W. Duffield & Co., Gawler 94

W. E. Cuckson & Son Pty Ltd 302

W. Hoadley, Melbourne 624

W. L. Meinhart & Partners 387

W. P. Brown & Partners Ltd, Melbourne 338

W. R. Hume 326

W. Sandford Ltd 850 - 851

Wackett, L. J. 498, 500, 906, 912

Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 243

Wain, H. L. 928

Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide 117

Waite, Peter 29

Wakool Irrigation District, N.S.W. 161 - 164

Walker, Fred 101, 116, 143

Walker, H. N. 471

Walker, John 833

Walker, Sydney 481, 513

Walker, T. B. 441

Walker, W. H. 541, 544, 549

Walkie-Talkie radio 915

Wallace, C. S. 590

Wallace, J. M. 339 - 345

Wallace, Prof. R. 21

Wallaroo Phosphate Company 603

wallboard 845 - 848

Wallis, Alexander Robert 23

Walsh, Sir Alan 648

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 632

Walters, family 683

Walton, T. U. 109, 607

Wandel & Goltermann 576

Wandella 926

Wangaratta Woollen Mills 279, 299

Wapet (West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd) 773

Wardell, V. A. 862

Wargon Chapman & Associates Pty Ltd 324

Waring, H. D. 210, 211

Wark, Sir Ian W. 611, 633, 712, 744

Warren, Dr Dave 510, 956

Warren, Prof. William Henry 234, 318

Warrenheip, Mt. 837

washing machines 885 - 887

Waste Lands Occupation Act 1846 9

waste water, treatment of 147, 181 - 188, development of 200 - 201

water analysis 192 - 195, new methods required 200 - 201

water boring, first attempt 150 - 151

water clarifiers 174

water conservation 175 - 178, concern about 150 - 151, measures adopted 175 - 178

water engineering 368 - 374

water heaters 870 - 871

water legislation 196 - 199, early 151 - 152

Water Mill Company, Bridgewater-on-Loddon 94

water pipe lines 368 - 370, concrete 369, fibro-cement 369, iron and steel 369 - 370, woodstave 368 - 369

water pipes, cement lining 848i

water quality research 190 - 196, chemical analysis 192 - 195, ecosystem 192 - 196, for drinking 190 - 195, for irrigation and stock 192 - 195

water quality, importance of 149 - 150, desalination 176 - 178, for urban use 171 - 173, in rural towns 173 - 174, problems of Murray River 197 - 199, variations in 173 - 174

water research 40 - 42

water resources 150 - 166, early development 190 - 192, new techniques in planning and management 195 - 197

water storages, farm 168 - 172

water supply bore drains 168, Eppalock 186 - 190, farm storages 168 - 172, for farm and stock 164 - 172, for gold mining development 153 - 155, in early Sydney 314 - 315, in South Australia 178 - 183, roaded catchments 166 - 167, urban 171 - 183, use of pipes 166 - 167

water technology, early 149 - 150, 150 - 151, areas for future development of 197 - 201, challenges 184 - 186, history of 197 - 199

water transport 1788-1888 435 - 442, development of coastal and river trading 436 - 438, domination by Britain 435 - 437, 439 - 441, introduction of steamships 437 - 440, 441 - 442, introduction of the clipper 439 - 440, 440 - 442, shipbuilding industry 435 - 440, the coastal trading fleet 441 - 442, the composite ships 441 - 442, the iron clipper 441 - 442

water treatment 173 - 176

water tunnels 369t

water use, conjunctive 176 - 181, consumption figures 173 - 174, increased use 197 - 199, measurement of farm use 156 - 157, multi-purpose 181 - 183, per capita in Australia 147, 176 - 178, research 161 - 166

water-mills, at Norfolk Island 70 - 72

Waterhouse, Capt. Henry 264

Waterworth, E. N. 911

Watson, C. J. J. 234

Watson, N. 549

Watson, W. 943

Watson, W. J. C. 920

Watson-Munro, C. N. 794

Watt, James 448, 827

Wattyl 683, 689, 689

Waverley Woollen Mill, Distillery Creek Launceston 273

Weapons Research Establishment (W.R.E.) 503, 591, 592 - 593, 594 - 595, 918 - 919, 920, 921, 922, 923 - 924, 928, 930 - 931, 932 - 935, 942 - 943, 951

Weatherhead, Deputy Forester 215

Webster, Arthur 627, 630

Weeks, Lewis 770

Wegmann, Friedrich 94

Weickhardt, L. W. 625, 646, 654

weights and measures 890 - 892

Weipa Bauxite project, Qld 329, 410 - 411, 493

weirs and barrages 154 - 157

Weiss, Dr D. 658

Weizmann process 625 - 626

Welch, Dr K. St Vincent 509

welding industries 854 - 855

Wellcome Foundation 618

Wellcome, Sir Henry 618, 618 - 619

Welsbach Incandescent Burner 818

Wentworth, W. C. 347

Werribee Sewerage Treatment Farm, Vic. 184i, 184

Wessburg & Tulander, Sydney 287

West Footscray Petrochemicals Complex 669i

West Pilbara Scheme, W.A. 178m

Westergaard, H. M. 391

Western Australia, remote area power supply 402 - 404

Western Australia. Department of Agriculture 651

Western Australia. Forests Department 207, 210, 217, 220, 231, 234, 237

Western Australia. Public Works Department 174

Western Australian Airways 390, 505

Western Australian Chip and Pulp Pty Ltd 258 - 259

Western District Pastoral and Agricultural Society 9

Western Lands Commission, N.S.W. 37

Western Mining Corporation xiii, xiv, xvi, 744, 793

Westralian Forest Industries Ltd 244, 244

Westwind Turbines 788

whaling 435 - 437

wheat handling of 94 - 95, imported to Botany Bay 70 - 72, milling of 94 - 96, 113

