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d - diagram
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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R. L. Windsor Pty Ltd 223

R. Landau's Scientific Design 672

R.A.A.F. Aircraft Research and Development Unit 927, 932 - 933, 948

R.A.A.F. Experimental Aircraft Station, Randwick 498, 498

R.A.A.F. Special Duties Performance Flight 932 - 933

rabbit traps 855 - 856

rabbits 44 - 46, canned 81 - 82

rack wool press 833 - 834

radar 543, 914i, 914, 942, 954, 954 - 955

radio 535 - 536, first message from England 536, high powered stations established 536, Marconi School of Wireless 544 - 545, outback pedal radio 540 - 541, Royal Commission 540 - 541

Radio Australia 543, Shepparton Array 543i, 543i, 551 - 552

Radio Research Board 541, 550, 580t, 580

radio telegraph service 536

radio telephone, service to England 536

radio telephony research 550 - 551

Raggatt, H. G. 700

rails 866 - 868, Head Hardened 866 - 867, insulation pad 867, 867i, steel sleepers 866 - 867i, 867i, Wilclip fastener 867, 867i

railway bridges 325i, 326, 348 - 349, 350 - 353, 351d, 359i, 360 - 361, 361i, 379 - 380i

railway bridging 453 - 454

railway gauges 448 - 451, bogie exchange 450 - 451

railway location 451 - 452, 474 - 477

railway locomotives, named Fairlie steam locomotive 455, Garratt steam locomotive 460, Mallet steam locomotive 460, Meyer steam locomotive 460, Beyer - Garratt locomotive 460i, British engineering practice 454 - 455, Clyde-GM diesel electric locomotive 473i, GMI-class diesel electric locomotive 473i, motor railcars 460 - 464, railway locomotive and rolling stock 454 - 456i, 458 - 460, steam locomotive practice 460 - 462, the Garratt 460

railway network, early 374 - 376, 376 - 380

railway signalling and telecommunications 455 - 458, 458 - 460, 464 - 465, 469 - 470, 471 - 472

railway sleepers 231 - 233, 374 - 378, 451 - 454, 475, 'double sleeper' 374 - 376, 383

railway tracks 376 - 378, 451 - 454, 458 - 460, 475 - 477

railways 374 - 384, 448 - 477, 1900-1988 457 - 460, a major employer 835 - 837, adoption of systems engineering approach 475, Centralised Train Control 380, 464, concept of 373 - 374, development of heavy 381 - 382, 475 - 477i, expenditure on 482 - 483, first 374 - 376, 448 - 449, introduction of second generation diesel electric locomotives 380, 471 - 475, national system of 374 - 376, standard gauge 379 - 380, 449 - 450, Victorian narrow gauge 374, XPT 449 - 450, 449i

railways, named Central Australian Railway 378, Central London Railway 459, Central Railway of Peru 451, Great Indian Peninsula Railway 451, Great Zig Zag railway, Lithgow, N.S.W. 360, 378i, 451, Melbourne Underground Rail Loop 374 - 378, 383d, Flinders Street, Melbourne-Sandridge railway 374, Kalamunda near Perth, zig zag railway 451 - 452, Port Augusta - Hergott Springs railway 378, Port Augusta-Quorn railway 378, Queensland coalfields railways 382, Tarcoola-Alice Springs railway 379, Trans Australia Railway 378, 448 - 449

rain forests, management of 208 - 209, restrictions on logging 240 - 241, woods 239 - 240

Rainsford Metal Products 890

Ralph Symonds Ltd 241

Ramornie, N.S.W. 79 - 81

Ramsay, William 842

Randell, William 439

Ranger Uranium Mines Pty Ltd 793

Rapier 934

rare earths 701, 736 - 740

Rasp, Charles 633

Ratcliffe, F. N. 45

Ratkowsky, D. A. 122

Raupach, M. 210

Raws, Sir Lennon 635, 639 - 640, 906

rayon spinning industry 679 - 680

Read, W. R. 790

rear vision mirrors 890 - 892

reconstituted wood products 239 - 245

'Red' Adair 775 - 776

Reed, Joseph 384

refrigeration advances in 70 - 72, 110 - 111, 143 - 144, development of 18 - 20, 142 - 143, first shipment of meat to England 89 - 90, 513, household 92 - 93, invention of 749 - 751, James Harrison's techniques 89, mechanical 73 - 74, Nicolle's techniques 89, of meat 74 - 75, problems in meat 90 - 91, 92 - 93, use of for milk products 99 - 101

