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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-10-01 human Ailie Smith and Helen Morgan updated 2025-09-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001615b.htm CA 215 corporateBody Meteorological Branch/Bureau Commonwealth of Australia AACR2 1 January 1907 20 June 1955 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location Melbourne, Victoria Meteorology Advisory or Regulatory Body The Meteorological Branch/Bureau was established under the authority of the Meteorology Act 1906 by formally bringing together the individual Colonial/State Meteorological Services that had existed prior to that time. It commenced operation as a Commonwealth agency on 1 January 1908. H. A. Hunt was appointed Commonwealth Meteorologist and took up the position on 1 January 1907. The Commonwealth Meteorologist's duties included: taking and recording meteorological observations; forecasting weather; the issue of storm warnings; the display of weather, flood, frost, and cold wave signals; and, distribution of meteorological information. At the time he was appointed the position was in the Postmaster-General's Department. However by 21 June 1907 positions within Meteorology were advertised with the Department of Home Affairs. Following the repeal of the Meteorology Act 1906, the Bureau was formally re-established, under the charge of the Director of Meteorology, by the Meteorology Act 1955. Millett, Mervyn Richard Oke (1910 - 1988)

Mervyn Millett was a Research Officer at the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau.

 Kidson, Edward (1882 - 1939)

Meteorologist 1921 - 1923; Director, Research Division 1923 - 1927

 Directorate of Meteorological Services (D.Met.S.), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) (1941 - 1946)

The Meteorological Branch/Bureau was renamed the Directorate of Meteorological Services (D.Met.S.) during the Second World War.

 Hunt, Henry Ambrose (1866 - 1946)

First Meteorologist, and Head of the Bureau 1907 - 1931

 Quayle, Edwin Thomas (1862 - 1955)

Meteorologist 1908 - 1924

 Treloar, Harry Mayne (1898 - 1963)

Assistant Director (Technical) 1940 - 1955

 Taylor, Thomas Griffith (1880 - 1963)

Physiographer 1909 - 1910

 Central Analysis Office (1941 - 1960s) Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Commonwealth of Australia (1955 - ) Department of Home Affairs [I], Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1901 - 1916) Department of Home and Territories, Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1916 - 1928) 1916 1928 Department of Home Affairs [II], Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1928 - 1932) 1928 1932 Department of the Interior [I], Central Administration, Commonwealth of Australia (1932 - 1939) 1932 1939 Department of the Interior [II], Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1939 - 1972) 1939 1955

The Meteorological Branch/Bureau formally passed to the control of the Department of Air in April 1941, was renamed D.Met.S. and passed back to the control of the Department of the Interior in 1946.

