Corporate Body
CSIR/O Division of Physics (1945 - 1973)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1945
Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia - To
- 1973
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research
- Location
- Chippendale, New South Wales
Summary
The CSIR/O Division of Physics, previously the CSIR Physics Section, was part of the CSIR/O National Standards Laboratory, along with the Divisions of Metrology and Electrotechnology. At the conclusion of the Second World War the Physics Section became the Division of Physics. Almost thirty years later, in 1974, the National Standards Laboratory was renamed the National Measurement Laboratory. This incorporated the Divisions of Physics and Applied Physics. The Division of Applied Physics reappeared in 1980, when the National Measurement Laboratory was renamed.
Related entries
Timeline
1939 - 1945 CSIR Physics Section
1945 - 1973 CSIR/O Division of Physics
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-595715. 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: 6 July 2000, Last modified: 1 March 2024
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