Corporate Body

CSIR Physics Section (1939 - 1945)

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

From: 1939
Australia
To: 1945
Functions: Industrial or scientific research

Summary

The Physics Section, along with the sections of Metrology and Electrotechnology, formed the CSIR's National Standards Laboratory, established in 1939. In 1945, when the three sections gained divisional status, the Physics Section became the Division of Physics.

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-1477018. 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

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