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Materials Research Laboratories (1974 - 1994)

Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)

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Function: Defence Research and Defence Industries

Location: Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia

In September 1974 the Defence Standards Laboratories (MRL) became the Materials Research Laboratories. In 1977 MRL's Woodville North section was transferred from DSTO to CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology. In 1985 the laboratories came under the control of the Royal Australian Navy. In March 1994 the Materials Research Laboratories joined with the Aeronautical Research Laboratories to form the Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratories of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO).

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Reference/Legal Number(s): CA 2557
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

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Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Commonwealth of Australia (1974 - )

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'Primary description of agency CA 2553; Materials Research Laboratories/ (from ?1992) materials Testing Laboratory, Alexandria, New South Wales, Registration of entity: 30 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+2553. [ Details ]

'Primary description of agency CA 2798; Joint Tropical Trials Research Establishment/ (from 1988) Department of Defence [III], Materials Research Laboratory, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Queensland. Registration of entity: 29 November 1978', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2002, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+2798. [ Details ]

'Primary description of agency CA 2557; Materials Research Laboratory [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+2557. [ 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=A000999. [ Details ]

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