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g - graph
i - illustration
m - map
t - table

N.S.W. - New South Wales
N.T. - Northern Territory
Qld - Queensland
S.A. - South Australia
S.W.P.A. - South West Pacific Area
Tas. - Tasmania
Vic. - Victoria
W.A. - Western Australia


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A. Abrahams and Sons Pty Ltd 870 - 871

A. E. Bishop Holdings Pty Ltd 883

A. E. Gibson Pty Ltd 227

A. Goninan & Co. 852, 853, 855i

A. J. Carmichael 442

A. V. Jennings Group 333i

A.A.O. (Australian Associated Oilfields) 774

A.C.F. and Shirley 604

A.C.I. 243, 618 - 619, 645 - 646

A.C.T. Electricity Authority 813

A.E. & C.I. 614

A.P.C. 662

A.W.R.W. (Australian Wire Rope Works Pty Ltd) 869 - 870

abalone 124 - 126

Abbott Australasia Pty Ltd 628

Abel, Sir Frederick 611

aborigines 312, communication methods 527 - 528i, destruction of settlers' stock 9, use of resources 2 - 4, use of timber 203

acclimatisation societies 11 - 12

Acco Transport, Adelaide 518 - 519

accounting machines 584 - 586, 588 - 589

Accum, Frederick 112

acetanilide 624 - 625

acetone 679 - 680

Acme Machinery Company 888

Adelaide diesel electric suburban railcars 470 - 471, export of salt 407 - 408, gas lighting 815 - 817, layout 314, telephone system 538 - 539

Adelaide Chemical Works, Torrensville 603, 604

Adelaide Electricity Supply Company 810

Adolph Basser Computing Laboratory 589

Advanced Engineering Laboratory 942, 946

Advisory Council of Science and Industry 115, 904

Aerial League of Australia 902

Aerial League of N.S.W. 497

Aero Engine Services Limited, N. Z. 503

aeronautical research 926 - 927, 941, 943

Aeronautical Research Laboratories 919, 921, 926 - 927, 928 - 930, 932 - 934, 941, 943, 956 - 957

Aesiotes notabilis 220 - 221

Afghans 446

Agfa 638

Agricultural Bureau of S.A. 23

agricultural colleges local 21 - 23, overseas 21

agricultural development continuing 64 - 68, early 12 - 13, importation of wheat threshers 13 - 15

agricultural education 26 - 27, future requirements 64 - 65

agricultural engineering industry, local 13 - 17

agricultural graduates, employment of 25 - 27

agricultural improvement 4, factors militating against 11 - 12

agricultural lasers, introduction of 160 - 161

agricultural machinery 1850s to 1870s 13 - 16, early manufacturing of 833 - 834, 834 - 835, for wheat farmers 61i, interaction of American and Australian manufacturers 15 - 16

agricultural markets effect of gold rush on 9 - 11, local 5 - 8

agricultural practices early beginnings in Australia 5 - 7, 9 - 11, in England 4, in late 1860s and 70s 12 - 13

agricultural problems, approaches to 21 - 23, 23, 27 - 28

agricultural production 1980s slump 64 - 65, early 749, early problems 11 - 12, post 1960s 64

agricultural research British moves to encourage 30 - 32, characteristics of Australian 34 - 36, creation of CSIRO 30 - 31, demands for 21, examples of 34 - 61, funding of 26 - 27, 29 - 30, 30 - 32, 32 - 36, future requirements of 64 - 66, 66 - 68, growth 26 - 27, 27 - 30, international aspects 59 - 64, principal aims 38 - 39, returns from 30 - 33

agricultural science 24 - 28, Australian graduates recruited to international organisations 61 - 62, demand for graduates 26 - 27, development within universities 25 - 26, recognition as a profession 25 - 26

