Corporate Body

CSIRO Land Research and Regional Survey Section (1950 - 1957)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From
1950
Australia
To
1957
Functions
Industrial or scientific research and Surveying or Mapping

Summary

Formerly the Northern Australian Regional Survey Section, the Land Research and Regional Survey Section was first established in 1950. It gained divisional status in 1957, becoming the Division of Land Research and Regional Survey.

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 1946 - 1950 CSIR/O Northern Australian Regional Survey Section
       1950 - 1957 CSIRO Land Research and Regional Survey Section
             1957 - 1965 CSIRO Division of Land Research and Regional Survey
                   1965 - 1973 CSIRO Division of Land Research
                         1973 CSIRO Division of Land Assessment
                               1973 - 1982 CSIRO Division of Land Use Research
                                     1982 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Water and Land Resources
                                           1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Water Resources
                                                 1997 - 2014 CSIRO Division of Land and Water

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