P. N. Russell & Co. 830

Pacific Dunlop Ltd 300, 881, 881i

Pacific Dunlop. Holeproof Division 281

Packham, D. R. 217

paddle steamers 438 - 439, 439 - 440, 439i

paint industry 682 - 695, Australian inventions 689 - 692, early years, industrial manufacture 685 - 687, important developments in the 1920s and 1930s 685 - 687, pigments manufacture 692 - 695, pioneers 682 - 685, recent trends 691 - 694, research 687 - 689, the 1950s and 1960s 687 - 690

Palfreyman, A. W. 87

Palfreyman, E. H. 544

paludrine 625 - 626

Pancontinental Mining Ltd 793

Panguna, P.N.G. 741 - 743

paper mills, early 244 - 246

Papermakers Pty Ltd 246 - 247

Papin, Denis 827

Paraburdoo Mine, W.A. 428, 428 - 429

Paraburdoo Power Station, W.A. , 718, 719 - 720

Paraburdoo, W.A. 718, 719 - 720

parachute bomb 839 - 840

parachute control system 957 - 958

paraquat 650 - 651

Park, R. P. 17 - 18

Parke-Davis 622

Parker Point, W.A. ship loader 428i, 428i

Parodi, P. W. 139

Parramatta, N.S.W. 346 - 347, 435 - 436

particle board 242 - 245

Pasteur, Louis 100, 103, 112, 616

pastoral settlement 17 - 18

pasture grasses, endemic and introduced 58

pasture improvement 41 - 43, 56 - 58, computerised management system 65 - 66

pasturization 99 - 101, 114, 126 - 127, 143 - 144

Patent Preserved Meat Manufactory, Camperdown, N.S.W. 78

patents 607 - 608, 608i, 609i, 609, 610 - 611

Patience and Nicholson Ltd 888

Pattison, Henry 99

Paul, Lewis 268

Paulson, C. A. 755

Pausaecker, K. H. 650

Pawsey, J. L. 586

Peacock, E. A. 87

Peacock, E. E. 404 - 413

Peacock, George 80, 86 - 87

Peake, John G. 638

Peanut Marketing Board 128

peanuts 128 - 129

Pearce, Sen. George 904

Pearcey, T 586i, 587 - 588, 588 - 589, 590 - 591, 592 - 593, 593, 595, 920

peas, frozen 134

Pechiney Australia Pty Ltd 727, 728

Peck, John Murray 445

pedal radio 508 - 509, 540 - 541

Peel, Clifford 509

Peet, G. B. 217

Pegg, K. G. 220

Peko Wallsend Ltd 793

Pellarini, Luigi 503

Pemberton, B. 436 - 437

Penfold, Dr William 627i, 627

penicillin 616, 619 - 620, 628 - 629

Penny, J. P. 586i, 592 - 593

Percival, Edgar 498

percussion drill 839 - 840

Perdriau Rubber Co. Ltd 881

Perdriau, Henry 881

Performance Merino Breeders Association 54

Perrin, Sir Michael 665

Perrot, Lyon Mathieson Pty Ltd 387

Perry Davis pain killer 617 - 618

Perth Water Board 658

Perth, gas lighting 815 - 817

pest control 43 - 44

pesticides 637 - 638, 643

Petrie, K. 566

petrochemicals 665 - 683

Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Australia) Ltd (P.A.C.C.A.L.) 666 - 668, 668

petroleum storage tanks all welded 415 - 416, concrete 417

petroleum, self sufficiency in 701, 751 - 753, exports 752t, use of 752t

petroleum, synthetic 634, 635

Petterson, A. D. 566

Pfizer 622 - 624

Phalaris Staggers 622

Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria 620

pharmaceuticals 237 - 240

pharmacists and pharmaceutical industry 616 - 633, effects of war on 622 - 627, establishment of major manufacturing enterprises 618 - 624, nature of 616 - 618, post-war manufacture 629 - 632, public sector policies 630 - 633

Pharmacy Board of Victoria 620

phenacetin 624 - 625

phenol 607 - 608, 624 - 625, 662 - 663

phenothiazine 641 - 643

Philips Electrical Industries 540, 543, 787

Phillip, Gov. Arthur 150, 150, 313, 435 - 436, 442

Phillips, F. J. E. 101

Phoenix Foundry, Ballarat 455, 832, 834, 836, 840

Phonophore 534 - 535

phosphate, xix 701, 736 - 740

phosphatic fertiliser 602, 604 - 605

phosphorus 641 - 643

photo voltaics 402, 402 - 404

pig farming 38 - 40

pigment emulsified creosote (PEC) (timber preservative) 232 - 233

Pigments Manufacturers of Australia 694

Pilbarra, W.A. 337, 381, 428, 475 - 477, 493, advanced process technology 720 - 721, iron ore discoveries 717, 717 - 718, iron ore history 718 - 722, Radio Hill nickel-copper sulphide 725

piles, instrumentation of driven 357 - 358

Pinchin Johnson 683

Pioneer Chemicals 683

Pioneer Spring Co. Ltd 855

Pipeline Authority of South Australia 810

Pipeline Technologists 416

Piper, C. S. 41

Pitts, W. 588

Pittsburgh Plate Glass 684, 692

plant survey, to establish eucalyptus oil content 620

plastic laminates for wine casks 872 - 873

plastic packaging of foods 121

plastic pipes, fibre-glass reinforced 846 - 848

plastics in vehicle production 487

plastics industry 659 - 683, petro-chemical complexes 667 - 683, phenol 662 - 663, 664, phenol and ureaformaldehyde 664, polystyrene and polyethylene 664 - 666, processing 659 - 663, second generation plastics 665 - 668, styrene monomers 667 - 670, vinyl-chloride and PVC 664

