Corporate Body

CSIRO Chemical Physics Section (1944 - 1958)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: 1944
Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia
To: 1958
Functions: Industrial or scientific research
Location: Fisherman's Bend, Victoria

Summary

CSIRO's Chemical Physics Section preceded the Division of Chemical Physics, which replaced the Section in 1958, after fourteen years of operation.

Related People

Coogan, Clive Keith (1925 - 2005)
Hurley, Andrew Crowther (1926 - 1988)
Joined CSIRO, Section (later Division) of Chemical Physics in 1953 and remained until his death

Date: 1953 - 1987
Moodie, Alexander Forbes (1923 - 2018)
Chief Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics, Victoria

Date: 1948 -

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

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

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476585. Details

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