Corporate Body
CSIRO Wool Textile Research Laboratories (1949 - 1958)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1949
Australia - To
- 1958
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research and Materials or Textiles Industries
- Reference No
- CA 4528
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Melbourne, Geelong and Sydney
Summary
The CSIRO Wool Textile Research Laboratories were formed in 1949. There were three separate Laboratories, located in Melbourne, Geelong and Sydney. In 1958 the three Laboratories became separate Divisions, known as the Divisions of Textile Physics, Textile Industry and Protein Chemistry.
Related entries
Timeline
1949 - 1958 CSIRO Wool Textile Research Laboratories
1958 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Textile Industry
1988 - 1999 CSIRO Division of Wool Technology
1999 - CSIRO Division of Textile and Fibre Technology
Controlling Corporate Bodies
hasPart
Superior
Published resources
Books
- 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
- Williams, V. A., From Fleece to Fabric, 1948-1998: 50 Years of Wool Textile Research (Geelong: CSIRO Wool Technology, 1998), 198 pp. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-487973. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 4528; CSIRO, Division of Textile and Fibre Technology. Registration of entity: 1 October 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204528. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 13 July 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006
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