A000642 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-06-22 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-04-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000642b.htm CA 4531 corporateBody CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation AACR2 January 1988 1 July 1997 Start Place Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia Location Fisherman's Bend, Victoria Industrial or Scientific Research In 1988, CSIRO's Division of Applied Organic Chemistry was replaced by the Division of Chemicals and Polymers. The Division had Laboratories located in Fisherman's Bend and Clayton. It was replaced in July 1997 by the Division of Molecular Science. CSIRO - Divisions, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - c. 2014) CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1974 - 1988) Rizzardo, Ezio (1943 - )

Chief Research Scientist 1992 - 2000

 Drummond, Calum John (1960 - )

Senior Research Scientist and leader of the Applied Surface Chemistry Project 1996-99; Senior Principal Research Scientist 1999-2001

 Ballard, Matthew John (Mat) (1957 - )

Senior Research Scientist 1992 - 2003

 Grayson, Hugh Alexander (1927 - 2001)

Chairman of the Advisory Committee 1995 - 1989

 Spurling, Thomas Harley (Tom) (1940 - )

Chief of Division 1989 - 1996

 Solomon, David Henry (1929 - )

Chief of the Division 1988 - 1989

 Holan, George (1930 - )

Chief Research Scientist 1988 - 1993

 Savage, Gregory Paul (Paul) (c. 1965 - ) 1990 1990

Postdoctoral position at the CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers (1990) Research Scientist then Senior Research Scientist (from 1994) at the CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers (1991 - 1994)

 Winkler, David Alan (1952 - ) 1993 1997

Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers

 CSIRO Division of Molecular Science, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1997 - 2005) Institute of Industrial Technology - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1978 - 1986)

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 'CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Twenty Five Years in the RACI Spurling, T.H. Twenty Five Years in the RACI Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1992 Chemistry in Australia 59 198-199 Book: The plastic banknote: from concept to reality Solomon, David; Spurling, Tom The plastic banknote: from concept to reality Collingwood, Vic. CSIRO Publishing 2014 Resource: Currency Note Research and Development Project CSIRO, Division of Chemicals and Polymers Guide to Records Buchanan, Roderick, McCarthy, Gavan and Manhal, Oscar Currency Note Research and Development Project CSIRO, Division of Chemicals and Polymers Guide to Records Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2004 Book: The Records of Currency Note Research and Development Project, CSIRO, Division of Chemicals and Polymers Buchanan, Roderick; McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar The Records of Currency Note Research and Development Project, CSIRO, Division of Chemicals and Polymers Melbourne Australian Science Archives Project 1991 Resource Section: Primary description of agency CA 4531; CSIRO, Division of Molecular Science, Clayton, [Victoria]. Registration of entity: 1 October 1987 Primary description of agency CA 4531; CSIRO, Division of Molecular Science, Clayton, [Victoria]. Registration of entity: 1 October 1987 National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Report: Research report 1988 and 1989 CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers Research report 1988 and 1989 Clayton, Vic. CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers 1990 Report: Research opportunities in the polymer and plastics industry: CSIRO Institute of Industrial Technologies August 1988 Spurling, Tom; Upstill, Garrett; Jordan, Max Research opportunities in the polymer and plastics industry: CSIRO Institute of Industrial Technologies August 1988 Canberra, ACT Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation 1988 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