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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-04-14 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-03-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000314b.htm CA 8107 corporateBody CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation AACR2 21 August 1966 24 February 1974 Start Place Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia Location Fisherman's Bend, Victoria Industrial or Scientific Research Chemical Industries Located in Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, the Division of Applied Chemistry was established in 1966, replacing the former Divisions of Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry. After less than eight years of operation, the Division was replaced in 1974 by the Divisions of Applied Organic Chemistry and Chemical Technology. CSIRO - Divisions, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - c. 2014) CSIRO Division of Organic Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1961 - 1966) CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1959 - 1966) CSIR/O Division of Forest Products (mark I), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1928 - 1971) Johnson, Charles Henric James (1928 - 2022)

Senior (later Senior Principal) Research Scientist) 1966 - 1974

 Solomon, David Henry (1929 - )

Chief Research Scientist 1970 - 1974

 Spurling, Thomas Harley (Tom) (1940 - )

Research Scientist 1966 - 1974

 Weiss, Donald Eric (1924 - 2008)

Chief Research Scientist 1965 - 1971; Assistant Chief of the Division and Officer-in-Charge of the Forest Products Laboratory 1971 - 1973

 Hawthorne, David Geoffrey (Geoff) (1935 - 2016)

Research Scientist 1970 -

 Hamann, Sefton Davidson (1921 - 2009) 1966 1974

Chief of the CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry

 Sasse, Wolfgang Hermann Fritz (1928 - ) 1967 1972

Transferred to Division of Applied Chemistry, CSIRO (1967 - 1969) Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Division of Applied Chemistry, CSIRO (1969 - 1970) Chief Research Scientist at the Division of Applied Chemistry, CSIRO (from 1972)

 Croft, Robert Clyde (1918 - 1991) 1970 1976

Research Officer at the CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry

 CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1974 - 1988) CSIRO Division of Chemical Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1974 - 1987?)

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 'CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Proceeds of crime: how polymer banknotes were invented Spurling, Tom; Solomon, David Proceeds of crime: how polymer banknotes were invented Australia The Conversation AU 2014 The Conversation Book: Historical Directory of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1926-1976 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 Resource Section: Primary description of agency CA 8107; CSIRO, Division of Applied Chemistry. Registration of entity: 2 May 1995 Primary description of agency CA 8107; CSIRO, Division of Applied Chemistry. Registration of entity: 2 May 1995 National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Journal Article: Sefton Davidson Hamann 1921-2009 Spurling, Thomas H.; and Solomon, David H. Sefton Davidson Hamann 1921-2009 2009 Historical Records of Australian Science 20 2 255-271 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 Collection of material relating to the currency note [plastic banknote] research and development project National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office Collection of material relating to the currency note [plastic banknote] research and development project B5609 1928 - 1988 This series comprises the collection of material relating to the currency note (plastic banknote) research and development project. Following the appearance of forged $10 notes in 1967 and the Reserve Bank of Australia's concern about the imminent release of colour photocopiers, cooperation between CSIRO and NID if RBA began with the aim to "produce a more secure form of note" to combat forgeries, particularly by photographic means. The project largely centred on the CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry. The plastic $10 note was issued to the public in 1988. A short history of the project can be found on Australian Archives' file (Brighton) 1990/397. This collection was not the product of a single filing or records management system. Rather, it represents material brought together from the records of a number of individual scientists who worked on the Plastic Banknote project, particularly David Solomon and Sefton Hamann. Tom Spurling inititated the archival project and engaged the Australian Science Archives Project to undertake the field work and arrange the transfer to the National Archives of Australia, As a first step, staff who had worked on the project were surveyed to obtain basic details of the surviving documentation. This survey data was entered into a database and used to determine which records were to be archived. These were then processed and their contents listed in detail. Most of this work was carried out on-site at CSIRO's Division of Chemicals and Polymers in Clayton. 5.72 m Artwork, Objects, Photographs