Corporate Body

CSIRO Division of Applied Mineralogy (1962? - 1970)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: 1962?
Floreat Park, Western Australia, Australia
To: 31 December 1970
Functions: Resources and Industrial or scientific research
Location: Floreat Park, Western Australia

Summary

The Division of Applied Mineralogy was established in 1962. It replaced the Cement and Refractories Section, which had been part of the Division of Industrial Chemistry. In 1966 the Division incorporated Mineragraphic Investigations. 1971 saw this Division become simply the Division of Mineralogy.

Timeline

Controlling Corporate Bodies

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

Related People

Baker, George (1908 - 1975)
Retired as Senior Principal Research Scientist 1968
Solomon, David Henry (1929 - )
Senior (later Principal) Research Scientist 1963 - 1970
Williams, Lloyd Stuart (1922 - 1996)
Worked at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell, UK then at the CSIRO Division of Applied Mineralogy

Date: 1949 - 1968

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-564027. Details

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