Corporate Body
CSIR/O Division of Food Preservation and Transport (1940 - 1960)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1940
Homebush, New South Wales, Australia - To
- 30 June 1960
- Functions
- Food or beverage industry, Industrial or scientific research and Transport
- Reference No
- CA 4367
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Homebush, New South Wales
Summary
The CSIR Food Preservation and Transport Section, established in 1931, became the CSIR/O Division of Food Preservation and Transport in 1940. The Division was located in Homebush, Sydney, but moved to new premises in Sydney's North Ryde at about the same time as adopting the new name of Division of Food Preservation, in June 1960.
Related entries
Timeline
c. 1926 - 1931 CSIR Cold Storage Investigations
1931 - 1940 CSIR Food Preservation and Transport Section
1940 - 1960 CSIR/O Division of Food Preservation and Transport
1962 - 1971 CSIRO Division of Food Preservation
1971 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Food Research
1988 - 1992 CSIRO Division of Food Processing
1992 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Food Science and Technology
1997 - Food Science Australia - CSIRO
Controlling Corporate Bodies
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Published resources
Books
- Bastian, J. M.; McBean, D. McG.; Smith, M. B., 50 Years of Food Research (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1979). Details
- 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-556691. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 4367; CSIRO, Division of Food Science and Technology, New South Wales. Registration of entity: 23 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204367. 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: 15 June 2000, Last modified: 27 February 2024
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