Research in Australia: Function and Organization of the Council for Aeronautics

THE period from 1884 to 1937 (the events of which are summarized on earlier pages of the pamphlet) may be said to have been exploratory as regards aeronautical science in Australia. Many beginnings had been made in research, in teaching and in manufacture, but, no generally organized growth had occurred. The visible beginnings of the present developed state of the industry and of research may be traced from two sources.