F. & T. Industries Ltd 299

F. H. Faulding and Co. Ltd 619i, 619 - 620, 624

F. J. Walker Group 82, 92

F. W. Hughes Pty Ltd 282

fabric filter installation (power station) 397 - 398, 398i

facsimile transmission 574, 574 - 575

Fairhall, Alan 926

fallowing 58 - 61

Faraday, Michael 751

Farben, I. G. 619, 624

Farbwerke Hoescht 638, 664 - 665, 680

Fargher Maunsell 405

farm management, improving 51 - 61, computerised systems 65 - 66

farming units, small 9 - 11

Farnham, H. E. 613

Farrands, Dr J. L. 582, 918, 919i, 937

Farrer, William 59, 95, 113, 114, 143

Farrington, Charles Moulden 80, 81

fasteners and tools 888 - 889

Faulding, Francis H. 618, 619 - 620, 619i, 628

Fawcett, E. W. 665

Fawkner, John Pascoe 313

Federal Aid Roads Agreement 1926 482 - 483

Feigl, - 648

Felsinger, J. 582

Felton Bequest 618 - 619

Felton Grimwade 618, 620, 626, 626, 838

Felton, Alfred 602, 618 - 619

fencing 17, 843 - 844

Fenner, F. 45

Fermi, Enrico 791

ferro-alloy production 860 - 861

ferry technology 519 - 521

fertiliser raw materials 701

fertilisers 12 - 13, 603 - 606, 636, 640

fibre combing, mechanization of 277 - 278, 277d, 288 - 289

fibre diameter (in fleeces) 53 - 54

fibreboards 242 - 244

Fibremakers Pty Ltd 305, 306 - 308, 652

Fibresteel 870

Fibrolite 845 - 846

field communication systems 946

Field Operations Research Section (F.O.R.S.) 943

field plots 57i

field telephone cable 869 - 870

Field, T. 838

Fielder's 96, 97

Fielder, George 97

Fielding, J. M. 212

Filmer, J. F. 42 - 43

Filtration and Water Softening Ltd 174

Fine Chemicals Factory 680

'finishing' operations (woven woollen clothes) 270 - 272

Fink, Prof. P. T 918, 919i

Finlayson Bros., Devonport, Tas. 478

Finn, A. E. 612

fire danger warning system 218

fire protection of forests 216 - 220

firewood 751d, 752t, 797 - 800

Fischer-Tropsch process 635

Fish River, N.S.W. 326

fish technology 124 - 126

Fitzpatrick, H. M. 564

Fitzroy Iron Works, Mittagong 320

Flakt Australia Ltd 804

flame ionisation detector (FID) 648 - 649i, 672

flame spin steriliser 84 - 85

flax exposure to international market 276 - 277, its importance in the decision to colonise Australia 264

flax mills 299 - 300

fleece measurement 52 - 54

Fleece Measurement Conference 53

Fleetline (bus) 494

Fleming, Alexander 616

Fleming, I. B. 918

Flick, W. A. 143

Flight International 511

flight recorder 510, 927, 956 - 957

Florey, Howard 616

flotation process 702, 712 - 713, 744

flying shuttle 270 - 271i

Flynn, Rev. John 509

Foletta, George 281

Food Additives Committee 122, 123

Food and Agriculture Organization (F.A.O.) 214

food chemistry 112, 122 - 126

food containers, early 838 - 840, bags 838 - 840, tin plate 838 - 839

food engineering 128 - 132

food industry 118 - 119, controls 130 - 133, journals of 118 - 119, postwar changes 134

food marketing, since 1950 121

food microbiology 112, 113, 114, 117, 124 - 129

food packaging 128 - 129, 134, 138 - 139, 141 - 143

food processing 128 - 129, cleaning of equipment 129 - 130, materials used 129 - 130

food research 114 - 119, institutes 118 - 120

food science, development of 110 - 119, established 112, for the forces 949, lack of available scientists 115, post Second World War 121 - 122, Scottsdale research unit 949, solving domestic market problems 115, solving problems associated with food exports 115

Food Standards Committee (F.C.S.), Food Science and Technology (Reference) Sub Committee (F.S.T.) 123

Food Technology in Australia 118 - 119, 122

food technology, definition of 70, backwardness in Australia 121, education for 118 - 119, effects on primary production 143 - 144, English 70, Food Standards Committee 123, imported technology 70 - 76, 143 - 144, periods of development 70 - 72, 121, response to microbiology 126 - 127, response to nutritional requirements 132 - 133, Second World War stimulus to 70 - 72, 110 - 111

Footscray Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) 550

forage plants, for northern Australia 46 - 47, 46t

Forbes and Co., Melbourne 602

Forbes, J. N. 441

Ford Australia 883

Ford Falcon 486 - 487

Ford Louisville (truck manufacturer) 491

Ford Model T car 479i, 480i, 486

Ford Motor Company of Australia 482 - 483, 484, 486, 487, 491, 687, 692, 908, 945

Ford, Henry 479 - 480

forest fires 216 - 220

forest management future developments 260, of native species 207 - 209, 214 - 217, regeneration of native species 214

forest products research future directions 260 - 261, introduced 206, minor 236 - 240

forest protection fire protection 216 - 220, from biological attack 219 - 221, introduced 206, practice of 216 - 222

Forest Resources 258 - 259

Forestry and Timber Bureau 206, 211, 217, 220 - 221, 223, 227

Forests Commission of Victoria 214, 217, 218, 219, 221, 229, 229 - 230

forests, extent of 203 - 205

Fornachon, J. C. M. 106, 117

Forneau, E. 624

Forte, W. G. 587

FORWOOD Conference 206

Foster Bros. 104, 837

Fosters 837

Fowler, E. 838

Fox, F. A. 956

Francis, Prof. A. J. 355

Freeman, H. 557

Freeman, S. 956

Freeman, Sir Ralph 426

Freer, Dr M. 58

Freney, M. R. 283, 284

Freney-Lipson process 282 - 283

Frost, H. J. 910

Frost, P. 593

frozen foods 134

frozen meat causes of microbial contamination 92 - 93, experiments at Low Temperature Research Station 116, exports 1881-1900 90t, first shipment to England 89 - 90, plastic wrapping of 92 - 93, storage life of 91 - 93, studies on 115, trade in established 90 - 91, Vickery's Group 116 - 117

fruit juices 123 - 124, 127, 129 - 130

fruit storage 92 - 93, refrigerated 115

fuel-oil pipeline, insulated 416

Fuji Horahata Steelworks 765

Fuller and Co., Melbourne 81

Fulton's Foundry 888

furnace waters sootblower 395 - 396, 395d

Fusioncote 870 - 871

Fysh, Hudson 507, 507

Fyvie and Stewart 854

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