Corporate Body

CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics (1958 - 1987)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From
9 October 1958
Clayton and Lucas Heights, Victoria, Australia
To
1 January 1987
Functions
Industrial or scientific research
Reference No
CA 4529
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Clayton and Lucas Heights, Victoria

Summary

The CSIRO's Chemical Physics Section was granted Divisional Status in the late 1950s. The Division of Chemical Physics conducted research into the techniques and instruments of Chemical Physics, such as spectroscopy and diffraction. On January 1, 1987, the Division was amalgamated with the Division of Material Science to form the Division of Materials Science & Technology.

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Timeline

 1940 - 1958 CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry
 1944 - 1958 CSIRO Chemical Physics Section
       1958 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics
             1987 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology
                   1997 - 2002 CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Andrew Crowther Hurley - Records, 1944 - 1988, MS 174; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Books

Journal Articles

  • Hannaford, Peter, 'Alan Walsh 1916-1998', Historical Records of Australian Science, 13 (2) (2000), 179-206. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR0001320179. Details
  • Hannaford, Peter, 'Alan Walsh and the atomic absorption story: celebrating 60 years', Australian Physics, 50 (6) (2013), 188-94. Details
  • Willis, J. B., 'The CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics, 1944-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (2) (1988), 153-178. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9880720153. Details
  • Willis, J. B., 'Spectroscopic Research in the CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics, 1944-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 8 (3) (1991), 151-182. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9910830151. Details
  • Willis, J. B., 'Three Little Companies: the Birth of a Major Australian Scientific Instrument Company', Historical Records of Australian Science, 14 (4) (2003), 403-429. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR03007. Details

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See also

  • 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
  • Moodie, A. F.; and Spence, J. C. H., 'John Maxwell Cowley, 1923-2004', Historical Records of Australian Science, 17 (2) (2006), 227-262, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR06012. Details

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