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Author Ross, Andrew T.

Title Armed & ready : the industrial development & defence of Australia, 1900-1945 / A.T. Ross
Published Wahroonga, N.S.W. : Turton & Armstrong, [1995]

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 MELB  338.80994 Ros/Aar  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 436 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Contents Ch. 1. The Growth of Secondary Industry 1900-1932 -- Ch. 2. The Defence Connection in Industrial Development of Secondary Industry 1933-1939 -- Ch. 4. Rearmament and Government Economic Policy 1930-1939 -- Ch. 5. The Organisation of Industry for War Production 1918-1939 -- Ch. 6. Australian Government Policy on Secondary Industry Research 1918-1939 -- Ch. 7. Australia on the Eve of War 1939 -- Ch. 8. The Evolution of Wartime Munitions Production Strategy 1937-1940 -- Ch. 9. The Department of Munitions 1940-1945 -- Ch. 10. The Disorganisation of the Aircraft Production Industry 1939-1941 -- Ch. 11. The Design and Production of Military Aircraft 1939-1945 -- Ch. 12. The Design and Production of Military Equipment 1940-1945, Part 1 -- Ch. 13. The Design and Production of Military Equipment 1940-1945, Part 2 -- Ch. 14. Australian Combat Power and the Japanese
Analysis Defence industries
History, 1901-1945
Industrial research and development
World War 2
Notes "This book has been published with the assistance of an Australia Remembers grant from the Department of Industry, Science & Technology and the Department of Veterans Affairs"--T.p. verso
Index: p. [434]-435
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Australia. Australian Army -- Equipment -- Design and construction.
Australia. Department of Munitions -- History.
Australia. Munitions Supply Board. -- History
Airplanes, Military -- Australia -- Design and construction.
Defense industries -- Australia -- History.
Defense industries -- Australia -- History -- 1901-1945
Industries -- Australia -- History -- 1901-1945
Industries -- Australia -- History.
Military art and science -- Australia -- History -- 1901-1945
Military art and science -- Australia -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Technology.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia -- Commerce http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114305 -- 1901-1945
Australia -- Commerce. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114305
Australia -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 -- 1901-1945
Australia -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310
Author Australia. Department of Industry, Science, and Technology.
Australia. Department of Veterans' Affairs.
ISBN 0908031637 (paperback)
Other Titles Armed and ready
Armed and ready