Nurnberg / Manchester / Wellington / Sydney / Canberra / Berlin / Melbourne / Frankfurt / London / Chicago / /
Company
CSIRO / Radiophysics Laboratory / Cavendish Laboratory / Carnegie Corporation / Concrete Constructions / Associated Electrical Industries / Jodrell Bank / Radiation Laboratory / Ford / Radio Astronomy Trust / MAN / Freeman Fox / /
Continent
America / Europe / /
Country
Australia / United Kingdom / Wales / West Germany / United States / /
Currency
GBP / USD / / /
Event
Employment Change / Person Travel / Company Expansion / /
Facility
University of Manchester / centre of Sydney / University of Sydney / Cavendish Laboratory / King’s College / California Institute of Technology / Newell highway / Radiation Laboratory / Radiophysics Laboratory / CSIRO’s Radiophysics Laboratory / University of Melbourne / Sydney Harbour Bridge / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Gustavsburg plant / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
prime contractor / steel cross members / steel roller track / time radar equipment / suitable site / oldboy network / communication systems / peaceful applications / high-tensile steel wire / travel funding / finance / receiver technology / possible applications / steel frames / giant parabolic dish / steel products / steel components / radar technology / real estate agents / tubular steel / computing / internal network / radar equipment / massive steel components / circular steel roller track / gold mining town / steel punchings / steel superstructure / brand-new technology / local electricity authority / semi-autonomous groups / thick steel plate / steel mesh panels / receiver equipment / hectare site / fitting the circular steel roller track / /
NaturalFeature
Mt Stromlo / Blue Mountains / Goobang Valley / /
Organization
University of Sydney / MIT Rad Lab / Australian government / Commonwealth government / UK’s Department of Scientific & Industrial Research / Council for Scientific & Industrial Research / PARKES TELESCOPE Peter Robertson School of Physics / University of Manchester / Nuffield Foundation / Radiophysics Lab / University of Melbourne / California Institute of Technology / Rockefeller Foundation / Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston / Colonies Fund / Rockefeller Board of Trustees / King’s College / Carnegie Institution in Washington / British Dominion and Colonies Fund / Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation / /
Person
Henry Parkes / John Bolton / Richard Casey / Bowen Fig / Fred White / Karl Jansky / Mike Jeffery / Ron Ekers / Joe Pawsey / Gilbert Roberts / Robert Menzies / Bernard Lovell / Taffy Bowen / Isidor Rabi / Lee Dubridge / Vannevar Bush / Grote Reber / Ralph Freeman / Julian Ashton / Harry Minnett / /
Position
project leader / Prime Minister / president / Chief Executive / director of the Parkes Telescope / head / Chief / engineer / contractor / Professor / businessmen / designer / Governor-General / inaugural director / specialist group of technicians / principal liaison officer / radio astronomer / Minister / project manager / politician / head of the radio astronomy group and assistant chief / leader / prime contractor / Senior partner / /
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