wheat growing and mechanisation 13 - 17, 61i, development of wheat breeding 58 - 59, early methods 5 - 7, fallowing 58 - 61, for brewing 73 - 74, 74 - 75, irrigated SIRAGCROP 65 - 66, research into 59 - 61, technique for replenishing impoverished areas 56 - 57, varieties grown 58 - 59, wheat-sheep rotation system 56 - 57, 59 - 61

wheatstone equipment 535 - 536

whey 139 - 140, 140

White Bay railway power house, Sydney 468

White Industries Ltd 338

White, G. B. 338

Whitney, Capt. John 900

Whitton, John 378, 380, 451

Whitton, W. I. 652

Whyalla Shipbuilding and Engineering Works 516, 517

Wiggins Teape (UK) Ltd 252, 253

Wild, Dr Paul 510

Wilkes, M. V. 589

Wilkins, G. Hubert 505, 506

Wilkinson, James 316

William Fairbairn & Sons, Manchester England 321

Williams, F. 838

Williams, F. C. 590

Williams, George Kenneth 714 - 715

Williams, H. C. 393

Williams, Sir John 514, 521

Williams, W. D. 194

Williamstown Dockyard, Vic. 517

Willing, R. R. 216

Willoughby, E. O. 587

Wills, H. A. 929, 936

Wills, W. A. 918, 919i

Wills, William John 446

Wilson, David 100

Wimmera-Mallee Domestic and Stock System, Vic. 166 - 167, 166m

Wimperis, H. E. 907

wind power 402, 402 - 404

windmills 72 - 73, 168 - 171, 170i, 778, 787, 788i

Windsor Harvester 223, 223i

Windsor, N.S.W. 347, 435 - 436

wine producers 11 - 12, 73 - 74

wine research 117, 120

wine, markets 11 - 12

wine-making 104 - 106

Winnin 952, 952i

wire drawing machines 869 - 870i

wire netting 849 - 850

wire products 851 - 853, 869 - 870, AWI Gas Wiping process 869 - 870

wireless telegraphy 535 - 536, development 552 - 553, first message from England 536, stations 536

Wireless Valve Company 914

Wirrabarra, S.A. 210, 227

Witt, S. H. 536

Wivenhoe Power Station, Qld 182

Wivenhoe project, Qld 182

Wivenhoe pumped storage 800 - 802, 805

Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co. Pty Ltd 17 - 18

Wolseley, Frederick York 17 - 18

Wong, D. G. 592, 592, 593

wood veneers 239 - 240, 260

Wood, Herbert 818

wood-fired gas producer power plants 706 - 708

woodchips 254, 258 - 260

Woodcock, J. T. 700

Woods, R. V 211, 213

Woodside Offshore Petroleum 430 - 431

Woodside Petroleum Limited 430, 773

Woodward, O. H. 712

Woodward, R. L. 939

wool buying 291 - 292, improved sampling techniques 291 - 292, 291i, 297i

wool carbonising (removal of vegetable matter from) 287 - 288, 287d, 293 - 294, 294 - 295

wool growers a major export 264, controlled breeding methods 54 - 57, need for research assistance 32 - 34, production 52 - 57

Wool Industries Research Association (W.I.R.A.), Leeds 282

wool manufacturing industry carding or combing 267 - 268, early mills 272 - 273, 274 - 275, in twentieth century 278 - 299, protectionism 273 - 274, spinning 269 - 270id, technological developments in 266 - 267, unprocessed wool sent to England in 1800 271 - 272, weaving 269 - 271, wool sorting 267

Wool Research Trust Fund 284

wool scouring 286 - 287d, 292, 293, 293i, early practices 8 - 9, 267, 274 - 275

wool, shrink proofing process 289 - 290, 289i, 295 - 296

wool-textile research 282 - 299, 1950s work 285 - 290, adaptation of Melange printing process 288 - 289, carding improvements 293 - 294, improvements in dyeing techniques 294 - 295, improving scouring techniques 292, 293, 293i, new uses for wool and wool products 293 - 294, permanent pressing 289 - 290, sampling techniques 291 - 292, 291i, self twist spinner 289i, 290i, shrinkproofing process 289 - 290, 295 - 296, SI-RO-FIX process 287 - 288, SiRo-Mark 286, solvent scoured wool 286 - 287d, the CSIRO jet scourer , 287d, Wool Research Trust Fund established 284

Woollen Cloth Company 274

woollen yarns 267, 267i

Woolley, Dr R.v.d. R. 910, 910

World Health Organisation/Food and Agriculture Organisation. Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (J.E.C.F.A.) 122

worsted fabric , 290, 291, 295 - 296, 296 - 297

Woven Threads 280 - 282

Wragge, H. S. 569

WREMAPS 928

WREMAPS II 928

WRESAT (satellite) 922 - 923, 922i

Wright Bros. 497

Wright, P. G. 823

Wundowie, W.A. 237 - 238

Wyatt, John 268

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering