Department of Supply



Background on the Department of Supply is coming here.


Pioneers

Pioneers
Key people in Australian involvement in space exploration.

Tom Lawrence, George Barlow, Des Barnsley, Lloyd Bott, Bob Leslie, Ian Homewood (planned)


WRESAT
WRESAT
Australia’s first satellite – launched 29th November 1967.



Woomera township

Woomera was managed by the Department of Supply’s Weapons Research Establishment.

Woomera
Photos of life in Woomera – by Don Gray.

Woomera
Photos of life in Woomera – by Pat Delgado and Jan Delgado.

Woomera

Gibber Gabber Christmas Annual 1965. New


Woomera
“Then and Now” photos of Woomera by Bruce Window.