Corporate Body

CSIRO Biochemistry Unit, Wool Textile Research Laboratories (1949 - 1958)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: 1949
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
To: 1958
Functions: Medical Research and Industrial or scientific research
Location: Parkville, Victoria

Summary

The CSIRO Biochemistry Unit was part of the CSIRO Wool Textile Research Laboratories. In 1958 the Laboratories broke up to form three separate Divisions. The Biochemistry Unit became the Division of Textile Physics.

Timeline

1949 - 1958 CSIRO Biochemistry Unit, Wool Textile Research Laboratories
       1958 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Protein Chemistry
             1988 - 1989 CSIRO Division of Biotechnology
                   1989 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering
                         1997 - 2005 CSIRO Division of Molecular Science
                               2005 - CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies

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Superior

CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1958)
1949 - 1950

Related People

Lennox, Francis Gordon (Gordon) (1912 - 1998)
Officer-in-Charge 28 July 1949 - 8 October 1958

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-1476733. Details

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