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 'Meteorological Branch/Bureau', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Meteorological Branch/Bureau Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A History of Meteorological and Climatological Studies in Australia Gentilli, J. A History of Meteorological and Climatological Studies in Australia 1967 University Studies in History 5 54-88 Resource Section: A Very Special Family: Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1946 to 1962 Gibbs, W. J. A Very Special Family: Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1946 to 1962 2001 Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Book: A Very Special Family: Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1946 to 1962, Metarch Papers No. 13 Gibbs, W. J. A Very Special Family: Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1946 to 1962, Metarch Papers No. 13 Bureau of Meteorology 1999 Journal Article: A Review of Meteorological Work in Australia Todd, C. A Review of Meteorological Work in Australia Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1894 Report of the fifth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 5 246-270 Book: A mini-history of meteorology in Australia Gibbs, W. J. A mini-history of meteorology in Australia Melbourne Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 1996 Journal Article: A Perspective of Australian Meteorology - 1939-1978 Gibbs, W. J. A Perspective of Australian Meteorology - 1939-1978 1982 Australian Meteorological Magazine 30 3-17 Book: Australia's Role in International Meteorology - IMO-WMO Centenary 1973-1973 Bureau of Meteorology Australia's Role in International Meteorology - IMO-WMO Centenary 1973-1973 Melbourne Bureau of Meteorology 1973 Journal Article: Bill Gibbs and the Origins of Australian Meteorology Morgan, Helen Bill Gibbs and the Origins of Australian Meteorology 2001 Australasian Science 22 6 46 Journal Article: A Tradition of Meteorology Bond, H. G. A Tradition of Meteorology 1967 Weather News 127 February 1967 1 Journal Article: Dr (W.J.) Bill Gibbs, Director, Bureau of Meteorology, 1962-1978 Dr (W.J.) Bill Gibbs, Director, Bureau of Meteorology, 1962-1978 1998 Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 11 4 78-82 Journal Article: Australian Meteorology Cameron, A. M. Australian Meteorology 1878 Sydney University Magazine 1 Resource Section: A Brief History of the Bureau of Meteorology Bureau of Meteorology A Brief History of the Bureau of Meteorology Bureau of Meteorology 2001 Book: A Hundred Years of Science and Service Zillman, John W. A Hundred Years of Science and Service Melbourne Bureau of Meteorology 2001 Australian Meteorology Through the Twentieth Century 20 Book: My Early Years in the Bureau of Meteorology: the Formation of the Frosterley Club, Metarch Papers No. 4 Lillywhite, J. My Early Years in the Bureau of Meteorology: the Formation of the Frosterley Club, Metarch Papers No. 4 Bureau of Meteorology 1992 Book: The Bureau of Meteorology 1908-1983 Bureau of Meteorology The Bureau of Meteorology 1908-1983 Canberra AGPS 1983 Journal Article: Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Gibbs, W. J. Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology 1983 World Meteorological Organization Bulletin 32 309-313 Resource Section: Stormy Weather: a History of Research in the Bureau of Meteorology Gardner, J. Stormy Weather: a History of Research in the Bureau of Meteorology 2001 Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Book: Stormy Weather: a History of Research in the Bureau of Meteorology, Metarch Papers No. 11 Gardner, J. Stormy Weather: a History of Research in the Bureau of Meteorology, Metarch Papers No. 11 Bureau of Meteorology 1997 Resource Section: Primary description of agency CA 215; Meteorological Branch/Bureau, Central Office, Registration of entity: 10 December 1981 Primary description of agency CA 215; Meteorological Branch/Bureau, Central Office, Registration of entity: 10 December 1981 National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Book Section: A mini-history of meteorology in Australia Gibbs, W. J. A mini-history of meteorology in Australia Melbourne CSIRO Publishing 1997 Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective Webb, Eric K. 81-104 Book: Weather watchers: 100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology Day, David Weather watchers: 100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 2007 Book: A Century of Science and Service: the Australian Bureau of Meteorology 1908-2008 Australia. Bureau of Meteorology A Century of Science and Service: the Australian Bureau of Meteorology 1908-2008 Melbourne Bureau of Meteorology 2008 Conference Proceedings: Antarctic Meteorology. Proceedings of the Symposium Held in Melbourne, February, 1959 Antarctic Meteorology. Proceedings of the Symposium Held in Melbourne, February, 1959 Melbourne Pergamon Press 1959 Journal Article: Australia-China Cooperation in Meteorology Zou, Jingmeng Australia-China Cooperation in Meteorology 1989 Australian Physicist 26 10 235-240 Edited Book: Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective Webb, Eric K. Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective Melbourne CSIRO Publishing 1997 Conference Proceedings: Colonial Observatories and Observations: Meteorology and Geophysics: Proceedings of a Conference held at St. Mary's College, University of Durham, 8-10 April, 1994 Kenworthy, Joan M.; and Walker, J. Malcolm Colonial Observatories and Observations: Meteorology and Geophysics: Proceedings of a Conference held at St. Mary's College, University of Durham, 8-10 April, 1994 Durham Department of Geography, University of Durham in collaboration with Royal Meteorological Society 1997 Conference Paper: Historic Advances in Meteoritics in Australia and Antarctica Marvin, U. B. Historic Advances in Meteoritics in Australia and Antarctica Sydney International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences 1994 Useful and Curious Geological Enquiries Beyond the World: Pacific-Asia Historical Themes: The 19th International INHIGEO Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 4-8 July, 1994 D. F. Branagan and G. H. McNally 52-58 Journal Article: Meteorology at Heard and Macquarie Islands Gibbs, W. J. Meteorology at Heard and Macquarie Islands 1950 The Meteorological magazine 79 168-70 Resource Section: My Early Years in the Bureau of Meteorology: the Formation of the Frosterley Club Lillywhite, J. My Early Years in the Bureau of Meteorology: the Formation of the Frosterley Club 2001 Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Journal Article: Science and Technology in the Story of Australian Federation: the Case of Meteorology, 1876-1908 Home, R. W.; and Livingston, K. T. Science and Technology in the Story of Australian Federation: the Case of Meteorology, 1876-1908 1994 Historical Records of Australian Science 10 2 109-127 Resource Section: The Origins of Australian Meteorology Gibbs, W. J. The Origins of Australian Meteorology 2001 Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Book: The Origins of Australian Meteorology, Metarch Papers No. 12 Gibbs, W. J. The Origins of Australian Meteorology, Metarch Papers No. 12 Bureau of Meteorology 1998 Journal Article: Agrometeorology's Leading Lady Moloney, T. Agrometeorology's Leading Lady 1993 Weather News 304 August 1993 20-21