agricultural societies, first 9

Agricultural Society of New South Wales 21

agriculture Australian farm income 64, derivative 2 - 4

agrochemicals 657 - 658

agronomists 58

Aiken, Howard 588

air conditioners 885 - 887

air drop water containers 957 - 958

air force equipment 948

air raid warning system 543 - 544

air safety standards 510 - 512

air services 505 - 509, Ansett 507 - 508, Guinea Airways 508, QANTAS 507, Royal Flying Doctor Service 496, 499, 502, 507, 509i, T.A.A. 507 - 508

air transport 505 - 507, air services 505 - 509, Australia-South America 505 - 507, Australia-West Africa 505 - 507, crossing the Pacific 505, first official mail flights 505 - 507, first round the world 507 - 508, world circumnavigation 505

airborne electro-magnetic survey in land assessment 37 - 38

aircraft accidents 510 - 512

Aircraft Construction Branch 907

aircraft detection 898 - 900

aircraft engines, named Gypsy Moth 485, Harkness Hornet 498, Hartnett (Gregoire designed) 486, Napier-Delta 515, Pratt and Whitney R-2800 500, Pratt and Whitney Wasp 500, Rolls Royce Griffon 500, Taurus 501, Wasp 500, 501, Wizard 498

aircraft landing systems 927

aircraft manufacturing industry 906 - 907, 907, 908

aircraft noise 392 - 393

Aircraft Production Commission, Beaufort Division 929

aircraft safety 929 - 930

aircraft structural fatigue 503, 929 - 930, 941, 956 - 957

aircraft, named Convair 240 390 - 391, 507, Airbus 508, Australian Aircraft Consortium A-10 (Basic Trainer) 504i, AVRO 504 K training plane 498, AVRO 707A (bomber) 927, Avro Avian 505, AVRO Lancaster (heavy bomber) 502, Beechcraft 509i, Boeing 707 391, 507 - 508, Boeing 747 391, Bristol Beaufighter aircraft 485, 912, Bristol Beaufort aircraft 485, Bristol Beaufort bomber 501, 907, 912, Broadsmith BI six seat biplane 498, CAC Avon-Sabre 501, CAC CA 12 Boomerang, (fighter aircraft) 500, 912i, 929, CAC CA 15 (fighter) 500i, CAC CA-4 (bomber) 907, 912, CAC Ceres (crop duster) 501i, CAC Wackett (trainer aircraft) 500, 906, CAC Winjeel trainer 501i, CAC Wirraway 500, 501, 906i, 912, CAC Woomera (reconnaisance bomber) 500, Caravelle 508 - 509, Catalina flying boat 507 - 508, Codock (6 passenger twin-engined airliner) 498, Constellation 507 - 508, de Havilland Comet (jet airliner) 927, de Havilland DH 50 508 - 509, de Havilland Dragon (twin-engined communications aircraft) 499, de Havilland Drover (commercial feeder liner) 499i, de Havilland gliders 499, de Havilland Mosquito (fighter bomber) 499, 912, de Havilland Moth (biplane) 499, de Havilland Tiger Moth (aircraft) 499, de Havilland Vampire (jet fighters) 499, Douglas DC6 391, Duigan biplane 497i, F 111-C 930, 941, F 16 943, F 86 Sabre 501, 926 - 927, Fokker Tri-Motor 505, Fokker Universal 507 - 508, GAF Nomad 502i, GAF Nomad Searchmaster 502i, 947i, 948, Gannett (6/7 seater airliner) 498, Genair (aircraft) 498, Jindivik (pilotless target aircraft) 502, 918i, 926 - 927, 934, Jones Wonga (aeroplane) 498, 498, Lincoln (heavy bomber) 502, Lockheed Altair 505, Lockheed Electra 391, Martin 202 929, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 941, 943, Millicer Air Cruiser 503, Millicer designed CT4 Airtrainer 503, 948, Mirage III-0 927, 941, NA-33 (later known as Wirraway) 500, Percival Gull 505, Pika 933 - 776, Pilatus PC09 504, Short 'Empire' Flying Boats 507 - 508, Stinson (airliner) 929, Transavia Airtrak PL-12 (agricultural/utility aircraft) 503, Transavia PL-12 M300 (military aircraft) 503, Transavia PL-12-550T (turbo-prop) 503, Transavia PL-12U (utility aircraft) 503, Transavia Skyfarmer T-300 503, Transavia Skyfarmer T-300A 503, Vickers Vimy 505, Vickers Viscount 391, 507 - 508, Victa Airtourer (2 seater club aircraft) 503, 948, Wackett Warbler 498, Wackett Warrigal I (training aircraft) 498, Wackett Warrigal II (single seater fighter) 498, Wackett Widgeon I (flying boat) 498, Wackett Widgeon II (flying boat) 498

