Corporate Body

CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry (1940 - 1958)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From
1 July 1940
Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia
To
8 October 1958
Functions
Industrial or scientific research
Reference No
CA 7689
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Fisherman's Bend, Victoria

Summary

Existing from 1940 to 1958, the CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry traversed the transition of CSIR to CSIRO in 1949. In 1958 it was divided into the CSIRO Organic Chemistry Section, the CSIRO Division Physical Chemistry, and the Division of Chemical Physics. later became the Divisions of Physical Chemistry, Mineral Chemistry and Chemical Physics, as well as the Organic Chemistry Section, the Cement Section, and the Chemical Engineering Section.

Details

From the National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch entry for CA 7689:
"The Division of Industrial Chemistry was established in 1940 and operated until 8 October 1958, when the Division was then divided into the Divisions of Physical Chemistry, Mineral Chemistry (CA 4541) and Chemical Physics (CA 4529), the Cement Section, Organic Chemistry Section and the Chemical Engineering Section. These Divisions/ Sections became known as the Chemical Research Laboratory which was eventually disbanded on 30 August 1970."

Timeline

 1940 - 1958 CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry
       c. 1958 - 1960 CSIRO Cement and Ceramic Section
       1958 - 1961 CSIRO Organic Chemistry Section
       1958 - 1966 CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry
       1958 - 1959 CSIRO Minerals Utilization Section
       1958 - 1970 Chemical Research Laboratories - CSIRO
       1958 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics
       1959 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry
             1959 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry
             1960 - 1962 CSIRO Cement and Refractories Section
             1961 - 1966 CSIRO Division of Organic Chemistry
             1966 - 1974 CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry
             1975 - c. 1980 CSIRO Division of Process Technology
             1987 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology
             1988 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Mineral Products
                   1962? - 1970 CSIRO Division of Applied Mineralogy
                   1966 - 1974 CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry
                   1974 - 1987? CSIRO Division of Chemical Technology
                   1974 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry
                   1977 - 1980 CSIRO Fuel Geoscience Unit
                   c. 1995 - CSIRO Minerals Division
                   1997 - 2002 CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology
                         1971 - 1984 CSIRO Division of Mineralogy
                         1980 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Fossil Fuels
                         1988 - 1990 CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products (mark I)
                         1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers
                               1977 - 1980 CSIRO Fuel Geoscience Unit
                               1984 - 1985 CSIRO Division of Mineralogy and Geochemistry
                               1988 - 1990 CSIRO Division of Coal Technology
                               1990 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Forest Products (mark II)
                               1991 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Forestry
                               1997 - 2005 CSIRO Division of Molecular Science
                                     1985 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Minerals and Geochemistry
                                     1990 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Forest Products (mark II)
                                     1990 - c. 1995 CSIRO Division of Coal and Energy Technology
                                     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
                                           1988 - 1993 CSIRO Division of Exploration and Geoscience
                                           c. 1995 - CSIRO Energy Technology
                                           2004 - 2007 ENSIS
                                                 1993 - CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining
                                                 1993 - CSIRO Division of Petroleum Resources
                                                 2007 - 2008 CSIRO Division of Forestry Biosciences
                                                       2008 - CSIRO Division of Plant Industry

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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
  • Hannaford, Peter, 'Walsh, Alan' in New Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Koertge, Noretta, ed., vol. 7 (Detroit : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008), pp. 228-233 . Details
  • Spurling, Tom, 'Donald (Don) Willis: Distinguished CSIRO Scientist', Chemistry in Australia, 2013 (July) (2013), 28. Details
  • Willis, J. B., 'Wark, Sir Ian William (1899-1985), Chemist and Scientific Administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 558-9. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wark-sir-ian-william-15853. Details

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