Corporate Body

CSIR Division of Aeronautics (1940 - 1949)

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

From
10 May 1940
Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia
To
10 February 1949
Functions
Defence Research, Aviation or Aeronautical Industries and Industrial or scientific research
Reference No
CA 2317
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Fisherman's Bend, Victoria

Summary

The CSIR Division of Aeronautics was established at Fisherman's Bend in May 1940. The Division was re-established in 1949 as the Aeronautical Research laboratory.

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 1940 - 1949 CSIR Division of Aeronautics
       1949 - 1994 Aeronautical Research Laboratories
             1994 - 2002 Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory

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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

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