Corporate Body
CSIR Metrology Section (1939 - 1945)
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- From
- 1939
Australia - To
- 1945
- Functions
- Meteorology and Industrial or scientific research
Summary
The Metrology Section was established in 1939 as part of the CSIR's National Standards Laboratory. In 1945 the Section gained Divisional status, becoming the Division of Metrology.
Related entries
Timeline
1939 - 1945 CSIR Metrology Section
1945 - 1962 CSIR/O Division of Metrology
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-1477022. 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: 2 May 2006
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