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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-03-17 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-02-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000217b.htm CA 492 corporateBody Advisory Council of Science and Industry Commonwealth of Australia AACR2 16 March 1916 14 September 1920 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location Melbourne, Victoria Industrial or Scientific Research In 1916 the Australian Government established the Advisory Council of Science and Industry with an aim to bring a national position to scientific research. Four years later, in 1920, the Council was replaced by the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry. The Council comprised an Executive Committee that included as ex officio members the Chairmen of the State Committees. The goal of the Advisory Council to the Commonwealth Government was the establishment of a permanent "Institute of Science and Industry". Although this body was established via the "Institute of Science and Industry Act 1920", it was not until the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research was created in 1926 that this goal was realised.

From the 1918 Annual Report page 7 - with regard to membership of committees:
"The members of the State Committees are also members of the Advisory Council, while the Chairmen of the State Committees are ex officio members of the Executive Committee. Arrangements were made when the State Committees were originally constituted whereby they could be strengthened by the appointment of Associate Members representative of particular branches of science or industry. The Associate Members of the State Committees are not members of the Advisory Council."

1915 1916 Business event - Staff; ?; Vote: £ 0; Expenditure: £541 1916 1917 Business event - Staff: ?; Vote: £ 6,700; Expenditure: £4,018 1917 1918 Business event - Staff; ?; Vote: £ 10,500; Expenditure: £7,437 1918 1919 Business event - Staff; ?; Vote: £ 20,000; Expenditure: £11,655 1919 1920 Business event - Staff; ?; Vote: £ 14,000; Expenditure: £13,109 Gibson, Alexander James (1876 - 1960)

Ex Officio Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920; Chairman, State Committee Queensland 1916 - 1920

 Gepp, Herbert William (1877 - 1954)

Ex Officio Member, Executive Committee 1918 - 1920; Acting Chairman, State Committee Tasmania 1918 - 1920

 Stewart, James Douglas (1869 - 1955)

Member, Executive Committee 1918 - 1920

 Richardson, Arnold Edwin Victor (1883 - 1949)

Member, Executive Committee 1918 - 1920

 Grimwade, Wilfrid Russell (1879 - 1955)

Member, Executive Committee 1918 - 1920

 Butters, John Henry (1885 - 1969)

Ex Officio Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920; Chairman, State Committee Tasmania 1916 - 1920

 Science and industry, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1919 - 1920)

Publisher 1919 - 1920

 Rennie, Edward Henry (1852 - 1927)

Ex Officio Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920; Chairman State Committee South Australia 1916 - 1920

 State Committee Victoria, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920) Mann, Edward Alexander (1874 - 1951)

Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920

 Lyle, Thomas Ranken (1860 - 1944)

Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920; Chairman, State Committee Victoria 1916 - 1920

 Delprat, Guillaume Daniel (1856 - 1937)

Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920

 Masson, David Orme (1858 - 1937)

Deputy Chairman, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920

 Commonwealth Research Station, Merbein Victoria - CSIR/O, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1920 - 1962)

1920

 CSIRO Research Publications Repository, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Paterson, John Waugh (1869 - 1958)

Ex Officio Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920; Chairman, State Committee Western Australia 1916 - 1920

 Alexander, Wilfred Backhouse (1885 - 1965)

Science Abstractor 1916 - 1919

 Anderson, Valentine George (1885 - 1969)

Member, Special Committee on Alunite 1916 - 1920

 Watt, Robert Dickie (1881 - 1965)

Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920; Chairman, Executive Committee 1918 - 1920; Honorary Secretary, State Committee New South Wales 1916 - 1920

 Piddington, Albert Bathurst (1862 - 1945)

Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920

 Leverrier, Francis Hewitt (Frank) (1863 - 1940)

Ex Officio Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920; Chairman, State Committee New South Wales 1916-1920

 Henderson, John Baillie (1836 - 1921)

Ex Offcio Member, Executive Committee 1918 - 1920; Acting Chariman, State Committee Queensland 1918 - 1920

 Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board (1919 - 1935)

Associated body 1919 - 1920

 State Committee New South Wales, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920) Lightfoot, Gerald (1877 - 1966)

Overseas study tour to America and Great Britain 1916; Acting Secretary then Secretary 5 October 1917 - c September 1919

 State Committee Tasmania, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920) State Committee Western Australia, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920) State Committee South Australia, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920) State Committee Queensland, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920) Stillwell, Frank Leslie (1888 - 1963)

Secretary and Salaried Officer, Special Committee on the Occurance of Gold in Quartz 2 August 1916 - 1920

 Conference convened by the Prime Minister, W.M Hughes, to consider the question of the establishment of a National Laboratory, 5 January 1916 Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia (1920 - 1926) Department of Trade and Customs, Commonwealth of Australia (1901 - 1956)

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 'Advisory Council of Science and Industry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Advisory Council of Science and Industry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Great War brought us tragedy but it also birthed Australian science Spurling, Tom; Webb, John Mark The Great War brought us tragedy but it also birthed Australian science Australia The Conversation AU 2015 The Conversation Book: Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) McKay, Andrew Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) Melbourne CSIRO 1976 Report: Institute of Science and Industry, First Annual Report of the Director: for the period from the date of his appointment (18th March, 1921) to the 30th June, 1922 Knibbs, George H. Institute of Science and Industry, First Annual Report of the Director: for the period from the date of his appointment (18th March, 1921) to the 30th June, 1922 Melbourne Commonwealth Government Printer 1922 Report: Resolutions passed by the Advisory Council, July 1917, together with, Report and recommendations on the organization and work of the proposed permanent Institute of Science and Industry Advisory Council of Science and Industry Resolutions passed by the Advisory Council, July 1917, together with, Report and recommendations on the organization and work of the proposed permanent Institute of Science and Industry Melbourne Government of Australia 1917 Parliamentary paper: Memorandum on the organization of scientific research institutions in the United States of America Lightfoot, Gerald Memorandum on the organization of scientific research institutions in the United States of America Melbourne Government of Australia 1916 Parliamentary Act: Institute of Science and Industry Act 1920 Institute of Science and Industry Act 1920 Canberra, ACT (online) Australian Government 1920 Federal Register of Legislation Report: Report of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry: for the year ended 30th June 1918 Advisory Council of Science and Industry Report of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry: for the year ended 30th June 1918 Melbourne Government of the Commonwealth of Australia 1918 Report: Report of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry: covering the period from the date of the appointment of the Executive Committee (14th April, 1916) to the 30th June 1917 Advisory Council of Science and Industry Report of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry: covering the period from the date of the appointment of the Executive Committee (14th April, 1916) to the 30th June 1917 Melbourne Commonwealth Government Printer 1917 Book: Shaping Science and Industry: a History of Australia's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Schedvin, C. C. Shaping Science and Industry: a History of Australia's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Sydney Allen & Unwin 1987 Book: The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Currie, George; Graham, John The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Melbourne CSIRO 1966 Resource Section: Primary description of agency CA 492; Advisory Council of Science and Industry. Registration of entity: 22 September 1976 Primary description of agency CA 492; Advisory Council of Science and Industry. Registration of entity: 22 September 1976 National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Journal Article: Environment, Economy and Australian Biology 1890-1939 Schedvin, C. B. Environment, Economy and Australian Biology 1890-1939 1984 Historical Studies 21 11-28 Journal Article: The work and present position of the temporary Institute Anon The work and present position of the temporary Institute 1920 Science and industry 2 5 265-76 Journal Article: Suspension of publication of the journal Anon Suspension of publication of the journal 1920 Science and industry 2 12 705-6 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - Records MS 038 1916 - 1918 Papers relating to preliminary discussions and plans for the formation of a Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); address by Prime Minister W. M. Hughes relating to discussions about forming a Commonwealth National Laboratory; reports of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry. 0.05 m