Corporate entry Australian Defence Scientific Service (ADSS) (1949 - 1974)

Summary

Australian Defence Scientific Service (ADSS) was established in the late 1940s. ADSS initially consisted of the Long Range Weapons Establishment and the Munitions Supply Laboratories. As a result of Defence restructuring the in 1974 the Australian Defence Scientific Service is integrated into the newly formed Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO).

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Published resources

Books

• Cain, Frank, Arming the Nation: a History of Defence Science and Technology in Australia, Australian Defence Studies Centre, Canberra, 1999, 152 (160) pp. Details
• Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Melbourne, 1995, 267 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Farrands, J. L. and Wisdom, J. C., 'Defence Science and Technology', in R. T. Madigan (ed.), Technology in Australia 1788-1988: A Condensed History of Australian Technological Innovation and Adaptation During the First Two Hundred Years, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Melbourne, 1988. Details

Journal Articles

• Sinnott, D. H., 'Defence Radar Development in Australia: 1939 to the Present', IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, vol. 20, no. 11, 2005, pp. 27-31. Details

Reviews

• Sherratt, Tim, review of Cain, Frank, 'Arming he Nation: a History of Defence Science and Technology in Australia' (1999), Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 13, no. 4, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 2001, pp. 538-539. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/109/issue/3266.htm. Details

Online Resources

• Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477034. 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