Corporate Body
Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry (1920 - 1926)
Commonwealth of Australia
- From
- 14 September 1920
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - To
- 21 June 1926
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research and Advisory or regulatory body
- Alternative Names
- Institute of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia (Also known as)
- Reference No
- CA 550
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria
Summary
In 1920 the Institute of Science and Industry Act was passed by Federal Parliament. It set the legal foundations for the establishment of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry. The Institute continued the work of the Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920). In 1926 further changes were made to the Act, resulting in the creation of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (1926 - 1949), which succeeded the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry. The governance of the Institute comprised a Director (George H. Knibbs), a Provisional General Advisory Council, and Provisional State Advisory Boards. Two annual reports were submitted to Parliament in 1922 and 1923.
Details
In 1923 the members of the Provisional General Advisory Council were:
* D. Avery, M.Sc.;
* S. S. Cameron, D.V.Sc.;
* G. D. Delprat, C.B.E.;
* H. W. Gepp;
* Professor T. R. Lyle, M.A., Sc.D., E.R.S.;
* C. S. Nathan;
* A. B. Piddington, K.C.;
* A. E. V. Richardson, M.A., D.Sc.;
* Professor J. Douglas Stewart, B.V.Sc., M.R.C.V.S.;
* Professor R. D. Watt, M.A., B.Sc.
The following Chairmen of the State Advisory Committees were ex-officio members of the provisional General Advisory Council:
* New South Wales F. Leverrier, K.C.;
* Queensland J. B. Henderson, F.I.C.;
* Western Australia Professor J. W. Paterson, B.Sc., Ph.D.;
* Tasmania L. Rodway, C.M.G.;
* South Australia Professor E. H. Rennie, M.A., D.Sc.;
[Note: Victoria was represented by T.R. Lyle]
Related entries
Timeline
1916 - 1920 Advisory Council of Science and Industry
1920 - 1926 Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry
1926 - 1949 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
1949 - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Superior
Published resources
Books
- Currie, George; Graham, John, The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1966), 203 pp, https://ebooks.publish.csiro.au/content/origins-csiro. Details
Journal Articles
- Upstill, Garrett; Spurling, Thomas H.; and Healy, Terence J., 'CSIR and Australian industry, 1926-49', Historical Records of Australian Science, 32 (1) (2021), 52-66. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR20012. Details
Parliamentary Acts
- 'Institute of Science and Industry Act 1920', in Federal Register of Legislation, Australian Government, Canberra, ACT (online), 1920. https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1920A00022/asmade/text. Details
- 'Science and Industry Research Act 1926', in Federal Register of Legislation, Australian Government, Canberra, ACT (online), 1926. https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1926A00020/latest/text. Details
Reports
- Boas, I. H. [Isaac Herbert], Wood waste (Melbourne: Institute of Science and Industry, 1921), 82 pp, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3311565766. Details
- Knibbs, George H., Institute of Science and Industry, Second Annual Report of the Director: for the period 1st July, 1922 to the 31st December, 1923 (Melbourne: Commonwealth Government Printer, ). https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Institute-of-Science-and-Industry-Second-Annual-Report-1922-to-1923.pdf. Details
- Knibbs, George H., Institute of Science and Industry, First Annual Report of the Director: for the period from the date of his appointment (18th March, 1921) to the 30th June, 1922 (Melbourne: Commonwealth Government Printer, 1922). https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Institute-of-Science-and-Industry-First-Annual-Report-1921-to-1922.pdf. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-625377. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 550; Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry. Registration of entity: 22 September 1976', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%20550. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 17 March 2000, Last modified: 25 April 2024
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