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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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B-MAC (B type Multiplexed Analogue Components) 579 - 580

B. F. Goodrich (U.S.A.) 639

B. F. Goodrich Chemical Ltd 675 - 676

B. F. Goodrich-CSRC 676, 680

B.A.S.F. (Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrick) 487, 638, 664

B.A.S.F. Australia Ltd 676, 676, 694

B.H.P. acquires Bethlehem International Engineering Corp. 865 - 866, adapts industrial gas turbine for marine use 516 - 517, and Charles Rasp 632 - 633, buys out Rheem Manufacturing Co. interests 870 - 871, cheapest producer 723 - 724, establishes Whyalla steel works 354 - 355, Hydrocarbon Products Pty Ltd formed 668 - 670, iron and steel industry 717, 721 - 722, 840 - 841, 849 - 854, joins syndicate to set up aircraft manufacturing plant 499, joint venture with Newcastle Chemicals 641 - 643, mineral acids and fertiliser industry 640, Newcastle steel works 320, 849 - 852, 903, northwest shelf oil and gas joint venture 430, oil exploration 769 - 772, sintering 722, steel production for manufacture of guns 908, takes over Australian Iron and Steel 858 - 859, takes over John Lysaght (Aust) 865 - 866, wire products 851 - 853

B.H.P. Melbourne Research Laboratories 475, 646, 866, 867, 867 - 868

B.H.P. Shortland Laboratories 744

B.H.P. Steel International. Coated Products Division 692, 859 - 860, 865 - 866, 868 - 869, 886

B.H.P. Steel International. Long Products Division 866, manufacture rail tracks 475 - 476, opening of Whyalla Rail Plant 866 - 867

B.H.P. Steel International. Rod and Bar Division 861, 861i

B.H.P. Steel International. Slab and Plate Division 859, automotive steels 867 - 869, controlled rolled low carbon steel 867 - 868, HIC Resistant steel 867 - 868

B.O.C. Group (British Oxygen Co.) 854

B.P. Australia 415, 430

B.P. Solar Australia 779, 780, 787

Babcock Australia Ltd 824

Babcock, S. M. 99, 99, 114 - 113, 143

Bacchus Marsh Concentrated Milk Company 100

Bach, John 435, 435, 436, 437, 438, 440, 440

Badger, G. M. 650

Badocol Pty Ltd 676

Baekeland, L. H. 664

bagasse 751d, 752t, 795 - 798, 822 - 823, 887 - 888

Bailey, V. A. 586

Baines, James 441, 441

Bairnsdale School of Mines 743

Bajool, Qld, salt production 406

Bakelite 904 - 905

Baker and Rouse Australia Laboratory 842, 842

Baker, Thomas 842

Bakewell, Robert 4

baking, in the colonies 72 - 73, bread making 96 - 97, other products 97 - 99

Baklien, A. 654

Baldwin, D. E. 415

Baldwins Ltd 858

BALLARA 930

Ballarat Meat Preserving Company 84, 833

Ballarat Pastoral and Agricultural Society 9

Ballarat School of Mines 702, 743

Ballarat sewerage plant, Vic. 799

Ballarat Woollen Company 274

Ballarat, Vic. effects of gold rush 832 - 835, effects of railways 835 - 837

ballistite 608, 610, 610 - 611

BALM Paints 639, 640, 683 - 684, 686 - 687, 687

bandsawing 226 - 227, 227i

Bandt, Lewis 483, 483i

Banks, Sir Joseph 7

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant 627

Barber, A. E. 282

bark 236 - 237

Barker's Textiles, Portland 299

Barker, Thomas 273

Barlow, G. E. 920

Barncastle, A. J. 683

Barnes, C. S. 695

Barnet Glass Rubber Co. Ltd 881

Barney, George 339, 348

BARRA 931, 954 - 956

Barracks Technologies 488

Barraclough, Maj. S. H. 904

Barretts Aerated Waters 107

Barrier group 639, 639

Barwon Mill 274

basalts, as building materials 312

Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (B.O.S.) 723

Bass Becking Laboratory 744

Bass Strait, oil fields 414 - 416, 417 - 419, 419 - 420, 770, 770 - 772, 773 - 776, 776 - 777

Basser, Sir Adolph 589, 590, 591

Bates, G. 782

Bates, Smart and McCutcheon 384, 385i, 386

Batman, John 313

bauxite 410 - 411

bauxite concrete 329

bauxite, alumina 701, 725 - 729, Darling Ranges, W.A. 728, Gove, NT. 728, refineries 727 - 728, research and development achievements 728 - 729, smelters 725 - 728, 728 - 729, Weipa bauxite cliffs 727i

