Corporate Body

CSIR Division of Economic Botany (1927 - 1929)

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

From
1 January 1927
Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
To
1929
Functions
Plant science, Social or Economic Research and Industrial or scientific research
Reference No
CA 4464
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory

Summary

The Division of Economic Botany was established in early 1927 and was a part of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). In 1929 the Division was renamed, becoming the Division of Plant Industry.

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From "CSIRO research for Australia" (1962) pdf page 18:
"THE Division of Plant Industry is both the oldest and the largest of C.S.I.R.O. Divisions. In the early days it was called the [CSIR] Division of Economic Botany, and consisted of a number of research workers scattered around Australia, housed in the laboratories of various universities and Departments of Agriculture. The Chief was Dr. B. T. Dickson, who came out to Australia from Canada, where he had been Professor of Plant Pathology at McGill University."

Timeline

 1927 - 1929 CSIR Division of Economic Botany
       1929 - c. 2014 CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry
             1959 - 1973 CSIRO Division of Tropical Pastures
                   1973 - 1976 CSIRO Division of Tropical Agronomy
                         1976 - c. 1995 CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures
                               1996 - 2000 CSIRO Division of Tropical Agriculture
                                     2000 - CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
                                     2000 - CSIRO Livestock Industries

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Published resources

Books

Reports

  • Dickson, B.T., The work of the Division of Economic Botany for the year 1928-29 (Melbourne: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia), 1929), 32 pp. https://doi.org/10.25919/jzrg-yf83. Details
  • Robertson, T. Brailsford, The work of the Division of Animal Nutrition for the year 1928-29 (Melbourne: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia), 1929), 32 pp, https://doi.org/10.25919/hvhs-rj44. Details
  • Tillyard, R.J., The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 (Melbourne: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia), 1929), 19 pp. https://doi.org/10.25919/2k6y-h875. Details

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