Corporate Body
CSIRO Division of Entomology (1950 - )
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1950
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Functions
- Veterinary or Animal Health Industries and Industrial or scientific research
- Website
- http://www.ento.csiro.au/
- Reference No
- CA 4467
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Summary
Established in 1928, as the Division of Economic Entomology, its name was changed to the Division of Entomology in 1950. The Division provides ongoing work today in the area of insect research. CSIRO's Division of Entomology is Australia's largest organisation carrying out research into insects.
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Timeline
1928 - 1949 CSIR/O Division of Economic Entomology
1950 - CSIRO Division of Entomology
Collaborator
Controlling Corporate Bodies
Participates in
Superior
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-602534. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 4467; CSIRO, Division of Entomology. Registration of entity: 7 December 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204467. 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
- Angus, Beverley M., 'Wharton, Ronald Harry (1923-1983), Entomologist and Parasitologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 579-80. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wharton-ronald-harry-15836. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 15 June 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006
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