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CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry (1974 - 1988)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: 24 February 1974
Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia
To: January 1988
Functions: Industrial or Scientific Research and Chemical Industries
Reference No: CA 4531
Legal Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location: Fisherman's Bend, Victoria

Summary

The Division of Applied Organic Chemistry replaced the Division of Applied Chemistry in 1974. The Division worked in areas such as organic chemistry, physical chemistry and polymer science. It later became the Division of Chemicals and Polymers.

Related People

Drummond, Calum John (1960 - )
Postdoctoral Fellow, working in the Industrial Chemicals program 1987 - 1990
Lane, John Edgar (1932 - 2022)
Senior Principal Research Scientist 1974 - 1980
Meijs, Gordon Francis (1956 - )
Solomon, David Henry (1929 - )
Chief of the Division 1974 - 1986
Spurling, Thomas Harley (Tom) (1940 - )
Research Scientist 1974 - 1981; Assistant Chief 1981 - 1984
Winkler, David Alan (1952 - )
Senior Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry

Date: 1985 - 1993

Published resources

Books

McKay, Andrew, Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1976), 48 pp, https://www.eoas.info/bib-pdf/ASBS00655.pdf. 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-563700. Details

Resource Sections

'Primary description of agency CA 4531; CSIRO, Division of Molecular Science, Clayton, [Victoria]. Registration of entity: 1 October 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204531. Details

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