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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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M113A1 armoured personnel carrier 945 - 946

Macadam, Dr John 112

Macarthur, Capt. John 7

MacArthur, D. S. 797

Macaulay, I. J. 594

MacBeth, A. K. 625

MacDonald Wagner & Priddle Pty Ltd 409, 412

Macdonald, A. S. 354

MacDougall, J. K. 852

MacDougall, James 852

Macfarlane, Ian B. 448 - 477

MacGillivray, Alistair 315 - 316

Machine Dynamics Pty Ltd 890

Mack (truck manufacturer) 491

Mackanade, Qld 242

Mackerel A, Bass Strait 417 - 419d

Macnamara, Dr (later Dame) Jean 45

Macquarie Worsteds Group 273, 290

Macquarie, Gov. Lachlan 347 - 348

Maddock, Cyril 505

Madsden, Sir John 587 - 588

magnesium producing plant 859 - 860

Maier, V. M. 652

major buildings, construction of 384 - 390

major ore bodies 701

major vehicle manufacturers 484 - 485

malaria 625 - 626

Malkara (heavy anti-tank weapon) 502, 921, 921i

Management Investment Companies (M.I.C. project) 695

manganese 728 - 729, in top three producers 701

Manning, James 99

Manning, W. R. D. 665

Mannum, S. A. 478

manufactured gas 815 - 822, complete gasification plants 818 - 819, Duratar process 818 - 819, early technology 815 - 819, liquified natural gas 820 - 822i, new technology 820 - 821, retort charging machine 818 - 819, Tindale condenser 818 - 819, Tipper dip 818 - 819

Manufacturers Encouragement Bill (1907) 840

manufacturing industry 827 - 895, manufacturing establishments, statistics on 893t, second world war to the present 857 - 895, some early innovative approaches 840 - 844, the first fifty years 827 - 830, the second fifty years 829 - 840, the third fifty years 839 - 858

Mara Mamba Formation, W.A. 717

Marconi Company 536

Marconi School of Wireless 544

Marconi, Gugliemlo 532

margarine 101 - 103

Maribyrnong River, Melbourne 313

marine salvage 519 - 521

Marks, G. C. 220

Markstein, J. 395

Marsden, Rev. Samuel 7, 272

Marston, Hedley 42 - 43, 622

Martin, James 835

Martin, Sir Charles 45

Martin, Sir Leslie 918

Martin, Thomas 608

Martyn, D. F. 907

Mary Kathleen Uranium (M.K.U.) 793

Masonite Corporation (Australia) Ltd 242

mass concrete footings 326

Massey Ferguson 52

Masson, Prof. David 904

Material Research Laboratories 919, 926, 928, armour 939, material research knowledge transfer 956 - 957, organic materials 940

materials handling 402 - 413, alumina 410 - 412, bauxite 410 - 411, cement 411 - 413, coal 408 - 409, 409i, 409i, grain handling plant 404 - 408d, 412 - 413, iron ore 407 - 408, 408i, salt 404 - 408, sugar 407 - 408

Mathias, L. E. S. 928

Maunsell and Partners 355

Mauri Foods 126

Maxim, Sir Hiram 902

Maxitherm 824

May, Frederick 835

Mayne Nickless Ltd 489, 490

Mayne Nickless White trucks 489i

Mayo, Alfred 837

McAdam's method of road paving 348 - 349, 348d

McArthur, A. G. 217

McAulay, Prof. A. L. 911

McCall, John 80

McCarthy, Dr Neville 629

McCracken, Robert 80, 82

McCulloch, R. N. 625 - 626

McCulloch, W. S. 588

McCutcheon, Sir Oswald 385

McEwin, George 87

McFie, Edward 685

McGinness, P. 507

McGowan, Lord 639

McGowan, Samuel 529

McGregor, H. 444

McIlwraith, Mr (later Sir) Thomas 90

McIntosh, Picton N.S.W. 478

McKay, Donald 440

McKay, Hugh Victor 16, 834

McKellan, Hamilton 842

McLennan, Sir Ian 770 - 771

McMaster, Fergus 507

McMeekan, Dr C. P. 58

McNeil, J. J. 910

McPhail, G. K. 640

McPherson, Thomas 888

McWilliam, Ian 648, 649i, 649, 649

Mealmaker, George 272

meat canning 74 - 75, first Australian enterprise 78 - 80, Ritchie's venture 80 - 82, Tindal's venture 79 - 81

meat preserving 74 - 75, 76 - 86, Bullot's process 91 - 92, chemical 84 - 85

Meat Research Committee 120

mechanical components 887 - 889

mechanical integraph 586, 586 - 587i

mechanisation on cropping farms 16 - 17, 61i

medical research 632 - 633

Medtel Pty Ltd 889

Megarhyssa (wasp) 221

Mege-Mouries, Hippolyte 101

Megimide 622

Meiggs, Henry 451

Melange or Vigoureaux printing (of textiles) 288 - 289

Melbourne cable trams 466, 467, early telephone system 530i, 534, 534 - 535, 535i, 538 - 539, 538d, electric train system 468 - 469, 469 - 470, 471 - 472, export of salt 407 - 408, growth of maritime industry 438 - 439, introduction of gas lighting 815 - 817, layout of streets 313, Melbourne Underground Rail Loop Authority 376, second largest tram system in world 466i, 467i, 495, sewerage tunnels 366, Swanston Dock container facility 518, telephone system in 1950s 546 - 547, 547 - 548, upgrading of telegraph facilities for 1956 Olympics 553

Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Co. 836

Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (M.M.B.W.) 196

Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Company 618, 838

Melbourne Meat Preserving Company, Vic. 80 - 81, 81d, 82, 83, 90

Melbourne Metropolitan Hospital Board 627

Melbourne Milk Supply Company 99, 100

Melbourne Woollen Mills 602

Mellor, D. P. 625 - 626

membrane technology (MEMTEC) 695 - 697

membrane technology in food processing 129 - 130, 137 - 139, 140

Mencel, A. J. 575

Mendoza, D. 471

Menindee Lakes Scheme, N.S.W. 190

Merbein, Vic. 158 - 160

Merck, Sharp and Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd 630, 654

Meredith, Louisa 444

merino sheep breeding structure 53 - 57, breeding varieties 17 - 18, 18 - 20, 52 - 53, early history of 4, first brought to Australia 7 - 8, 264, for fine wool breeding 7 - 8, 53i, origins of early breeding stock 7 - 8, percentage in 1982 52 - 53

Merrifield synthesis of peptides 658 - 659

Merz, Charles 468

message sticks 527 - 528, 527i

Messel, H. 589

Metal Manufacturers Ltd 534, 570, 869, 878, 878 - 880, 914

metallic zinc-alkali silicate paints 689 - 690

Metals and Materials Australasia 746

Metcalfe, K. A. 925 - 926, 956

methanol 634, 636 - 638

Methoxone 650

METROL centre, Victorian Railways 472 - 473

Metropolitan Gas Company 415, 818, 821

Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board N.S.W. 366 - 367

Meulman, P. 577

MGO tank 945 - 946

mica xiv

Michell, A. G. M. 481, 513i, 513

Michels, A. 665

micro analysis 648

micro electronics 594 - 596, 956 - 957

micro wave equipment for Radio Relay Systems 572 - 573, 575i, 577, technology 582

micro wave landing system (MLS) 510

MIDAS (Multimode Interactive Data Acquisition Service) 577

Midland Dexter 684

Mietsche, F. 624

Military Research and Development Centre (M.R.D.C.) 943

milk 99 - 101, 114, co precipitates 139 - 140, microbiological and chemical testing of 126 - 127, other milk products 100 - 103, 140, poor quality 115, recombined products 139 - 140, roller-drying 136 - 137, spray drying 136 - 137, tanker collection of 127, 135 - 137, UHT 127

milk separation 99, 110 - 111, 142 - 143, 143 - 144

milking machines 24, 839 - 840

Miller, Joan C. 751d, 751

Miller, Milton & Ferris (Engineers) Pty Ltd 323, 384

Millewa Rural District, Vic. 166 - 167

Millicer, Henry A. 503, 948

milling 70 - 72, air classification of flour 96, by-products of 96, development of centralization 94 - 95, expansion of 94 - 96, in the first settlements 70 - 73, 316 - 317, pneumatic conveying of stocks 94 - 96, revolution in 76 - 77, vertical integration of industry 94 - 95

Mills, L. 665

Millstream aquifer, W.A. 176 - 181

mine mooring cables 869 - 870

mineral acids 640

Mineral Control Instrumentation Pty Ltd 755

mineral industries 700 - 747, employment figures 701, significance in national economy 701

mineral ports 341 - 343

mineral production statistics 701t, 701t

mineral sands 701, 725 - 727

minerals and mineral extraction 700 - 747, map of 701, role of technology 702 - 743

mining B.M.R. 744, education and research in 742 - 746, in industry 744 - 746, schools 742 - 743, universities 743 - 744, university Geology Depts. 744

