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Technology in Australia 1788-1988Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
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Table of Contents

Chapter 13

I Colonial Origins

II First World War

III Between The World Wars

IV The Second World War

V Post-second World War
i The United Kingdom Australia Agreement
ii The ADSS
iii Decline of Imported Work
iv Background Research and Development of the Department of Supply
v Technology in the Armed Services

VI After The Joint Project

VII Science And Decisions At The Top

VIII Armed Services Technology

IX New Tasks And Projects

X Transfer Of Research And Development

XI Acknowledgement

References

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Satellites and Intercontinentals (continued)

On 29th November 1967, just eleven months after design start, the satellite was launched successfully.[40] Thus Australia became the third nation in the world to launch its own satellite from its own soil.


Organisations in Australian Science at Work - Australian Defence Scientific Service (A.D.S.S.); Weapons Research Establishment (W.R.E.)

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