Corporate Body
Aeronautical Research Laboratories (1949 - 1994)
Department of Supply and Development
- From
- 1949
Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia - To
- 31 March 1994
- Functions
- Defence Research, Industrial or scientific research and Aviation or Aeronautical Industries
- Alternative Names
- ARL (Abbreviation)
- Reference No
- CA 2307
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Fisherman's Bend, Victoria
Summary
The Aeronautical Research Laboratories were established in 1949. They replaced the Aeronautical and Engine Research Test Laboratory, which was created in 1939 as part of the CSIR Division of Aeronautics. The function of the Laboratory was to conduct research in the area of aeronautics, especially aircraft and missile design. In March 1994 the Aeronautical Research Laboratory merged with the Materials Research Laboratory to form the Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO).
Related entries
Timeline
1940 - 1949 CSIR Division of Aeronautics
1949 - 1994 Aeronautical Research Laboratories
1994 - 2002 Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory
Subordinate
Superior
Published resources
Books
- Long, Gordon, The leading edge: sixty years of aeronautical research and development for Australia's defence 1939 - 1999 (Melbourne: Aeronautical & Maritime Research Laboratory, 1999), 132 pp. Details
- Mann, J. Y., Aeronautical Research Laboratory 1939-1989: 50 Years of Research and Development for Australia's Defence (Melbourne: Aeronautical Research Laboratory, 1989), 116 pp. Details
- Schedvin, C.B; Trace, K., Historical Directory of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1926-1976 (Canberra: CSIRO, 1978), 101 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/csiro_historical_directory_1926_1976.pdf. Details
Journal Articles
- Hurley, D. G., 'Mathematical Research at the Aeronautical Research Laboratories, 1939-1960', Journal of Australian Mathematical Society, Series B, 30 (1989), 389-413. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-616800. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency Ca 2307; Aeronautical Research Laboratory. Registration of entity: 19 May 1977', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2001, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%202307. 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
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Created: 14 April 2000, Last modified: 4 July 2023
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