Airedale Weaving Mills, Melbourne 280

airport design and construction 390 - 393

airport runways 390 - 392, pavement configuration and design 390i, 392i, seal coats 392, test rolling of 392i

airports 390 - 395, control towers 392, lighting 392, passenger terminals 392, runways 390 - 392

AIS 577

Akhurst, R. J. 221

Akre, Robert W. 612

Aktavite 622

Albany Felt, Gosford, N.S.W. 299

Albion Mill 274

Albiston, H. E. 43

Albright and Wilson (Australia) Pty Ltd, Yarraville 604, 641, 645, 691

Alcan Australia Ltd 727, 728, 873, 874

Alcoa of Australia Ltd xiv, 728, 728, 807, 874

alcohol 625 - 626

Alex McGregor and Company 441

alkali 640 - 643

Allen, M. W. 586i, 591 - 592i, 595

Allied Works Council 417

Allison and Knight 94

alloys 928 - 929

alpacas 11 - 12

Alt, Capt. Theodore Henry 313, 315

Altona Petrochemical Company Ltd 675 - 677

Altona Petrochemical Complex 674 - 679

alumina 410 - 412

aluminium 725 - 729, 807 - 808

aluminium technology 872 - 874

Alusuisse 728

Amalagamated Wireless Australia (A.W.A.) 510, 536, 540, 543, 544, 545, 553, 553, 565, 570 - 571, 932, 955

Amalgamated Society of Engineers 534

Amalgamated Zinc (De Bavay's) Ltd 246 - 247

Amcor Ltd 245

AMCRO 871 - 373

American Chemical (AmChem) 650, 684

American Clipper 439 - 440, 440 - 441

American Rolling Mill Company (ARMCO) 860

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (AT. & T) 540 - 541, 541 - 542, 544, 567

ammonia 605 - 606, 607 - 608, 624 - 625, 625 - 626, 634, 636

Ammonia Company of Australia 606

ammonium nitrate 602, 612 - 615, 634, 636, ANFO 612 - 613, on site plant 613i, 634, open-cut blasting 613i

