Corporate Body
Optical Munitions Panel (1940 - 1945)
- From
- June 1940
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - To
- November 1945
- Functions
- Defence Industries and Advisory or regulatory body
- Reference No
- CA 640
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria
Summary
The Optical Munitions Panel was established in June 1940. The Chair of the Panel was T. H. Laby, until he resigned in 1944 and was replaced by Kerr Grant. The Panel itself was disbanded in 1945.
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/omp.htm. Details
Articles
- Sutherland, Denise, 'The Giant's Eye: Optical Munitions in Australia', Australasian Science, Spring (1997), http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journals/as_omp.htm. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471514. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 640; Optical Munitions Panel. Registration of entity: 17 February 1983', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2002, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%20640. Details
- Sherratt, Tim; et al, 'The Optical Munitions Panel', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/org/panel.htm. 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_o.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 20 August 2001, Last modified: 20 March 2006
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