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This paper reports on changes which occurred in the characteristics of the boards of directors of Australia's largest 250 corporations between 1959 and 1979. Among other things, it is shown that over this period the average board size increased substantially as did the proportion of interlocking directorates and the mean number of interlocks maintained per firm. Comparisons are provided between the Australian data and previous research conducted in Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.