Corporate Body
CSIRO Division of Chemical Engineering (1962 - 1978)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 2 July 1962
Clayton, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1978
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research
- Location
- Clayton, Victoria
Summary
Located in Melbourne's suburb of Clayton, the CSIRO Division of Chemical Engineering had operated since 1941 as the CSIR/O Chemical Engineering Section, part of the CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry. It became a separate Division twenty years later and operated for about sixteen years before becoming the CSIRO Division of Mineral Engineering.
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Timeline
1934 - 1970 CSIR/O Ore Dressing Investigations - collaborative venture
1941 - 1962 CSIR/O Chemical Engineering Section
1962 - 1978 CSIRO Division of Chemical Engineering
1978 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Mineral Engineering
1987 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Mineral and Process Engineering
c. 1995 - CSIRO Minerals Division
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Published resources
Books
- Beale, Bob, Engineering a Legacy: Memories of the journey of CSIRO Chemical Engineering (Clayton, Victoria: CSIRO Minerals, 2005), 124 pp. pages 31-68. Details
- McKay, Andrew, Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1976), 48 pp, https://www.eoas.info/bib-pdf/ASBS00655.pdf. Details
- Schedvin, C.B; Trace, K., Historical Directory of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1926-1976 (Canberra: CSIRO, 1978), 101 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/csiro_historical_directory_1926_1976.pdf. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476677. 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 2025
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