Journal
Annual report of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - )
- From
- 1949
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Functions
- Industrial research, Journal, Scientific research and Technological research
- Alternative Names
- Annual report, CSIRO Australia (ISSN 1030-4215) (Subsequent name, 1995 - )
- CSIRO annual report (ISSN 1030-4215) (Subsequent name, 1962 - 1994)
- Website
- https://csiropedia.csiro.au/organisational-history/annual-reports/
Summary
The Annual report of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (ISSN 1030-4223) was first published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in 1949. (Over time the title, and the cover title, has varied. In 1979 the ISSN was 0069-7311) It supercedes the Annual report of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the predecessor of CSIRO. Content has varied, but usually included information on governance; co-operation with the states; general reports of research under broad headings such as soils, nutrition and fisheries; financial statements; information and library services; and lists of staff and publications. Detailed reports of research projects are included in the annual reports of the responsible Divisions.
Details
From 1949 - 1978 the reports were numbered sequentially titles (eg '1st CSIRO Annual Report 1948-1949 " to "30th CSIRO Annual Reprot 1977-1978". From 1979 the title took a new form (eg "CSIRO Annual Report 1978-1979") and this coincided with a change in content and form.
These reports were issued as Parliamentary papers.
Digitised copies can be found at the web page noted, and at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-839491085.
Related entries
Timeline
1927 - 1948 Annual report of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
1949 - Annual report of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Published resources
Reports
- CSIRO, First annual report of the Commonwealth Sceintific and Industrial Research Organization for the year ended 30th June 1949 (Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 1949), 137 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1949-1st-CSIRO-Annual-Report-for-Year-1949.pdf. Details
- CSIRO, Second annual report of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization for the year ending 30th June, 1950 (Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 1950), 157 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1950-2nd-CSIRO-Annual-Report-Year-Ending-30th-June-1950-1.pdf. Details
- CSIRO, CSIRO thirtieth annual report 1977/78 (Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 1978), 108 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/1991/10/1977-78-30th-CSIRO-Annual-Report-for-Year-1977-78.pdf. Details
- CSIRO, CSIRO annual report 1978/79: physical sciences; industrial sciences; animal and food sciences; earth resources; biological resources (Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 1979), 79 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/1991/10/1978-79-CSIRO-Annual-Report-for-Year-1978-79.pdf. Details
- CSIRO, CSIRO annual report 1995-96 (Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 1996), 154 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/1991/10/1995-1996-CSIRO-Annual-Report.pdf. Details
- Spurling, Thomas; Healy, Terry; Wolff, Helen, Guide to selected CSIRO governance and historical records digitised as part of the CSIRO History Project (Hawthorn, Victoria: Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology, 2023), 462 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/organisational-history/csiro-history-project/. Details
Gavan McCarthy and Helen Cohn
Created: 5 February 2025, Last modified: 28 March 2025