Baxter, J. P. 590

Bayer (Germany) 621, 638, 689 - 690, 841

Bayer Farbenfabriken 638

Bayley, I. A. E. 194

Bazeley, Dr P. L. 628

Beale and Co. 240

Beard, M. 587, 588

Beasley Industries Pty Ltd 779, 782, 782

Beaurepaire Tyre Service 881

Beaurepaire, Frank 881

Becquerel, Antoine H. 791

Bedding, R. A. 221

Beek-Koller (Austria) 639, 683

Beetle Elliot 664

Beilby, Sir George 925

Bell and Coleman, Glasgow 90

Bell Bay, Tas. 727, 727

Bell Telephone Manufacturing Co. (B.T.M.) 563, 569

Bell, Alexander 530

Bell, Marcus 901, 903, 904, 905

Belmont Red cattle 50

Beloit-Walmsley Ltd, U.K. 253

Beltana, S.A., camel breeding station 446

Bendigo School of Mines 702, 743

Benjamin, L. R. 246, 246

Bennett, J. M 589, 592, 596, 596

benzene 668

benzene hexachloride 644 - 646

benzine 607 - 608, 625 - 626

Berger Paints 683, 686

Bergius process 634, 635

Berlei Ltd 279

Bessemer process 848 - 849

Bessemer, H. 849

Besser Vibrapac machine 326

Best, C. H. 627

Bethell, P. 552

Bethlehem International Engineering Corporation (B.I.E.C.) 865

Bethlehem Steel Corporation 864, 865

beverages 73 - 75, 103 - 108

Beveridge, I. W. 43

Beyer Peacock, Manchester 456, 460

BGS Medical Corporation 890

Bickfords, Adelaide 618, 619

Bilger, R. W. 823

biochemistry, beginning of 112, advances in 112 - 119, in the fish industry 124 - 126, in the meat industry 123 - 124

biological resources, imported 46

biomass 798 - 800

Bionic Ear 889 - 890, 890i, 956

biotechnology and energy research, development and demonstration (N.E.R.D.D.P.) 695 - 697

Biotechnology Australia 695

bipyridils 650 - 651

Birds Eye (Aust.) Ltd 134

Birdseye, Clarence 134

biscuit making 97 - 99

Bishop Rotary Valve 883 - 884, 883i

Bishop, Arthur E. 487, 883

Bishop, W. B. S. 117, 122

Bitumen Oil Refineries (Australia) Ltd (B.O.R.A.L.) 666, 667

Bituminous Coal Association 767

Black Arrow 934

Black Knight 920 - 921

black liquor oxidation 254 - 256

black powder (explosive) 608, 613

Blainey, G. 435, 437, 440, 441, 442, 443, 513, on minerals and mining 701, 712 - 713, 715 - 716

