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d - diagram
g - graph
i - illustration
m - map
t - table
N.S.W. - New South Wales
N.T. - Northern Territory
Qld - Queensland
S.A. - South Australia
S.W.P.A. - South West Pacific Area
Tas. - Tasmania
Vic. - Victoria
W.A. - Western Australia
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M113A1 armoured personnel carrier 945 - 946
MacDonald Wagner & Priddle Pty Ltd 409, 412
MacGillivray, Alistair 315 - 316
Mackanade, Qld 242
Mackerel A, Bass Strait 417 - 419d
Macnamara, Dr (later Dame) Jean 45
Macquarie Worsteds Group 273, 290
Macquarie, Gov. Lachlan 347 - 348
magnesium producing plant 859 - 860
major buildings, construction of 384 - 390
major ore bodies 701
major vehicle manufacturers 484 - 485
Malkara (heavy anti-tank weapon) 502, 921, 921i
Management Investment Companies (M.I.C. project) 695
manganese 728 - 729, in top three producers 701
Manning, W. R. D. 665
Mannum, S. A. 478
manufactured gas 815 - 822, complete gasification plants 818 - 819, Duratar process 818 - 819, early technology 815 - 819, liquified natural gas 820 - 822i, new technology 820 - 821, retort charging machine 818 - 819, Tindale condenser 818 - 819, Tipper dip 818 - 819
Manufacturers Encouragement Bill (1907) 840
manufacturing industry 827 - 895, manufacturing establishments, statistics on 893t, second world war to the present 857 - 895, some early innovative approaches 840 - 844, the first fifty years 827 - 830, the second fifty years 829 - 840, the third fifty years 839 - 858
Mara Mamba Formation, W.A. 717
Marconi School of Wireless 544
Marconi, Gugliemlo 532
Maribyrnong River, Melbourne 313
Marston, Hedley 42 - 43, 622
Mary Kathleen Uranium (M.K.U.) 793
Masonite Corporation (Australia) Ltd 242
mass concrete footings 326
Material Research Laboratories 919, 926, 928, armour 939, material research knowledge transfer 956 - 957, organic materials 940
materials handling 402 - 413, alumina 410 - 412, bauxite 410 - 411, cement 411 - 413, coal 408 - 409, 409i, 409i, grain handling plant 404 - 408d, 412 - 413, iron ore 407 - 408, 408i, salt 404 - 408, sugar 407 - 408
Maxim, Sir Hiram 902
Maxitherm 824
Mayne Nickless White trucks 489i
McAdam's method of road paving 348 - 349, 348d
McCulloch, W. S. 588
McGowan, Lord 639
McIlwraith, Mr (later Sir) Thomas 90
McIntosh, Picton N.S.W. 478
McMeekan, Dr C. P. 58
McWilliam, Ian 648, 649i, 649, 649
meat canning 74 - 75, first Australian enterprise 78 - 80, Ritchie's venture 80 - 82, Tindal's venture 79 - 81
meat preserving 74 - 75, 76 - 86, Bullot's process 91 - 92, chemical 84 - 85
mechanical components 887 - 889
mechanical integraph 586, 586 - 587i
mechanisation on cropping farms 16 - 17, 61i
Megarhyssa (wasp) 221
Mege-Mouries, Hippolyte 101
Megimide 622
Meiggs, Henry 451
Melange or Vigoureaux printing (of textiles) 288 - 289
Melbourne cable trams 466, 467, early telephone system 530i, 534, 534 - 535, 535i, 538 - 539, 538d, electric train system 468 - 469, 469 - 470, 471 - 472, export of salt 407 - 408, growth of maritime industry 438 - 439, introduction of gas lighting 815 - 817, layout of streets 313, Melbourne Underground Rail Loop Authority 376, second largest tram system in world 466i, 467i, 495, sewerage tunnels 366, Swanston Dock container facility 518, telephone system in 1950s 546 - 547, 547 - 548, upgrading of telegraph facilities for 1956 Olympics 553
Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Co. 836
Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (M.M.B.W.) 196
Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Company 618, 838
Melbourne Meat Preserving Company, Vic. 80 - 81, 81d, 82, 83, 90
Melbourne Metropolitan Hospital Board 627
Melbourne Milk Supply Company 99, 100
membrane technology (MEMTEC) 695 - 697
membrane technology in food processing 129 - 130, 137 - 139, 140
Menindee Lakes Scheme, N.S.W. 190
Merck, Sharp and Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd 630, 654
merino sheep breeding structure 53 - 57, breeding varieties 17 - 18, 18 - 20, 52 - 53, early history of 4, first brought to Australia 7 - 8, 264, for fine wool breeding 7 - 8, 53i, origins of early breeding stock 7 - 8, percentage in 1982 52 - 53
Merrifield synthesis of peptides 658 - 659
Merz, Charles 468
message sticks 527 - 528, 527i
Metal Manufacturers Ltd 534, 570, 869, 878, 878 - 880, 914
metallic zinc-alkali silicate paints 689 - 690
Metals and Materials Australasia 746
Metcalfe, K. A. 925 - 926, 956
Methoxone 650
METROL centre, Victorian Railways 472 - 473
Metropolitan Gas Company 415, 818, 821
Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board N.S.W. 366 - 367
mica xiv
Michell, A. G. M. 481, 513i, 513
Michels, A. 665
micro analysis 648
micro electronics 594 - 596, 956 - 957
micro wave equipment for Radio Relay Systems 572 - 573, 575i, 577, technology 582
micro wave landing system (MLS) 510
