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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-06-28 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-05-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000650b.htm CA 4467 corporateBody CSIR/O Division of Economic Entomology Council for Scientific and Industrial Research AACR2 1928 1949 Start Place Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Location Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory Veterinary or Animal Health Industries Social or Economic Research Industrial or Scientific Research The CSIR's Division of Economic Entomology was established in 1928 and precedes the current Division of Entomology, which was formed in 1950.

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

"C.S.I.R.O. inherited an interest in entomological research from its early predecessor, the Institute of Science and Industry. The Division of Economic Entomology was set up in Canberra under Dr. R. J. Tillyard, F.R.S., soon after the Council was established.

Early work in the Division was concerned largely with the sheep blowfly and with biological control of plant and insect pests by the importation of beneficial insects. Both projects are still continuing. A great deal has been learned about the sheep blowfly. Efficient control is now possible by a simple surgical technique involving the removal of the loose skin from around the sheep's crutch (the Mules operation) and by fleece sprays which can give good protection for several months.

The pest-status of a number of insects has been reduced substantially as a result of biological control. These insects include the greenhouse white fly, the woolly aphid, mealy bugs, the green vegetable bug, and various scale insects. An intensive effort to control the Queensland fruit fly by biological control methods is now in progress.

In 1934 Dr. A. J. Nicholson became Chief of the Division,
an office he held until 1960 when Dr. D. F. Waterhouse
succeeded him."

 CSIRO - Divisions, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - c. 2014) CSIR - Divisions, Sections and Units, Council For Scientific and Indusrial Research (1926 - 1949) Nicholson, Alexander John (John) (1895 - 1969)

Chief of the Division 1936 - 1949

 Mackerras, Mabel Josephine (Josephine) (1896 - 1971)

Entomologist 1930 - 1940

 Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia (1920 - 1926) CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014) Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - )

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

 Riek, Edgar (1920 - 2016)

Assistant Research Officer 1945 - 1949

 Lennox, Francis Gordon (Gordon) (1912 - 1998)

Research Officer 1936 - 1940

 Tillyard, Robin John (1881 - 1937)

Chief of Division 1928 - 1934

 Fuller, Mary Ellen (1905 - 1938)

Assistant Entomologist, in blowfly research March 1929 - 1930; Junior Entomologist 1930 - 1933; Assistant Entomologist 1934 - 1936; Assistant Research Officer 1937 - September 1938

 Evans, John William (1906 - 1990)

Junior Entomologist 1928

 Turner, Alfred Jefferis (1861 - 1947)

Turner bequeathed over 50,000 moth specimens to the Division

 Waterhouse, Douglas Frew (1916 - 2000)

Assistant Research Officer 1938 - 1939

 Dumigan, Edward Jarrett (1878 - 1969)

Collection of Neuroptera specimens donated 1928

 Calaby, John Henry (1922 - 1998)

Experimental Officer 1945 - 1950

 Ratcliffe, Francis Noble (1904 - 1970)

Senior Research Officer 1937 - 1949

 Waterhouse, Gustavus Athol (Athol) (1877 - 1950)

Curator and Executive Officer 1928 - 1929

 Lea, Arthur Mills (1868 - 1932)

Coleoptera collections donated 1929 (now in Australian National Insect Collection)

 Sloane, Thomas Gibson (1858 - 1932)

Collections deposited 1932 (now in the Australian National Insect Collection)

 Tonnoir, André Léon (1885 - 1940)

Senior Systematic Entomologist and Curator 1930 - 1940

 Hill, Gerald Freer (1880 - 1954)

Entomologist 1928 - 1941

 Carter, Herbert James (1858 - 1940)

Collection of 22,8000 specimens, correspondence and notes received by the Division 1940 (now in the Australian National Insect Collection)

 CSIRO Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - )

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