ammonium nitrate based fertilisers 634, 636

ammonium nitrate water gels 612 - 614

ammonium phosphate 604 - 605, 607 - 608

ammonium sulphate 604 - 605

Anderson and Barr of Jersey City, U.S.A. 351

Anderson, A. J. 42

Anderson, C. N. 823

Anderson, J. T. 360

Anderson, V. G. 194

Anderson, William 82

Angell, Dr H. R. 43

Anglesea Barracks, Hobart 312

aniline 624 - 625, 643

Animal Health Scheme 656

Annett and Darling Ltd, N.Z. 294

Ansell Rubber Company Ltd 882

Ansell, Eric 882

Ansett Airlines 507 - 508

Ansett Freight Express Ltd 490

Ansett Transport Industries Ltd 508

Ansett, R. M. 494, 507 - 508

anthelmintic drugs 654

Anthrax vaccination 616

anti-submarine weapons 898 - 900

antibiotics 619 - 620, 630 - 632

ANZCAN 577

ANZUS 899

Apollo Company Works, Footscray 602

Apollo Stearine Candle Cpy 602

Appert, Nicolas 70, 75, 77

apples, first refrigerated shipment 92 - 93

APV-Bell Bryant 138

aquifers, recharge of 161 - 164

Aragao, Dr H. de Beaurepaire 45

ARC Industries Pty Ltd 869

Archer, John Lee 312

architects, role during settlement 313

Argus 112

Argyle Mine, Kimberley, W.A. 740i

Ariell, T. H. 97 - 98

Arkwright, Richard 265, 268, 269, water frame spinning machine 269d

Armaments Chemicals Committee 611

Armed Forces Food Science Establishment (A.F.F.S.E.), Scottsdale 120, 949

armour 913d, 939, 945i

Army 932

Army Design Establishment 945 - 946

Army Invention Board 862

Army Tropical Trials Establishment 940

Arnott, William 98, 143

Arnotts Limited 98

artesian bores 17, 151 - 152, 168i

AS Mark 892

asbestos 701

Ashton, D. H. 207

Aspin Pty Ltd 290

Aspirin 620 - 622, 840 - 841

Asplund Defibrator 242, 254

Aspro 620 - 622, 840 - 842

Associated Glass Manufacturers 662

Associated Pulp and Paper Mills (A.P.P.M.) 214, 215

Association for Applied Solar Energy 790

Association for Science in Asia (A.S.C.A.) 130

Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (A.C.E.A.) 408, 409, 412, 413

AstraPak Ltd 872

atebrin 625 - 626

Atkinson, James 5

Atlas computer 425

atomic absorption spectroscope 648

atropine 626 - 627

Ausonics Pty Ltd 889

AUSSAT 526, 573, 578i, 579 - 580

AUSSAT Pty Ltd 568, 575, 578 - 579

Austek Microsystems Pty Ltd 891

Austen Gun 863, 915

AUSTEP Pty Ltd 658

Austin, Herbert 17 - 18

Austin, J. B. 593

Austin, Thomas 44

AUSTPAC 571, 577

Austral Bronze Co. Pty Ltd 873, 878

Austral Laboratory 842

Austral Nail Co. Ltd 852

Austral Silk and Cotton Mills, Abbotsford, Vic. 280

Austral Standard Cables 878

Austral-Pacific Fertilisers Ltd, Gibson Island, Brisbane 604 - 605, 634

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy xv, xvi, 700, 702, 746

Australia climates 2, distance from by shipping routes 2, European settlement of 312, farming systems 59 - 62, flying times to other parts of the world 2, flying times within 2, livestock 2 - 4, major food exporter 70, original vegetation 2 - 4, population 1851-61 338 - 339, road system 495, size 2

Australia Kodak Ltd 842

Australia Post: set up 567 - 568

Australia. Main Roads Development Act 482 - 483

Australia. Army. Directorate of Armoured Fighting Vehicles 913

Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics (B.M.R.) 744

Australia. Bureau of Transport Economics 475

Australia. Department of Air 499

Australia. Department of Aircraft Production 883, Beaufort Division 501 - 502

Australia. Department of Aviation (D. of A.) 390, 393

Australia. Department of Civil Aviation (D.C.A.) 390, 392, 393, 510, 929

Australia. Department of Communications 526

Australia. Department of Defence 541, 580, 594, 933, 935, 937 - 939, 945 - 946

Australia. Department of Defence Scientific Laboratory, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne 611

Australia. Department of Defence. Medical Equipment Control Committee (M.E.C.C.) 619, 624, 626

Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs 63

Australia. Department of Health, Ultrasonics Institute 889

Australia. Department of Housing and Construction (D.H.C.) 389, 391 - 392, 392, 393

Australia. Department of Munitions 907 - 908

Australia. Department of Supply aeronautics 926 - 927, ammunition research 926, bomb aerodynamics 930, high-temperature alloys 928 - 929, Ikara 921 - 922, lasers 928, machining 925, navigation 928, research and development 925 - 932, structural fatigue and aircraft safety 929 - 930, underwater research 931, xerography 925 - 926, 956

