Publications

H.C. Bolton (1990), 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist, vol. 27, no. 3, March, pp. 31-43.

H.C. Bolton (1984), 'Some themes in the development of optics in Australia', Australian Physicist, vol. 21, December, pp. 285-88.

H.C. Bolton (1983), 'J.J. McNeill and the Development of Optical Research in Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 55-70.

Canberra Times, 28 November 1944, p. 3.

Jill Cassidy (1990), Eric Waterworth: an inventive Tasmanian, Exhibition Catalogue, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston.

Clive Coogan (1989), 'The Rise and Rise of the Australian Scientific Instrument Industry', Search, vol. 20, no. 3, September/October.

Susan Davies (1984), 'R .v.d.R. Woolley in Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 59-69.

S.C.B. Gascoigne (1984), 'History of Australian Astronomy', Proc. ASA, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 597-605.

Sir Laurence Hartnett (1973), Big Wheels and Little Wheels, 2nd edn, Gold Star Publications, Hawthorn, Victoria.

Sir Laurence Hartnett (1985), 'Recollections of the Optical Munitions Panel in Australia', Australian Physicist, vol. 22, May, pp. 158-60; with notes by H.C. Bolton.

T.H. Laby, letter to Professor Ross, 25 October 1923, Basser Library Manuscript Collection, MS 86/1/1.

H.C. McKay, 'Magic eyes of war and peace', Smith's Weekly, 18 November 1939, p. 13.

D.P. Mellor (1958), 'Optical Munitions', Australia in the War of 1939-1945: The Role of Science and Industry, ch. 12, series 4: civil, vol. 5, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

Tim Sherratt, Interview with J. Dooley, 2 July 1994.

R. Woolley (1968), 'Mount Stromlo Observatory', RAAS, vol 1, no. 3, November, pp. 53-7.

Reference

The Concise Australian Reference Book, Golden Press in association with Daniel O'Keefe Publishing, Drummoyne, NSW, 1986.

Archival Sources

Diary entry, 30 January 1941, vol. 17, C.W. Allen papers, National Library of Australia, MS 7360.

C.W. Allen to R. v.d.R. Woolley, 29 August 1940, Australian Archives, A 9103, Item 4.

E.J. Hartung (1940), Tape Recording of Reminiscences, University of Melbourne Archives.

Sir Laurence Hartnett to Professor T.H. Laby, 9 July 1940, Australian Archives, MP 730/11 16.

A.J. Higgs to R. v.d.R. Woolley, 28 July 1940, Australian Archives, A 9103, Item 4

T.H. Laby, letter to Professor Ross, 25 October 1923, Basser Library Manuscript Collection, MS 86/1/1.

Memo from T.J. Malcolmson to T. Hedberg, 21 January 1943, Australian Archives, MP 392/9, Box 12 - Optical - Machine tools & Mt Stromlo.

Letter from E.L. Sayce to J.J. McNeill, 11 September 1940, p 2 (located in the McNeill Archive, University of Melbourne Archives).

Letter from E.L. Sayce to J.J. McNeill, 26 August 1941, p. 2 (located in the McNeill Archive, University of Melbourne Archives).

D.W.N. Stibbs, private correspondence with D. Sutherland, March 1997.

J.S. Rogers, The History of the Optical Munitions Panel: July 1940 - December 1946, Australian Archives, Brighton, Melbourne, MP 730/11, Box 3.

R. v.d.R. Woolley to Secretary, Department of Interior, 5 December 1940, Australian Archives, A 659, 40/1/8641.

R. v.d.R. Woolley to Secretary, Department of Interior, 17 January 1941, Australian Archives, A 659, 40/1/8641.

R. v.d.R. Woolley to Secretary, Department of Interior, 25 August 1941, Australian Archives, A 431/1, 52/201.

R. v.d.R. Woolley to Secretary, Department of Interior, 28 May 1943, Australian Archives, A 431, 47/1629.

R. v.d.R. Woolley to A.J. Higgs, 17 July 1940, Australian Archives, A 9103, Item 4.

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