Corporate Body
CSIRO Division of Textile Industry (1958 - 1988)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1958
Belmont, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1988
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research and Materials or Textiles Industries
- Reference No
- CA 4528
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Belmont, Victoria
Summary
The Division of Textile Industry was established in 1958, when the three laboratories of the CSIRO Wool Textile Research Laboratories became separate Divisions. The work undertaken by the Division concentrates on the improvement of wool and wool products.
Related entries
Timeline
1949 - 1958 CSIRO Wool Textile Research Laboratories
1958 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Textile Industry
1988 - 1999 CSIRO Division of Wool Technology
1999 - CSIRO Division of Textile and Fibre Technology
Controlling Corporate Bodies
Superior
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
- Williams, V. A., From Fleece to Fabric, 1948-1998: 50 Years of Wool Textile Research (Geelong: CSIRO Wool Technology, 1998), 198 pp. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-609312. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 4528; CSIRO, Division of Textile and Fibre Technology. Registration of entity: 1 October 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204528. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 22 June 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006
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