Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- CSIR and Australian industry, 1926-49
- In
- Historical Records of Australian Science
- Imprint
- vol. 32, no. 1, 2021, pp. 52-66
- Url
- https://doi.org/10.1071/HR20012
- Subject
- Chronological Classification 1901- General Works
- Abstract
The primary function of CSIR, founded in 1926, wasto promote primary and secondary industriesin Australia. In itsfirst decade,
CSIR developed a successful model for delivering research of benefit to the primary sector. The period from the late 1930s was characterised by the expansion of CSIR, notably into secondary-industry research, and its wide-ranging and effective response to the industry and government demands during the Second World War. In the post-war years CSIR placed increasing emphasis on longer term, underlying research, as the way to benefit Australian industry. This shift raised problems for technology transfer to the secondary industry sector; it also shaped the agenda of CSIR's successor organisation, CSIRO, in the decades after its formation in 1949.- Source
- cohn 2021
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Corporate Bodies
- Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia (1920 - 1926)
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Commonwealth of Australia (1926 - 1949)
People
- Julius, George Alfred (1873 - 1946)
- Newbigin, William Johnstone (1874 - 1927)
- Richardson, Arnold Edwin Victor (1883 - 1949)
- Rivett, Albert Cherbury David (David) (1885 - 1961)
- Spurling, Thomas Harley (Tom) (1940 - )
- Upstill, Howard Garrett (Garrett) (1946 - )
See also
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