Corporate entry CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography (1956 - 1981)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1956
Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia - To
- 1981
- Functions
- Fisheries Research or Regulation, Marine Science and Industrial or Scientific Research
- Reference No
- CA 7837
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Cronulla, New South Wales
Summary
The Division of Fisheries and Oceanography was formed in 1956, after the Division of Fisheries changed its name in order to incorporate Oceanography. In 1981 it was decided to separate the Fisheries and Oceanography components of the Division, each becoming a separate Division.
Related entries
Timeline
c. 1937 - 1939 CSIRO Fisheries Investigations Section
1939 - 1956 CSIRO Division of Fisheries
1956 - 1981 CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography
1981 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research
1981 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Oceanography
1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Fisheries
1997 - 2005 CSIRO Marine Research
1997 - 2005 CSIRO Marine Research
Controlling Corporate Bodies
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
- Austin, R. H., 'History of CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography', Australian and Marine Science Bulletin, vol. 74, 1981, pp. 8-10. Details
Online Resources
- 'Priamry description of agency CA 7837; CSIRO, Division of Fisheries and Oceanography. Registration of entity: 4 November 1993', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+7837. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-783682. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 6 July 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006
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