Corporate Body
CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry (1966 - 1974)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 21 August 1966
Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia - To
- 24 February 1974
- Functions
- Industrial or Scientific Research and Chemical Industries
- Reference No
- CA 8107
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Fisherman's Bend, Victoria
Summary
Located in Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, the Division of Applied Chemistry was established in 1966, replacing the former Divisions of Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry. After less than eight years of operation, the Division was replaced in 1974 by the Divisions of Applied Organic Chemistry and Chemical Technology.
Related entries
Timeline
1940 - 1958 CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry
1940 - 1958 CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry
1958 - 1961 CSIRO Organic Chemistry Section
1928 - 1971 CSIR/O Division of Forest Products (mark I)
1958 - 1966 CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry
1961 - 1966 CSIRO Division of Organic Chemistry
1966 - 1974 CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry
1974 - 1987? CSIRO Division of Chemical Technology
1974 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry
1988 - 1990 CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products (mark I)
1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers
1990 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Forest Products (mark II)
1991 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Forestry
1997 - 2005 CSIRO Division of Molecular Science
1990 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Forest Products (mark II)
1995 - 2007 CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products (mark II)
1995 - 2007 CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products (mark II)
2005 - CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies
2004 - 2007 ENSIS
2007 - 2008 CSIRO Division of Forestry Biosciences
2008 - CSIRO Division of Plant Industry
Controlling Corporate Bodies
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
Journal Articles
- Spurling, Thomas H.; and Solomon, David H., 'Sefton Davidson Hamann 1921-2009', Historical Records of Australian Science, 20 (2) (2009), 255-271 , https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09019. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471453. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 8107; CSIRO, Division of Applied Chemistry. Registration of entity: 2 May 1995', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%208107. 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
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Created: 14 April 2000, Last modified: 13 January 2014
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