Corporate Body
Department of Supply and Development (1939 - 1942)
Commonwealth of Australia
- From
- 26 April 1939
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - To
- 17 October 1942
- Functions
- Defence Industries and Advisory or regulatory body
- Reference No
- CA 33
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria
Summary
One of the first functions that the Department of Supply and Development was responsible for, when it was created in 1939, was the supply of munitions, as well as the production of aircrafts. In 1941 a separate Department of Munitions was established to meet these demands
Related entries
Timeline
1939 - 1942 Department of Supply and Development
1940 - 1948 Department of Munitions
1941 - 1946 Department of Aircraft Production
1940 - 1948 Department of Munitions
Subordinate
Superior
Published resources
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476745. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 33; Supply and Development [I] Central Office. Registration of entity:30 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%2033. 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_d.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 27 April 2000, Last modified: 20 March 2006
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