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Optical Munitions Panel (1940 - 1945)

Function: Defence Industries and Advisory or Regulatory Body

Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Optical Munitions Panel was established in June 1940. The Chair of the Panel was T. H. Laby, until he resigned in 1944 and was replaced by Kerr Grant. The Panel itself was disbanded in 1945.

Details

Reference/Legal Number(s): CA 640
Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia

Location: Melbourne, Victoria

Online Sources

'Primary description of agency CA 640; Optical Munitions Panel. Registration of entity: 17 February 1983', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2002, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+640. [ Details ]

Sherratt, Tim; et al, 'The Optical Munitions Panel', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/org/panel.htm. [ Details ]

Sutherland, Denise, 'The Giant's Eye: Optical Munitions in Australia', Australasian Science, vol. Spring, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journals/as_omp.htm. [ 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=A001305. [ Details ]

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