Australian Institute of Physics (1963 - )

Summary

The Australian Institute of Physics was established in 1963, when it replaced the Australian Branch of the Institute of Physics (1928-1962). The purpose of the Institute is to further promote the development and application of the science of physics.

Related entries

Timeline

 1928 - 1962 Australian Branch, Institute of Physics
       1963 - Australian Institute of Physics

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Australian Institute of Physics - Papers, 1929 - 1986, MS 086; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Royal Australian Chemical Institute

• Australian Institute of Physics - Records, 1960s - 1980s, AIP1-8; Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Journal Articles

• Binnie, Anna, 'A Short History of the Australian Institute of Physics, Part 1: from European Settlement to the Formation of an Australian Committee of the Institute of Physics', Australian Physics, 44 (2) (2007), 39-44, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ILwrWWMfvqtcKNgaWdQ-sRSXIhg4nh0h/view?ts=65d6c562. Details
• Binnie, Anna, 'A Short History of the Australian Institute of Physics, Part 2: from the Formation of the Australian Branch of the Institute of Physics to the Establishment of the Australian Institute of Physics', Australian Physics, 44 (4) (2007), 128-137, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IN7sV_RIRljwstfZLa7pjQyvisDmp_m0/view?ts=65d6c651. Details
• Binnie, Anna, 'A short history of the AIP part 3: Australian Institute of Physics, the first four decades', Australian Physics, 45 (3) (2008), 93-9, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TZzxEghvchyDewRoM2rK7uXvYx6lTkAy/view?ts=65d6bc6d. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4824317. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/127846229. Details
• Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-471617. 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/index_a.html. Details
• Fenton, Arthur Geoffrey, History of Physics in Tasmania, 1792-1982 (Hobart: Australian Institute of Physics, Tasmanian Branch, 2005), 193 pp. Details