refrigerators 885 - 887

Regan, Charles 97

regulation of foods 70 - 72, 123 - 126, 128 - 129, 130 - 132, 134, 142 - 143

Reichhold (U.S.A.) 639, 683, 689, 694

Reid, Dr R. 46t, 47

reinforced concrete building panels 326

remote sensing in land assessment 37 - 38, of the environment 942

Rendel, Dr J. M. 50

Repco Bearing Company 883

Repco Corporation Ltd 244, 290, 483, 646, 882 - 883

Repco-Brabham engine 882 - 883

Reschs, Sydney 104, 837

research and development dependent industries 600 - 601

Research Institute for Marine Pharmacology 630

Retic boring machine 365i

reticulation systems 173 - 174

retorting 83 - 85

Rexona Pty Company 843

Reynolds Metals Co. 728

Reynolds, W. J. 397

Rheem Australia Ltd 779, 870 - 871

Rheem Manufacturing Company of U.S.A. 870 - 871

rhizobial bacteria, introduction of 47 - 49

'Rhizobium Newsletter' 48 - 49

Rhyssa (wasp) 221

Richards, Dr R. 949

Ridge, M. J. 138

Ridley Stripper 835

Ridley, John 14

rifle manufacture 901 - 902

Rigby, G. 595

rinderpest 46

ring barking 749

Risdon, S.A. zinc production 714, 715

Ritchie and McCall 78, 78

Ritchie Brothers 855

Ritchie, R. 470

Ritchie, Samuel Sextus 80 - 82, 112, 129

river entrances 438 - 439

River Murray Commission 197

river ports, named Albury, N.S.W. 438 - 439, Bourke, N.S.W. 438 - 439, Echuca, Vic. 438 - 439, 439 - 440, Swan Hill, Vic. 438 - 439, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 438 - 439, Walgett, N.S.W 438 - 439

river transport paddle steamers 438 - 439, 439 - 440, 439i, ports 438 - 439

Rivett, Sir David 32, 640, 905

road trains 492, 492i

roadmaking 348 - 350, 481 - 482, 482 - 483, first use of macadam 348 - 349, 348d, spray and chip seal method 348 - 349

Robe River Mining 718

Robert Bosch (Australia) Pty Ltd 885

Robert Bryce 692

Robert Corbett Pty Ltd 625, 680

Roberts, R. 494

Robertson, A. G. 362 - 367

Robertson, Walter 848

Robin Gibson and Partners 387

Robinson Bros. 530

Robinson, David 840

Robinson, Dr (later Prof.) T. J. 55 - 56

Robinson, I. J. 643

Robinson, W. S. xiii, xiii, xiv, 906

Robison Bros., Melbourne 81, 103

rock phosphate 603 - 604

rockbolting 373 - 374, 373i

Rocke Thompsitt, Melbourne 619

Rocla Industries Ltd 848

rocla roller suspension vibrospin process 326

Roelen, O. 680

Rofe, Brian 922

Rogers, J. S. 910

Rohm & Hass Corporation 689

roll-on roll-off vessels 514 - 515

rollcrete 370 - 371

roller milling, introduced 72 - 73, 76 - 77, 94, 110 - 111, originally an Hungarian invention 143 - 144, to Australia 94 - 95

rolling stock 854 - 856

Roos, L. 106

root fungi 219 - 221

Rose, G. A. 586i, 587, 592 - 593, 595

Rose, John 852

Rosemorrin Smelting Works, Lane Cove 831

Rosenhain, Dr Walter 903

Roseworthy Agricultural College, S.A. 21, 21, 106, 106, 603, 603

Rosolen, K. R. 592

Ross, J. 838

Ross, N. G. 567

rotary hoe 839 - 840

Rothamstead Experimental Station (previously Laboratory) 603

ROUND UP (glyphosphate) 651 - 652

Rouse, John 842

Rowe, Dr A. P. 918

Rowell, L. E. 330 - 337

Rowlands, Evan 106, 837, 838

Rowsell, B. G. 590

Rowson, R. 841

Royal Air Force (R.A.F) 506

Royal Australian Air Force (R.A.A.F.) 391, 392, 498, 498, 499 - 500, 500 - 501, 503

Royal Australian Chemical Institute 746

Royal Australian Naval Research Laboratories (R.A.N.R.L.) 942, 951, 955

Royal Australian Navy 921 - 922, 932

Royal Australian Survey Corps 928

Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C.) 505, 506, 507

Royal Flying Doctor Service 496, 499, 502, 507, 509i, 522

Royal Gunpowder Factory 901

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 218, 550

Royal Navy, use of canned foods 77, 78, 78, 79, use of Ikara 922

Royal New Zealand Air Force (R.N.Z.A.F.) 503

Royal Society of New South Wales 830, 902

Royal Thai Air Force 503

RP 39 G 776

Ruakura Research Centre, N.Z. 58

Rundle, Valentine 505

rural automatic exchanges (RAX) 540, 547 - 548

Rural Credits Fund 26 - 27

Rural Industry Research Funds 26 - 27, 26 - 27, 34, 34, 34, 34

Russell Bros. 830

Russell, P. N. 89, 830

Russell, Robert 830

Russell, William 438

Rutherford, James 849

rutile 725, 725, 725 - 727

rutin 237 - 238, 239 - 240

Ryan, R. D. 590

Rylands Bros., (Aust.) Ltd 852, 869 - 870, 869i


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