MIDAS (Multimode Interactive Data Acquisition Service) 577
Midland Dexter 684
Mietsche, F. 624
Military Research and Development Centre (M.R.D.C.) 943
milk 99 - 101, 114, co precipitates 139 - 140, microbiological and chemical testing of 126 - 127, other milk products 100 - 103, 140, poor quality 115, recombined products 139 - 140, roller-drying 136 - 137, spray drying 136 - 137, tanker collection of 127, 135 - 137, UHT 127
milk separation 99, 110 - 111, 142 - 143, 143 - 144
milking machines 24, 839 - 840
Miller, Milton & Ferris (Engineers) Pty Ltd 323, 384
Millewa Rural District, Vic. 166 - 167
milling 70 - 72, air classification of flour 96, by-products of 96, development of centralization 94 - 95, expansion of 94 - 96, in the first settlements 70 - 73, 316 - 317, pneumatic conveying of stocks 94 - 96, revolution in 76 - 77, vertical integration of industry 94 - 95
Mills, L. 665
Millstream aquifer, W.A. 176 - 181
mineral acids 640
Mineral Control Instrumentation Pty Ltd 755
mineral industries 700 - 747, employment figures 701, significance in national economy 701
mineral production statistics 701t, 701t
minerals and mineral extraction 700 - 747, map of 701, role of technology 702 - 743
mining B.M.R. 744, education and research in 742 - 746, in industry 744 - 746, schools 742 - 743, universities 743 - 744, university Geology Depts. 744
mining projects, Hamersley Iron 428 - 429
mining technology, export of 702 - 705, 740 - 743
Mirotone 689
MITAN system (air traffic) 510
Mitchell, Giurgola & Thorp 388
Mitchell, Major T. L. 347, 348
Mitsubishi 431
Mitsui 431
Model Food Regulations 128 - 129
Monash University, electronic simulation facility 754
Monash, Sir John 360, 361, 384, 881
monazite 725
Mond, Sir Alfred 634
Money Wigram & Sons 441
Monier Research and Development Pty Ltd 691
Monier State Pipe and Reinforced Concrete Works 848
Monier, Joseph 848
Monsanto Australia 618, 622, 624, 646, 650, 651, 662 - 663, 666, 668, 668
Monsanto Southern Cross 622, 622, 624, 625, 639, 664
Moree, Bank of N.S.W. 354
Moritz, Dr E. R. 104
Morning Star (bullock dray) 444
Morse, Samuel Finley Bruce 528
Mort, T. S. 89, 89 - 90, 92, 99, 100, 606
motor cars, Wolseley 18, Pritchard (steam car) 479
motor rail cars, named Brill 462, Electromotive 462, McKeen Car 462, Rail Motor Car 462, Sentinel-Cammell 462
motor service industry 483 - 484
motorised vehicles 478 - 495, Borg Warner transmissions and rear axles 487, buses and coaches 494 - 495, crankless engine 480 - 482i, diesel electric ore trucks 493, gas producer units for 485, government plans 484 - 485, 485 - 486, 486 - 487, growth in employment figures 486 - 487, 495, Holden car 486i, 486, hydrogen fuelled engines 487 - 488, Japanese imports 486 - 487, Japanese local content 486 - 487, locally produced cars 485 - 486, major vehicle manufacturers 484 - 485, 485 - 486, motor service industry 483 - 484, petrol driven 479 - 493, 495, road trains 492, 522 - 523, Sarich orbital engine 488, Second World War demands on vehicle manufacturers 485, steam powered 478 - 479, the coupe utility 482 - 483, 483i, 522 - 523, trucks 487 - 493, use of plastics in 487, variable ratio Bishop integral power steering gear 486, vehicle suspension engineering 487 - 488
Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company 809
Mount Burr, S.A. 227
Mount Coolon Gold Mines N.L. xiii
Mount Isa Mines (M.I.M.) 613i, copper technology 709 - 711, 875 - 878, lead-zinc-silver technology 715 - 717, research laboratory 744
Mount Isa Mines Holdings Ltd 875
Mount Isa School of the Air 580
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company 638, 639 - 640
Mount Lyell, Tas. copper technology 708 - 709, pyritic smelting 708 - 709, 744
Mount Newman Mining Co. Pty Ltd 718, 720 - 721, 866
Mount Newman, W.A. 381, 408, 408i
Mount Tom Price Mine, W.A. 428, 428i, 429, 718, 718i, 721i
Mount Tom Price Power Station, W.A.
Mount Whaleback, W.A. 718
Mueller, P. 625
Mulcahy, M. F. R. 612, 612i, 614
mule (textile machine) 269 - 270
Mulloka 951
multi frequency code (MFC) crossbars 554
multi-mode optical fibre (MMOF) 570 - 571
multi-purpose water schemes 77 - 78
Mulwala, Lake N.S.W. 197 - 199
munitions industry, beginnings 900 - 902, 923 904 - 906, 908
Munitions Supply Board 905, 908 - 909, establishment of Metrology Section 908
Munitions Supply Laboratories (M.S.L.) 611, 905, 908, 909 - 910, 913, 919 - 920, xerography 925 - 926, 956
Munitions Supply Laboratories (M.S.L.), Optics Section 911
Munjina Gorge, W.A. 349
Muresk Agricultural College, W.A. 21
Murray Committee (1958), Report of 26 - 27
Murray multiplex equipment 535 - 536
Murray River 161 - 164, 188 - 192, 196 - 199, 422 - 423, 423, steamers 438 - 439
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, N.S.W. 160 - 161
Murrumbidgee River, N.S.W. 422 - 423, 423, steamers 438 - 439
Myers, D. M. 586, 586i, 587 - 588, 588 - 589, 592, 592 - 593
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