Australia. Department of Works and Housing (D.W.H.) 389, 391, 392, 393

Australia. Division of National Mapping 928

Australia. Ministry of Post-War Reconstruction 284

Australia. National Acoustics Laboratory (N.A.L.) 392 - 393

Australia. Post Master General's Department. Research Laboratories, defence projects 543, 12 channel radio telephone system 537, established 536 - 537, land line relay 540, open wire carrier systems 537, production of telegraph carrier equipment 544 - 545, radar development 914, Radio Research Board 540 - 541, research reports 537 - 538, separation into Australia Post and Telecom 567 - 568, standards 537, submarine coaxial cable 537, the Cirrus computer 592 - 593, V F telegraph systems 544 - 545, vacuum tube repeators 540 - 541

Australian Academy of Science 746

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 746

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences Symposium 1981 658

Australian Agricultural Company 829

Australian Aircraft and Engineering Company (A.A.E.C.) 498

Australian Aircraft Consortium 504

Australian Aluminium Company 873

Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 746

Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Vic. 46

Australian Antarctic Territory 387 - 388

Australian Association of Scientific Workers. Drug Committee 624

Australian Atomic Energy Commission 709, 713, 755, 792, 794 - 795

Australian Automobile Association 479

Australian Ball Bearing Company 483

Australian Biscuit Company 98

Australian Broadband Communications Network 563t

Australian Broadband Network 575m

Australian Broadcasting Commission 540

Australian Bureau of Census and Statistics 587 - 588, 593

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (A.C.I.A.R.) 62 - 63

Australian Chemical Holdings 683

Australian Chemical Institute 114

Australian Coal Industries Research Laboratories Ltd (A.C.I.R.L.) 755

Australian Coal Industry Research Laboratories 709

Australian Committee on Computation and Automatic Control (A.N.C.C.A.C.) 596

Australian computer development 584 - 589, first courses in computing 588 - 589, research in 580 - 581, systems 586t, 587 - 589

Australian Computer Research Board (A.C.R.B.) 580

Australian Computer Society (A.C.S.) 596

Australian Consolidated Industries (A.C.I.) 243, 618 - 619, 646, 911

Australian Consumers' Association 798 - 800

Australian Cotton Textile Industries Ltd (A.C.T.I.L.), Woodville, S.A. 299

Australian Dairy Corporation 138, 139

Australian Dairy Research Committee 120, 139

Australian Defence Scientific Service (A.D.S.S.) 919 - 925, data processing and computing 919 - 921, Malkara and Ikara 921 - 922i, predecessor to Defence Science and Technology Organisation 956, satellites and intercontinentals 922 - 923

Australian Development Aid Bureau 214

Australian Engineering Standards Association 905

Australian Explosives and Chemical Company Ltd 609, 610

Australian Flying Corps 498

Australian Forest Industries, Myrtleford 230, 252

Australian Forestry Council 206

Australian Frozen Meat Export Company, Melbourne 90 - 91

Australian Gas Light Company 638, 750, 816, 818i

Australian Geomechanics Society 746

Australian Geosciences Council 746

Australian Glass Company 838

Australian Government Offsets Program 695

Australian Industrial Research and Development Incentive Scheme (A.I.R.D.I.S.) 695

Australian Inland Mission 509, 541

Australian Inoculant Research and Control Service 48

Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology 85

Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (A.I.N.S.E.) 794

Australian Institute of Physics 746

Australian Institute of Quarrying 746

Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (A.I.D.A.B.) 62

Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (A.I.S.) 320, 722, 858, 860, 863, 864

