Corporate Body

CSIRO Division of Water Resources (1988 - 1997)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From
1988
Floreat Park, Western Australia, Australia
To
1997
Functions
Industrial or Scientific Research, Conservation or Environment and Resources
Reference No
CA 4459
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Floreat Park, Western Australia

Summary

Established in 1988, the Division of Water Resources included the former Division of Water and Land Resources and the Centre for Irrigation and Freshwater Research. The Division was later joined by Water Resources Management. In 1997, the Division, along with the Divisions of Soils and Environmental Mechanics, became the Division of Land and Water.

Timeline

 1924 - 1927 Commonwealth Citrus Research Station, Griffith NSW
 1946 - 1950 CSIR/O Northern Australian Regional Survey Section
       1927 - 1939 Commonwealth Research Station, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area - CSIR
       1950 - 1957 CSIRO Land Research and Regional Survey Section
             1927 - 1929 CSIR Murray River Soil Investigation Unit
             1939 - 1961 Irrigation Research Station, Griffith - CSIR/O
             1957 - 1965 CSIRO Division of Land Research and Regional Survey
                   1929 - 1997 CSIR/O Division of Soils
                   1961 - 1967 Irrigation Research Laboratory. Griffith - CSIRO
                   1965 - 1973 CSIRO Division of Land Research
                         1967 - 1982 CSIRO Division of Irrigation Research
                         1973 - 1982 CSIRO Division of Land Resources Management
                         1973 CSIRO Division of Land Assessment
                               1973 - 1982 CSIRO Division of Land Use Research
                               1982 - 1986 CSIRO Division of Groundwater Research
                               1982 - 1987 Centre for Irrigation Research - CSIRO
                                     1982 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Water and Land Resources
                                     1987 - 1988 Centre for Irrigation and Freshwater Research - CSIRO
                                     1987 - 1989 CSIRO Water Resources Research
                                           1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Water Resources
                                                 1997 - 2014 CSIRO Division of Land and Water

Related People

  • Bowmer, Kathleen

    Laboratory Manager and Leader of the CSIRO Division of Water Resources' River and Wetlands Program (1994 - January 1995) Chief Research Scientist and Deputy Chief of the CSIRO Division of Water Resources (January 1995 - January 1996)

    Date: 1994 - 1996

  • Craven, Lyndley Alan (Lyn) (1945 - 2014)

    Principal Research Scientist ? - 2009

  • Meyer, Wayne (1951 - )

    Assistant Chief 1993 - 1995

  • Syme, Geoffrey

    Director, Australian Research Centre for Water in Society 1992 - 1997

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