Corporate Body

Engineering Design Establishment (1974 - 1977)

From: 1 December 1974
Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia
To: 1977
Functions: Defence Research and Defence Industries
Reference No: CA 2613
Legal Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location: Maribyrnong, Victoria

Summary

The Engineering Design Establishment took the place of the Army Design Establishment in December 1974. The new entity took on the design functions of all three armed forces. In 1977 it underwent a change of name, becoming the Engineering Development Establishment.

Timeline

1959 - 1974 Army Design Establishment
       1974 - 1977 Engineering Design Establishment
             1977 - 1994 Engineering Development Establishment (EDE)
                   1994 - 1998 Army Technology and Engineering Agency
                         1998 - Army Engineering Agency

Superior

Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia (1942 - )

Published resources

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476127. Details

Resource Sections

'Primary description of agency CA 2613; Army Engineering Agency. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987', in RecordSearch, Aational Archives of Australia, 2001, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%202613. Details

Ailie Smith

Created: 11 December 2001, Last modified: 13 March 2006

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