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CSIRO Division of Applied Physics [I] (1962 - 1974)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: 1 July 1962
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
To: 1 July 1974
Functions: Industrial or scientific research
Location: Sydney, New South Wales

Summary

In 1962, a merger between the Divisions of Electrotechnology and Metrology resulted in the creation of the Division of Applied Physics. Another change occurred in 1974, when the Division was joined by the Division of Physics, forming the National Measurement Laboratory.

Related People

Lehany, Frederick John (1915 - 1994)
Chief of the Division 1962 - 1974
Thompson, Arthur Melville (Mel) (1917 - 2009)
Chief Research Scientist 1971 - 1974
White, Guy Kendall (1925 - 2018)
Chief Research Scientist, National Measurement Laboratory 1969 - 1974

Published resources

Books

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), 101 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/csiro_historical_directory_1926_1976.pdf. Details

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-620279. Details

Resource Sections

'Primary description of agency CA 4377; CSIRO, Division of Applied Physics. Registration of entity: 23 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204377. Details

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