Plastiline (PVC sheeting) 186 - 188, 363 - 364, 845 - 846

platinum 701, 736 - 740

Platt Ltd 290

Plessey Aust. Pty Ltd 234, 932, 951

Plessey Co. 932

plywoods , 319 - 320

Podger, F. D. 220

polarography 648

Pollard, J. W. 567

Polyester fibre 654

polyethylene (polythene) 664 - 666, 665i, 669 - 670, 673 - 674, 675 - 676

polypropylene xx - xxi

polystyrene 664 - 666, 675 - 676, 679 - 680

polythene xx

polyurethane 657 - 658

Pont, E. G. 139

Ponte, Vincent 386

poplar plantations 216 - 217

population, in 1851 4, after gold rush 9 - 11, in Melbourne 1881 12 - 13

Port Arthur, Tas. 442

Port Pirie, S.A. copper technology 714 - 715

Porter, A. 586

Portland cements 326

ports and harbours, early 315, 338 - 346, containerisation 339 - 342i, dredging 345 - 346, special purpose ports 341 - 345

ports and harbours, named Abbott Point, Qld 342, Albatross Bay, Qld bauxite port 410, beginnings 347 - 348, Brisbane 341, Bunbury, W.A. alumina ship loader 411, Burnie, Tas. 341, cement export installation 412i, 412 - 413, container terminal 341 - 342, Dalrymple Bay, Qld coal loading facility 409, 409i, Dampier, W.A. 342, Darling Harbour, Sydney 339, 341i, Esperance, W. A. export of salt 406, Exmouth Gulf, W. A. export of salt 406, Fremantle, W.A. inner harbour 339, Geelong, Vic. 341, Gladstone, Qld alumina production 411 - 412, Gove, NT. 342, 410, 411, Hay Point, Qld 342, 342i, 342i, iron ore export port 342 - 343, 407 - 408, Kwinana grain terminal, W.A. 405, Kwinana, W.A. alumina production 411, Lucinda Point, Qld sugar loader 407, Mackay, Qld sugar storage 407, Melbourne, Vic. 341, Newcastle, N.S.W. 341, 342, 345, Pinjara, W.A. alumina production 411 - 412, Port Adelaide, S.A. 339, 341, 345, Port Bonython, S.A. 343i, 343, Port Botany, N.S.W. 341i, Port Hedland, W.A. 342, 345, Port Kembla, N.S.W. 319 - 320, 339, 342, Port Moresby, P.N.G. 337, Port Walcott, W.A. 342, power supply 402, salt export facilities 404 - 406, Townsville, Qld 341, Weipa, Qld 342, Westernport, Vic. 343, Worsley, W.A. alumina production 411

Potter, Charles 608, 608

Potter, Charles Vincent 633, 712

Potter, E. C. 755

Potts, Frank 105

Potts, H. W. 100

poultry production 39 - 40

Powellizing process (timber preservation) 231 - 232

power systems, capacity of 394 - 395

Powers punched card machine 584 - 586

Poynter, Prof. John S. 602, 618 - 619

Pratt and Whitney engines 906, 907, 912, 912 - 914

Pratt and Whitney manufacturing technique 901 - 902

Precision Visual Glidepath System 927

Presbyterian Church in Australia 509

Prescott, Prof. J. A. 36

Prescott, S. C. 84, 112, 114

Pressed Metal Pty Ltd 494

Prestel 572

Prestige Ltd 281, 281

prestressed concrete flat-plate floor construction 326 - 327

Price, Douglas G. 368 - 373, 422 - 423

Price, Mrs Eleanor 834

prickly pear 43 - 44

Pritchard (steam car) 480 - 481

private enterprise, in early years 827 - 829

processing of fibres, flow chart 264d, 264 - 265

processor chips 890 - 892

productivity output (in textile industry) 264 - 265, 265d, 300 - 301

Project Hiport 946

Project Jindalee 942, 954, 954i

Project Karriwarra 955

Project Mallard 932, 946

Project Parakeet 946

Project Raven 946

Project Waler 939, 946

Promicide (tickicide) 655 - 656

prontosil 616, 624 - 625

Prosser, E. 618 - 619

Protapol 658 - 659

Pryor, L. D. 216, 211

public analysts 112, 113 - 114, 117

Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 571, 571 - 572

pulp and paper industry 222 - 223, 244 - 257, environmental considerations 254 - 257, future demands 260 - 261, post 1975 254 - 255, processing developments in the 1950s 252 - 253, wood pulp in reinforced cement products 256 - 257

Pulsar Battery Pack 881, 881i

Pulse Code Modulation system (PCM) 554

Purchas, Albert 81

PVC (polyvinylchloride) 142 - 143, 173, 662 - 663, 662i, 664, 666, 669 - 670, 671 - 741, 673 - 674, 675 - 676

PVC piping 173

Pyneboard Pty Ltd 244, 244

pyridine 607 - 608, 625 - 626, 650 - 651

pyritic smelting 708 - 709, 744

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