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The Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation public knowedge web resource contains information and resources relating to the history and impacts of the Australian science, technology, research and innvoations. It is a living archive that is constantly being developed and added to. Whilst we aim to only present information on this website that is appropriate for a public space, accurate and up to date, we would like to acknowledge that there are many gaps in the archive which come from both the historic record and our own knowledge. Please get in touch (See: 'Contact us' below) if you would like to share any thoughts or questions with us and/or if you have any comments, queries or suggestions on how we can make this website as useful and usable as possible.

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As a rule, the encyclopedia project team utlise public information sources to compile entries and provides citations for those sources. Members of the community also volunteer information. The general rule is that personal information gathered during these processes will not be released to other organisations, except in response to legal requirements such as supoena, and private information regarding an individual will not be disclosed without the individual's consent, except where the third party is directly acting as our agent. All data and working files are stored off line and security protected.

Take Down Policy

If, in the unsual circumstance, it is requested that an entry or part of an entry be removed from the web resource, this will be done within a reasonable period following the request. The request will be evaluated with the result that the information will remain removed with a notice indicating that this has happened, or the information or an edited version of such will be reinstated.