Corporate Body

CSIR/O Mineragraphic Investigations (1927 - 1966)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From

1927
Australia

To

1966

Functions

Industrial or scientific research and Resources

Alternative Names

Mineragraphic Investigations, Commonwealth Institute for Science and Industry (1921 - 1925)

Summary

Mineragraphic Investigations was established in 1921 as an activity of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry (1920-1925). It continued operations under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and then CSIRO (1949-). In 1966 Mineragraphic Investigation ceased to exist as an independent entity, becoming part of the Division of Applied Mineralogy.

Timeline

Controlling Corporate Bodies

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

isPartOf

CSIRO - Sections, Groups and Units, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - 2014?)

Related People

Edwards, Austin Burton (1909 - 1960)
Researcher from 1934; Officer-in-Charge 1953 - 1960.
Stillwell, Frank Leslie (1888 - 1963)
Officer-in-Charge 1929 - 1953

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-524028. Details

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