Corporate Body

Materials Research Laboratories (1974 - 1994)

Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)

From
19 September 1974
Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia
To
31 March 1994
Functions
Defence Research and Defence Industries
Reference No
CA 2557
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Maribyrnong, Victoria

Summary

In September 1974 the Defence Standards Laboratories (MRL) became the Materials Research Laboratories. In 1977 MRL's Woodville North section was transferred from DSTO to CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology. In 1985 the laboratories came under the control of the Royal Australian Navy. In March 1994 the Materials Research Laboratories joined with the Aeronautical Research Laboratories to form the Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratories of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO).

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Timeline

 1922 - 1948 Munitions Supply Laboratories (MSL)
       1948 - 1953 Defence Research Laboratories
             1953 - 1974 Defence Standards Laboratories
                   1974 - 1994 Materials Research Laboratories
                         1994 - 2002 Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory

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Books

  • Gleeson, John, From horseshoe nails to high power lasers: the changing role of the Materials Research Laboratories (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1980). Details
  • Gleeson, John, From horseshoe nails to high-power lasers: the changing role of the Materials Research Laboratories (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1981). Details

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