Blaxland, Gregory 74, 347

Bleasdale, Dr J. I 91, 105, 112

blood products

Bloodsworth, James 313

Blue Mts, crossing of 347 - 348

Blue Streak 920 - 921, 922, 922i, 924

Blunden, W. R. 587

Boan, R. F. 114

Boas, I. H. 246, 246

Bobardt, Otto 81

Boden, Alexander 659

Boger, Prof. David 776

boilers, general purpose 823 - 825

boiling down 8, 76 - 77, 79 - 80

bombs 930

Bonaire Pyrox 789

Bond, George 280

Bonds Coats Patons Ltd 300

Bonds Industries 280

Bonython, W. 625 - 626

Boondall Sports and Entertainment Centre, Brisbane 321

Booroola sheep breed 54 - 55

Boral 666, 667 - 668

bore drain 168, 168i

Borg Warner transmissions and rear axles 487

Bornhorst and Ward Pty Ltd 323

boron-fluoride-chromium-arsenic (B.F.C.A.) (timber preservative) 232 - 233

Bosisto's Eucalyptus Oil 618

Bosisto, J. 236, 618, 618 - 619, 620, 620 - 621

Boswell, R. W. McG. 920

Boswell, W. N. 544

Botany Meat Preserving Company, Sydney 82, 82

Botany Petrochemical Complex 670 - 674i

Bottomley, R. A 117, 122

Bougainville Copper Ltd 741 - 742, 742i

Boulton, Mathew 827

Boultonizing process (timber preservation) 232 - 233

Bourne, Daniel 268

Bowater Paper Co., U.K. 252

Bowater-Scott Ltd 252

Bowden, A. T 586, 587 - 588

Bowden, F. P. 612, 612i, 614, 615

Bowden/Mulcahy (C.S.I.R.O.) experimental hammer 612i, 614, 615

Bowen Basin coalfield, Qld 765

Bowen Basin, Qld, electrification of coal railways 472 - 473

Bowen, E. G. 586

Boyd, J. D. 227

Brabham, Sir Jack 483

Braddoch, T. 833

Bradfield, Dr J. J. C. 426, 468

Bradfield, Dr K. N. E. 390 - 393

Bradford Cotton Group 280

Bradford Cotton Mills 280

Bradford, Leslie 712, 722

Bradley's Head Lighthouse, Sydney 326

Brady, A. P. 360

Brady, B. H. 615

Brady, J. 350

Braford cattle 50

Bragg, Prof. William 532

brake fluids 673

brake products 846 - 848, 882 - 883

Brambles Industries Ltd 490

Brambles Transport Company 478

Brambles, Walter 489

Brangus cattle 50

Branson, Charles 16

bread making 96 - 97, Brimec process 119, Chorleywood process 119, function of gluten 97, 113, 119

Bread Research Institute, Sydney 119, 119

Brennan, Louis 900

brewing advances introduced 70 - 72, 143 - 144, Australian practice 103 - 105, brewing chemistry 116, Carlton and United 123, 143, in the colonies 72 - 74, 101 - 104, lager brewing technology 143 - 144

brewing and soft drinks 835 - 838

brick veneer houses 333i, 333

bridge construction arch, masonry 312, 312i, 359i, 360 - 361, 361i, 361i, arch, steel 321, 360, 361, box girder 321, 355i, 360 - 361, 361i, cable stayed, steel 321, 360 - 361, cantilever, balanced 327 - 328, 328i, 328d, 357 - 358, 360 - 361, tied-arch, steel 321, 360 - 361

bridge materials composite 360 - 361, concrete 327 - 329i, 328d, 359 - 360, 361i, iron 321, 361i, masonry 312, 312i, 359i, 360 - 361, precast prestressed concrete 326 - 327, 327 - 328, 328 - 329, 360i, 361i, reinforced concrete 359 - 360, steel 321, 360, 360 - 361, 426 - 427, timber 316 - 317, 317i

bridges 312, 312i, 314 - 315, 316 - 317, 355i, 355i, 358 - 360, 360 - 361, early 312, 312i, 314 - 315, 316 - 317, 358 - 360, 360 - 361

bridges, named Albert Street Railway Bridge, Brisbane 352, Barwon River Bridge, Geelong 321, Batman Bridge, Tas. 360i, 360 - 361, Bayonne Bridge, N.Y. 426, Bowen Bridge, Derwent River, Tas. 327 - 328, 328i, 357, 361i, Captain Cook Bridge, Sydney 355, Coal River Bridge, Richmond, Tas. 359i, 361, Coliban River Bridge, Malmsbury, Vic. 361, 361i, Fitzroy River Suspension Bridge, Rockhampton 321, Fyansford Bridge, Geelong 360, 360i, Gateway Bridge, Brisbane River 328, 328d, 360 - 361, Gladesville Bridge, Sydney 327, 360i, 361, Grey Street Bridge, Brisbane 354, Hawkesbury Railway Bridge 348, 351, 351d, Hawkesbury River expressway bridge 355, Kiewa River Bridge, Bandiana 316 - 317, 317i, Lamington Bridge, Maryborough, Qld 360, Lansdowne Bridge, Sydney 359, Lockyer Creek bridge, Helidon, Qld 361i, Macquarie River Bridge, Ross, Tas. 312, 312i, 361, McKillops Bridge, Snowy River, Vic. 321, Merivale Bridge, Brisbane River, Qld 321, Merivale Rail Bridge, Brisbane 325i, 360 - 361, 471i, Morell Bridge, Melbourne 360, Murrumbidgee Bridge, Wagga Wagga 316 - 317, Narrows Bridge, Perth 355, Nepean River Bridge, Menangle, N.S.W. 361i, Spencer Street Bridge, Melbourne 354, Sydney Harbour Bridge 321, 360, 361, 424d, 426i, Taradale Viaduct, Vic. 359i, Tasman Bridge, Hobart 355, The Rip Bridge, Brisbane Water, N.S.W. 327, Westgate Bridge, Yarra River, Melbourne 321, 355i, 360, Yarra River Bridge, Hawthorn 321