mining projects, Hamersley Iron 428 - 429

mining technology, export of 702 - 705, 740 - 743

Mirotone 689

MITAN system (air traffic) 510

Mitchell, Giurgola & Thorp 388

Mitchell, James 318

Mitchell, John 112

Mitchell, Josiah 58

Mitchell, Major T. L. 347, 348

Mitchell, R. S. 134

Mitsubishi 431

Mitsubishi Magna 486 - 487

Mitsui 431

Mittagong Creamery 99

mixed farming 12 - 13

Mobil 675, 675 - 676, 676

Model Food Regulations 128 - 129

Monash University 658

Monash University, electronic simulation facility 754

Monash, Sir John 360, 361, 384, 881

monazite 725

Mond, Ludwig 639, 640

Mond, Sir Alfred 634

Money Wigram & Sons 441

Monier Industries 333

Monier Ltd 848

Monier pipes 846 - 849

Monier Research and Development Pty Ltd 691

Monier State Pipe and Reinforced Concrete Works 848

Monier, Joseph 848

Monsanto Australia 618, 622, 624, 646, 650, 651, 662 - 663, 666, 668, 668

Monsanto Southern Cross 622, 622, 624, 625, 639, 664

Monsanto Vic, 672 689

Moore, John 838

Moot, G. 565

Moree, Bank of N.S.W. 354

Morgan, Dr F. G. 627 - 628

Moritz, Dr E. R. 104

Morley, Dr F. H. W. 53

Morning Star (bullock dray) 444

morphine 620, 625 - 627

Morris, Augustus 89

Morrow, James 16, 16

Morse, R. N. 755, 778, 790

Morse, Samuel Finley Bruce 528

Mort, T. S. 89, 89 - 90, 92, 99, 100, 606

motor cars, Wolseley 18, Pritchard (steam car) 479

Motor Radiators Pty Ltd 483

motor rail cars 460 - 464

motor rail cars, named Brill 462, Electromotive 462, McKeen Car 462, Rail Motor Car 462, Sentinel-Cammell 462

motor service industry 483 - 484

motorised vehicles 478 - 495, Borg Warner transmissions and rear axles 487, buses and coaches 494 - 495, crankless engine 480 - 482i, diesel electric ore trucks 493, gas producer units for 485, government plans 484 - 485, 485 - 486, 486 - 487, growth in employment figures 486 - 487, 495, Holden car 486i, 486, hydrogen fuelled engines 487 - 488, Japanese imports 486 - 487, Japanese local content 486 - 487, locally produced cars 485 - 486, major vehicle manufacturers 484 - 485, 485 - 486, motor service industry 483 - 484, petrol driven 479 - 493, 495, road trains 492, 522 - 523, Sarich orbital engine 488, Second World War demands on vehicle manufacturers 485, steam powered 478 - 479, the coupe utility 482 - 483, 483i, 522 - 523, trucks 487 - 493, use of plastics in 487, variable ratio Bishop integral power steering gear 486, vehicle suspension engineering 487 - 488

Moulded Products 662 - 663

Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company 809

Mount Burr, S.A. 227

Mount Coolon Gold Mines N.L. xiii

Mount Isa Mines (M.I.M.) 613i, copper technology 709 - 711, 875 - 878, lead-zinc-silver technology 715 - 717, research laboratory 744

Mount Isa Mines Holdings Ltd 875

Mount Isa School of the Air 580

Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company 638, 639 - 640

Mount Lyell, Tas. copper technology 708 - 709, pyritic smelting 708 - 709, 744

Mount Newman Mining Co. Pty Ltd 718, 720 - 721, 866

Mount Newman, W.A. 381, 408, 408i

Mount Tom Price Mine, W.A. 428, 428i, 429, 718, 718i, 721i

Mount Tom Price Power Station, W.A.

Mount Whaleback, W.A. 718

Mountain, A. C. 349

Moyal, A. 544

Mueller, P. 625

Mulcahy, M. F. R. 612, 612i, 614

mule (textile machine) 269 - 270

Mules, W. 43

Mulhearne, T. 939

Mullens 15 - 16

Muller, L. L. 129, 140, 140

Mulloka 951

multi frequency code (MFC) crossbars 554

multi-mode optical fibre (MMOF) 570 - 571

multi-purpose ships 518 - 521

multi-purpose water schemes 77 - 78

Mulwala, Lake N.S.W. 197 - 199

munitions industry, beginnings 900 - 902, 923 904 - 906, 908

Munitions Supply Board 905, 908 - 909, establishment of Metrology Section 908

Munitions Supply Laboratories (M.S.L.) 611, 905, 908, 909 - 910, 913, 919 - 920, xerography 925 - 926, 956

Munitions Supply Laboratories (M.S.L.), Optics Section 911

Munjina Gorge, W.A. 349

Munro, J. 838

Muresk Agricultural College, W.A. 21

Murphy, Sq. Ldr. A. W. 906

Murray Committee (1958), Report of 26 - 27

Murray multiplex equipment 535 - 536

Murray River 161 - 164, 188 - 192, 196 - 199, 422 - 423, 423, steamers 438 - 439

Murray, Stuart 151

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, N.S.W. 160 - 161

Murrumbidgee River, N.S.W. 422 - 423, 423, steamers 438 - 439

Mussen, Gerald 246 - 247

Myer, Sidney 505

Myers, D. M. 586, 586i, 587 - 588, 588 - 589, 592, 592 - 593

myxomatosis 45 - 46


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