A000575 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-06-15 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-05-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000575b.htm CA 4467 corporateBody CSIRO Division of Entomology Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation AACR2 1950 Start Place Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Location Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Veterinary or Animal Health Industries Industrial or Scientific Research Established in 1928, as the Division of Economic Entomology, its name was changed to the Division of Entomology in 1950. The Division provides ongoing work today in the area of insect research. CSIRO's Division of Entomology is Australia's largest organisation carrying out research into insects.

From "CSIRO research for Australia" (1962) pdf page 15:

"In 1934 Dr. A. J. Nicholson became Chief of the Division, an office he held until 1960 when Dr. D. F. Waterhouse succeeded him. Under Dr. Nicholson the Division of Entomology broadened its field to include ecological studies and insect physiology and biochemistry.

One of the main aims of the ecological work of the Division has been to find more satisfactory means of insect control than by the use of large quantities of non-specific insecticides. Ways have been sought to control insect populations by making changes in their environment, for example, by varying agricultural practices. One instance of this new approach to insect pest control has been the discovery that multiplication of the cattle tick can be prevented by spelling (vacating) infested pastures for certain periods of the year. Recent ecological work using "natural control" methods promises greater control of orchard pests, grasshoppers and forest insects."

 Keith Turnbull Research Institute, Victorian Department of Primary Industries (1967 - ) CSIRO - Divisions, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - c. 2014) CRC for Weed Management Systems (1995 - 2001) CRC for Sustainable Cotton Production (1993 - 1999) CRC for Tropical Pest Management (1991 - 1998) CRC for Soil and Land Management (1991 - 1998) CRC for Sustainable Rice Production (1997 - 2005) CRC for Australian Weed Management (2001 - 2008) Australian Cotton CRC (1999 - 2005) CRC for Sustainable Production Forestry (1997 - 2005) CSIR/O Division of Economic Entomology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1928 - 1949) Bellas, Thomas Edward (Tom) (1937 - 2021)

Research Scientist 1970 - 2002 ?

 Nicholson, Alexander John (John) (1895 - 1969)

Chief of the Division 1950 - 1960; Senior Research Fellow 1960 - 1969

 Riek, Edgar (1920 - 2016)

Assistant Research Officer (later Principal Research Scientist) 1950 - 1978

 Mosse-Robinson, Leslie Herbert (1886 - 1954)

Donated c.50,000 specimens of butterflies 1956 (now in the Australian National Insect Collection )

 Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - )

The Division's specimen collections are now in the Australian National Insect Collection

 Horak, Marianne (1944 - )

Principal Research Scientist 1998 - 2010

 Wright, E. Jane (c. 1954 - )

Head, Stored Grain Research Laboratory 1997 - 2005

 Anderson, Denis L

Principal Research Scientist 1989 - 2012

 Common, Ian Francis Bell (1917 - 2006)

Chief Research Scientist 1974 - 1982; Emeritus Fellow 2003 - 2006

 Bedding, Robin Anthony (1940 - )

Chief Research Scientist in Canberra 1988 - 2002

 Waterhouse, Douglas Frew (1916 - 2000)

Research Officer 1946 - 1953; Assistant Chief of the Division 1953 - 1960; Chief of the Division 1960 - 1981

 Winks, Robert Gordon (1937 - )

Section Head, Stored Grain Research Laboratory 1987 - 1990

 Watson, John Anthony Linthorne (Tony) (1935 - 1993)

Scientific Officer 1967 - 1993

 Smith, Sandra Lynette (1946 - 2019)

Art director and illustrator for the publication of Insects of Australia (2nd edition, 1991)

 Lawrence, John Francis (1934 - )

Principal (Later Chief) Research Scientist 1977 - 1999

 CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014) Carver, Mary (1930 - 2022)

Principal Research Scientist 1983 - 1989; Honorary Fellow 1992 - ?

 Hoffmann, Ary Anthony (1957 - )

Member, External Advisory Board 2002 - 2003

 Dallwitz, Michael John (Mike) (1943 - )

Research Scientist (later Senior Principal Research Scientist) 1970 - 2000

 Cullen, Jim

Chief 1997 - 2002

 Bornemissza, George Francis (1924 - 2010)

Research scientist 1955 - 1983

 Key, Kenneth Hedley Lewis (1911 - 2002)

Scientist 1959 - 1994; including Chief Research Scientist, Chief Curator, Australian National Insect Collection (1968 - 1970) and Honorary Research Fellow (1976 - 1994)

 Ratcliffe, Francis Noble (1904 - 1970)

Assistant Chief 1961 - 1969

 Courtney, John Edgar (1934 - )

Assisted Division of Entomology, CSIRO 1974

 Colless, Donald Henry (Don) (1922 - 2012)

Chief Research Officer 1977 - 1987

 Carne, P. B.

Assistant Chief 1977 - 1985

 Jones, Rhondda Elizabeth (1945 - )

Experimental Officer 1971 - 1972

 Taylor, K. L.

Officer-in-Charge Hobart 1974 - 1980

 Whitten, Maxwell John (1940 - )

Research Scientist 1966 - 1976; Chief 1981 - 1995

 Clark, John (1885 - 1956)

Collection of ant specimens donated to the Division after his death (now in the Australian National Insect Collection)

 Fitt, Gary

Deputy Chief 2007 -

 Mound, Laurence Alfred (1934 - )

McMaster Fellow 1995 - 1996

 Moore, Barry Philip (1925 - 2015)

Head, Division of Physiology and Toxicology 1961 - 1985

 Kassulke, Richard Clarence (1941 - 1991)

Entomologist 1964 - 1990

 Wharton, Ronald Harry (1923 - 1983)

Principal Research Officer in charge of cattle tick research 1963 - 1965; Senior Principal Research Scientist 1965 - 1968: Chief Research Scientist 1968 - 1977; Officer-in-Charge at the Long Pocket Laboratories 1968 - 1978; Assistant Chief 1977 - 1978

 Akhurst, Raymond Joseph (1947 - )

Experimental Officer in Hobart 1970 - 1983; Senior Research Scientist in Hobart 1983 - 1985; Senior Research Scientist in Canberra 1985 - 1987; Principal Research Scientist in Canberra 1987 - 1995; Deputy Section Head of Molecular Biology Canberra 1989 - 1993; Deputy Section Head of Biotechnology Canberra 1993; Deputy Program Leader of Biotechnology Canberra 1994; Senior Principal Research Scientist Canberra 1995

 Doube, Bernard Michael

Principal Research Scientist 1971 - 2001

 Day, Maxwell Frank Cooper (1915 - 2017)

Assistant Chief 1963 - 1966

 Institute of Plant Production and Processing - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - c. 1995)

Trove

 'CSIRO Division of Entomology', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology CSIRO Division of Entomology Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Canberra Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation 1962 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 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 4467; CSIRO, Division of Entomology. Registration of entity: 7 December 1987 Primary description of agency CA 4467; CSIRO, Division of Entomology. Registration of entity: 7 December 1987 National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch 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 Book Section: Wharton, Ronald Harry (1923-1983), entomologist and parasitologist Angus, Beverley M. Wharton, Ronald Harry (1923-1983), entomologist and parasitologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 579-80