Biographical entry Farrands, John Laws (1921 - 1996)

Summary

John Laws Farrands worked mainly as a defence scientist, including Chief Defence Scientist 1971-77. He completed his career as Head of the Department of Science and its successors, Department of Science and Environment and Department of Science and Technology 1977-82.

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1941

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1942 - 1946

Career position - AIF Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

1946 - 1956

Career position - Research Scientist at the Defence Science Laboratories

1952

Education - Diploma (DIC) completed at Imperial College in London

1953

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of London

1956 - 1961

Career position - Scientific Adviser for the Australian Military Board

1961 - 1964

Career position - Assistant Controller of Research and Development at the Department of Supply

1964 - 1967

Career position - Superintendent of Research at the Defence Science Laboratories

1967 - 1971

Career position - Chief Superintendent of the Aeronautical Research Laboratory

1971 - 1977

Career position - Chief Defence Scientist

1977 - 1982

Career position - Head of the Department of Science (later Science and Environment, then Science and Technology)

1978 - 1982

Career position - Director of Interscan

1981

Award - Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

1982 - 1990

Career position - Chairman of the Australian Institute of Marine Science

1990

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

1994

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne

Related entries

Published resources

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

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Farrands, John L', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-486061. 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/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P002342. Details
• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P002342. Details
• Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Melbourne, 1995, 267 pp. Details