Corporate Body
Small Arms Factory (1912 - 1989)
Commonwealth of Australia
- From
- 1 June 1912
Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia - To
- 4 May 1989
- Functions
- Defence Industries, Ammunitions and Explosives or Weapons Industries
- Reference No
- CA 26
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Lithgow, New South Wales
Summary
The Small Arms Factory was opened in Lithgow, New South Wales, in June 1912 and by 1913 the first consignment of weapons had been produced for the defence forces. Production at the Factory increased greatly during World War One. During its lifetime the Factory was controlled by various Government Departments.
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Published resources
Books
- Australia. Department of Productivity, Australian Government Small Arms Factory, Lithgow (Parkes, A.C.T.: Department of Productivity, 1979). Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-498460. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 626; Small Arms Factory, Lithgow, New South Wales, Registration of entity: 24 April 1974', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%20626. 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_s.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 6 September 2001, Last modified: 21 March 2006
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