A001282 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-08-20 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-01-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001282b.htm CA 2924 corporateBody National Standards Commission AACR2 1950 Start Place North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Advisory or Regulatory Body Weights or Measurement Industries The National Standards Commission was established in 1950 as a Commonwealth statutory authority. The Commission operates under the National Measurement Act 1960. The Commission is responsible for advising the Government on the scientific, technical and legislative requirements of Australia's national measurement system, and has specific responsibilities for coordinating the national measurement system, ensuring that trade measurement instruments comply with international and national legal metrology standards, and for the completion of metrication. Taken in part from their web site, August 2001. Clark, Doreen Veronica

Chair 1995 -

 Lehany, Frederick John (1915 - 1994)

Member 1950 - 1979

 Blevin, William Roderick (1929 - 2022)

Chairman 1981 - 1985

 Street, Robert (1920 - 2013)

Senior Research Fellow (half time), Research Centre for Advanced Mineral and Materials Processing; Chairman 1967-1978

 Harper, Arthur Frederick Alan (1913 - 1991)

Chairman 1978 - 1981

 Huxley, Leonard George Holden (1902 - 1988)

Chairman 1953 - 1965

 Hibbert, David Brynn (Brynn) (1951 - )

Member 1994 - 2002

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 'National Standards Commission', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology National Standards Commission Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Primary description of agency CA 2924; National Standards Commission. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987 Primary description of agency CA 2924; National Standards Commission. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987 National Archives of Australia 2002 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