency CA 2552; Defence Research/ (by 1956) Defence Standards Laboratories, Alexandria, New South Wales', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+2552. [ Details ]

'Primary description of agency CA 2556; Defence Standards Laboratories [Maribyrnong, Victoria]. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2002, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+2556. [ 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/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A000998. [ Details ]

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