Bright Sparcs: Optical Munitions Exhibition

Organisations - 35.2 K

Alphabetical Listing of Organisations
Government Laboratories
Australian Universities
Industrial Firms
Other Organisations

Alphabetical Listing of Organisations

Australian Consolidated Industries, Sydney.
Australian Institute of Physics.
Chance Brothers, UK.
Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Canberra.
Munitions Supply Laboratories, Melbourne.
National Bureau of Standards, USA.
National Standards Laboratories, Sydney.
Optical Munitions Panel.
Tropic Proofing Committee.
University of Adelaide.
University of Melbourne.
University of Sydney.
University of Tasmania.
University of Western Australia.
Waterworth, Hobart.

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Government Laboratories

Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Canberra.
Munitions Supply Laboratories, Melbourne.
National Standards Laboratories, Sydney.

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Australian Universities

All the Australian Universities in existence at that time were involved with the work of the Optical Munitions Panel, apart from the University of Queensland (which was occupied with other war-time work).

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Industrial Firms

Many commercial and industrial firms were instrumental in the manufacture of optical munitions. Some of the more significant firms include:

Australian Consolidated Industries, Sydney.
Australian Optical Company, Sydney and Melbourne.
British Optical Company, Sydney.
Chance Brothers, UK.
Waterworth, Hobart.
W. Handley Pty Ltd, Melbourne.
F. Tough, Instrument Maker, Perth.
Waterworth, Hobart.

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Other Organisations

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Published by the Australian Science Archives Project on ASAPWeb, 30 April 1997
Comments or corrections to: Bright Sparcs (bsparcs@asap.unimelb.edu.au)
Prepared by: Denise Sutherland and Elissa Tenkate
Updated by: Elissa Tenkate
Date modified: 19 February 1998

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