Corporate Body
CSIR Electrotechnology Section (1939 - 1945)
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- From
- 1939
Australia - To
- 1945
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research
Summary
The Electrotechnology Section, along with the Sections of Metrology and Physics, formed the National Standards Laboratory, established in 1939. In 1945 the Electrotechnology Section became a CSIR Division and operated until 1962 under the name Division of Electrotechnology.
Related entries
Timeline
1939 - 1945 CSIR Electrotechnology Section
1945 - 1962 CSIR/O Division of Electrotechnology
1962 - 1974 CSIRO Division of Applied Physics [I]
1974 - 1979 National Measurement Laboratory - CSIRO
1979 - 1996 CSIRO Division of Applied Physics [II]
1996 - CSIRO Division of Telecommunications and Industrial Physics
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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
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477021. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 4377; CSIRO, Division of Applied Physics. Registration of entity: 23 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204377. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 28 June 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006
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