Corporate Body
CSIR/O Chemical Engineering Section (c. 1941 - 1962)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- c. 1941
Clayton, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1962
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research and Engineering Industry
- Location
- Clayton, Victoria
Summary
The CSIR/O Chemical Engineering Section was originally part of the CSIR Division of Industrial Chemistry and traversed the transition of CSIR to CSIRO in 1949. In the early 1962 the Section was granted Divisional status, becoming the CSIRO Division of Chemical Engineering.
Related entries
Timeline
c. 1941 - 1962 CSIR/O Chemical Engineering Section
1962 - 1978 CSIRO Division of Chemical Engineering
1978 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Mineral Engineering
1987 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Mineral and Process Engineering
c. 1995 - CSIRO Minerals Division
Controlling Corporate Bodies
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Published resources
Books
- Beale, Bob, Engineering a Legacy: Memories of the Journey of CSIRO Chemical Engineering (Clayton: CSIRO Minerals, 2005), 124 pp. 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-1476716. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 28 June 2000, Last modified: 27 February 2024
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