Informing a nation : the evolution of the Australian Bureau of Statistics 1905-2005 / Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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TextPublication details: Belconnen, ACT : Australian Bureau of Statistics, c2005Description: vii, 323 p. : ill., ports. ; 21cm x 31cm. +ISBN: 0642479852 :Subject(s): Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics (Australia) -- History | Australian Bureau of Statistics -- History | Australia. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics -- History | Australian bureau of statistics--history | Statistics--australia--history | Australia--statistical services--history | Statistics -- Australia -- History | Commonwealth bureau of census and statistics (australia)--history | Australia -- Statistical services -- HistoryDDC classification: 352.750994 LOC classification: HA3005 | .I54 2005Online resources: Electronic Access | Click here to access online Also available electronically via the Internet at: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/cat/1382.0.Summary: Informing a Nation: the Evolution of the Australian Bureau of Statistics is a history of the Australian Bureau of Statistics and its predecessor the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. It covers the period from 1905 to the present day. The publication is organised thematically and includes chapters on subject areas such as economic statistics, the census, social statistics, prices statistics, methodology and technology in the Bureau, international relations, the Bureau's clients and dissemination, and the culture of the Bureau. As well as the written history, the publication presents a pictorial history of the work of the Bureau and its staff over the last century.
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Catalogue no. 1382.0.
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Informing a Nation: the Evolution of the Australian Bureau of Statistics is a history of the Australian Bureau of Statistics and its predecessor the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. It covers the period from 1905 to the present day. The publication is organised thematically and includes chapters on subject areas such as economic statistics, the census, social statistics, prices statistics, methodology and technology in the Bureau, international relations, the Bureau's clients and dissemination, and the culture of the Bureau. As well as the written history, the publication presents a pictorial history of the work of the Bureau and its staff over the last century.
Also available electronically via the Internet at: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/cat/1382.0.
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