Bridgestone Australia Ltd 884 - 885

Bridgestone Tyre Co. of Japan 884

Briggs, Dr G. H. 911

Brimblecombe, A. R. 220

Brisbane electric railway system 470 - 472i, gas lighting 815 - 817, telephone system 538 - 539

Brisbane Airport 390i

Brisbane River ship channel 345

British Australian Wool Realisation Association (B.A.W.R.A.) 279

British Board of Trade Rules 457

British Dyestuffs Corporation 639

British Dynamite Company 609

British Insulated and Helsby Cables Co. Ltd 878

British Insulated Callenders Cables 878

British Motor Corporation 484, 486

British Nylon Spinners 652

British Oxygen Company 854

British Paints 683

British Post Office (B.P.O.) 539, 546, 558

British Royal Aero Club Design Competition (1952) 503

British Sten gun 862 - 863, 915

British Tube Mills (Aust) Pty Ltd 854

broadband coaxial cables 549, 550 - 551, 563 - 564, 563t, 564i, 564i, 564 - 565, 575m

broadcasting 535 - 536, 540 - 541, 551 - 552, FM radio 551 - 552, remote area 578 - 579

Broadfoot, R. 823

Broadhead, C. F. 818

Broadsmith, H. E. 498

Brockman Iron Formation, W.A 717, 718

Brockoffs 140

Brodie Purifier 645 - 646

Broken Hill discovery 702, 711 - 712, extractive metallurgy based on B.H. products 714, flotation process 702, 712 - 713, 744, froth flotation process 711 - 713, grades 715 - 716, its technology 710 - 716

Broken Hill Associated Smelters Ltd (B.H.A.S.) xiv, 499, 635, 683

Broken Hill flotation process 632 - 633

Broken Hill South Ltd , xvi, 246 - 247

brown coal 394 - 398, 635, dredger 807i, for electricity 807 - 808, for gas 820 - 821

Brown, Harvey 385

Bruck Mills, Wangaratta 299

Brunner Mond and Co. 639

Brunton, Thomas 94

Buhot, John 108

Buick motor car 479 - 480

buildings, named Australia Square Tower, Sydney 327, 385, 385i, Australian National Animal Health Laboratory (A.N.A.H.L.), Geelong 389i, 389, BHP House, Melbourne 321, Caltex House, Sydney 326, Cape Otway Lighthouse 315 - 317, Casey Station, Australian Antarctic Territory 388d, Centrepoint Tower, Sydney 321, 324, Collins Place, Melbourne 386i, Entertainment Centre, Brisbane 323, Entertainment Centre, Sydney 321 - 323, ICI House, Melbourne 385i, 385, Macquarie Lighthouse, South Head, Port Jackson 384, Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Building 386, Melbourne Public Library 326, Menzies-at-Rialto Hotel, Melbourne 387, MLC Centre, Sydney 327, 385i, 385, Nauru House, Melbourne 327, Parliament House (New), Canberra 388i, Parliament House, Hobart 312, Qantas Tower, Sydney 384, Queensland Cultural Centre, Brisbane 387i, Rialto, Melbourne 328 - 329, 329i, 387, St. Luke's Church, Liverpool 384, St. Matthew's Church, Windsor 384, 384i, State Library of Victoria 384, Sydney Opera House 424i, 424 - 425i, Sydney Railway Station 384, TAA Terminal, Sydney Airport 384, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne 356, 387

Built on Gold xvi, xvi

bulk cargo carriers 514 - 517, 518, 518 - 519

bulk cargo ports 343 - 345, 514

Bull, L. B 43, 45

Bullivants 852, 870

bullock drays 443 - 445, 452, table top 443 - 444

Bullot, L. F. 91

Bumbunga, Lake, S.A., salt production 406

Bundaleer, S.A. 210

Burdekin Delta Scheme, Qld 161 - 164

Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations 51 - 52, 110, 114, 822

Burgmann, V. D. 285

Burke, Robert O'Hara 446

Burley, Fred 279

Burmah Oil 773

Burrup Peninsula, W.A, domestic gas plant 430i, 430i

Burstall, Prof. A. F. 913

Burston and Company, Melbourne 103

Busby's Bore, Sydney 150 - 151, 313 - 314, 314 - 315, 608

Busby, James 74, 105

Busby, John 150, 314

buses and coaches 494 - 495, Sydney system 494

bushfire brigades 216 - 217

bushfires 807 - 809

Butcher, J. C. 592

Butement, Dr W. A. S. 918 - 919, 919i, 919, 935

Butler, R. E. 583

butter making 99, 138 - 140

Buttle, - 624

BWN Vortoil Pty Ltd 776


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