Corporate Body
CSIR/O Division of Tribophysics (1948 - 1978)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 19 April 1948
Parkville, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1978
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research
- Location
- Parkville, Victoria
Summary
The CSIR/O Division of Tribophysics began in 1946 as the Tribophysics Section, becoming a CSIR/O Division two years later. In 1978 the Division's name was changed to the CSIRO Division of Materials Science.
Related entries
Timeline
1939 - 1946 CSIR Lubricants and Bearings Section
1946 - 1948 CSIR Tribophysics Section
1948 - 1978 CSIR/O Division of Tribophysics
1978 - 1986 CSIRO Division of Materials Science
1980 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Technology
1987 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology
1997 - 2002 CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology
1997 - 2002 CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology
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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
Journal Articles
- Humble, Peter, 'Alan Kenneth Head 1925-2010', Historical Records of Australian Science, 21 (2) (2010), 221-35, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR10011. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471459. Details
See also
- Avery, Neil R.; Jackson, W. Roy; and Spurling, Thomas H., 'John Robert Anderson 1928-2007', Historical Records of Australian Science, 25 (2) (2014), 253-63, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR14018. Details
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