Australian Journal of Dairy Technology 118 - 119, 122

Australian Knitting Mills, Melbourne 279, 280

Australian Lightweight Air Warning 914

Australian Lithofracture Company (Krebs Patent) Ltd 609

Australian LRV (tram) 467i

Australian Manufacturing Council 893

Australian Meat Board 49

Australian Meat Company, London 80

Australian Merino Society 54 - 55

Australian Milking Zebu (A.M.Z.) 50 - 51

Australian Miller 94 - 95

Australian Mineral Development Laboratories 709, 713, 716, 744, 755, 798

Australian Mineral Foundation (A.M.F.) 745

Australian Mineral Industries Research Association xv, 709, 713, 716, 744 - 745

Australian Mines and Metals Association xv

Australian Mining Industry Council xv

Australian Motoring Association 479

Australian Moulding Corporation 662

Australian National Airways (A.N.A.) (second) 507 - 508

Australian National Airways (first) 505

Australian National Industries 928

Australian National Line (A.N.L.) 515

Australian National Railways 379, 450 - 451, 473i

Australian National Research Council Meat Freezing Committee 115

Australian Newsprint Mills Ltd (A.N.M.) 247 - 249i, 253 - 254, 254

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (A.N.S.T.O.) 792

Australian Objective Measurement Project (A.O.M.P.) 291 - 292

Australian Oxygen Company 618, 624

Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd (A.P.M.) 210, 211, 214, 215, 245, 247 - 254, 255, 255i, 256, 646

Australian Paper Mills Co. Pty Ltd 245

Australian Patents Office 586, solar heat patents 778 - 779

Australian Petrochemicals Ltd (A.P.L.) 668i

Australian pillar terminal 542i, 543

Australian Post Office (A.P.O.) 545, 546, 548, 549, 550 - 552, 1959-60 Annual Report 561, detection of faults on open wire systems 564 - 565, establishes ANSO committee 554, international telephone signalling system no.6 559 - 560, 560, optical fibre research 570 - 571, technical publications 551 - 552, telex services 552 - 553i

Australian Pulp and Paper Mills (A.P.P.M.) 242, 246 - 247, 247 - 249, 249 - 251, 252, 253, 255, 256, 258 - 259

Australian Research Laboratories 510

Australian Shipbuilding Industries, Kwinana, W.A. 517

Australian Steam Navigation Company 517

Australian Sugar Company 108, 830

Australian Synthetic Rubber Company Ltd 675

Australian Telecommunications and Electronics Research Board 580

Australian timbers 225, 226 - 227, 228 - 229, as structural materials 316 - 320, quality of 234, 312, standards 234 - 235

Australian Towel Weaving Mills, Auburn, N.S.W. 280

Australian Tree Seed Centre 214

Australian Underground Construction and Tunnelling Association 746

Australian United Paint Company (A.U.P.) 683

Australian Universities' International Development Program 63

Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (A.V.C.C.) 63

Australian Water Resources Council 191

Australian Wine Board 117

Australian Wine Research Institute, Adelaide 106, 119, 120, 126

Australian Wire Industries Pty Ltd 870

Australian Wire Rope Works Pty Ltd 852, 869 - 870

Australian Wool Board 33

Australian Wool Corporation 290, 291, 297

Australian Wool Testing Authority 291

Australian Woollen Mills 279

Australian-Asian Universities' Cooperation Scheme 63

Automatic Disturbance Recording (A.D.R.) 566 - 567

Automatic Electric Company (A.E.C.) 537, 539

automatic electronic computation 587 - 588

Automatic Network and Switching Objectives (A.N.S.O.) Committee 554, 562 - 563

Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (A.S.C.C.) 588 - 589

automatic switching equipment 545 - 546, Australia's first international exchange 559

Automatic Telephone and Electrical Co. Ltd (AT. & E.) 559

automatic totalizator 839 - 840

Automatic Trunk Transmission Testing 565 - 566

automotive components 881 - 886

automotive industry 867 - 869, Aeronautical Research Laboratories 502 - 503, air services 505 - 510, Australian Aircraft Consortium 504, aviation 496 - 512, development of air transport 505 - 507, development of employment in aircraft production 502, establishment of Department of Air Production 501 - 502, establishment of first aircraft manufacturing industry 497 - 499, Government Aircraft Factories 501 - 502, 502, ground aids 510 - 512, local inventions 496 - 499, pilotless target aircraft and guided weapons design and development 502, private industrial initiatives 503, safety innovations 510 - 512, specialised aircraft companies 498 - 501, Weapons Research Establishment 503

aviation ground aids 510 - 512

aviation safety innovations 510 - 512

Avro 505

AWI Fibresteel 870

AXE system 569 - 570, 576 - 574

Axminster/Wilton, Vic. 299


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