Corporate entry CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry (1940 - 1958)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1 July 1940
Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia - To
- 8 Oct 1958
- Functions
- Industrial or Scientific Research
- Reference No
- CA 7689
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Fisherman's Bend, Victoria
Summary
Existing from 1940 to 1958, the Division of Industrial Chemistry later became the Divisions of Physical Chemistry, Mineral Chemistry and Chemical Physics, as well as the Organic Chemistry Section, the Cement Section, and the Chemical Engineering Section.
Related entries
Timeline
1940 - 1958 CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry
1958 - 1961 CSIRO Organic Chemistry Section
1958 - 1966 CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry
1958 - 1970 CSIRO Chemical Research Laboratories
1958 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics
1961 - 1966 CSIRO Division of Organic Chemistry
1966 - 1974 CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry
1987 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology
1966 - 1974 CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry
1974 - 1987? CSIRO Division of Chemical Technology
1974 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry
1997 - 2002 CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology
1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers
1997 - 2005 CSIRO Division of Molecular Science
Controlling Corporate Bodies
Subordinate
Published resources
Books
- Historical Directory of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1926-1976, CSIRO, Canberra, 1978, 101 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Wark, I. W., 'The CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry, 1940-1952', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 4, no. 2, 1979, pp. 7-41. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9790420007.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Primary description of agency CA 7689; CSIR/ (from 1949) CSIRO, Division of Industrial Chemistry. Registration of entity: 5 May 1993', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+7689. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-568181. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 15 June 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006
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