A000381 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-04-27 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000381b.htm CA 39 corporateBody Department of Munitions Commonwealth of Australia AACR2 11 June 1940 6 April 1948 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location Melbourne, Victoria Defence Industries Advisory or Regulatory Body The Department of Munitions was established in 1940. Its purpose was to control provision of military supplies, which had been in much greater demand since the outbreak of the Second World War. Department of Aircraft Production, Commonwealth of Australia (1941 - 1946) Department of Supply and Development, Commonwealth of Australia (1939 - 1942) Commonwealth Defence Science Organisation Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Commonwealth of Australia (1974 - ) Directorate of Machine Tools and Gauges, Department of Munitions (1940 - 1946) Department of Aircraft Production, Commonwealth of Australia (1941 - 1946) Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia (1942 - ) Commonwealth of Australia (1901 - )

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 'Department of Munitions', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Department of Munitions Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Armed and Ready: the Industrial Development and Defence of Australia, 1900-1945 Ross, A.T. Armed and Ready: the Industrial Development and Defence of Australia, 1900-1945 Sydney Turton & Armstrong 1995 Resource Section: Primary description of agency CA 39; Department of Munitions, Central Administration. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987 Primary description of agency CA 39; Department of Munitions, Central Administration. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987 National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000