Corporate Body
CSIRO Division of Environmental Mechanics (1971 - 1997)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1 July 1971
Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - To
- 1997
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research
- Alternative Names
- Centre for Environmental Mechanics (1987 - 1997)
- Reference No
- CA 4463
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory
Summary
The Division of Environmental Mechanics was established in July 1971. Previously, it had been the Agricultural Physics Section, within the Division of Plant Industry. After twenty five years of operation, the Division joined the Divisions of Soils and Water Resources, in 1997, to form the new Division of Land and Water.
Related entries
Timeline
1955 - 1971 CSIRO Agricultural Physics Section
1971 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Environmental Mechanics
1997 - 2014 CSIRO Division of Land and Water
Controlling Corporate Bodies
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-627797. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Land and Water Divisions', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), https://csiropedia.csiro.au/land-and-water-1997/. Details
- 'Primary description of agency CA 4463; CSIRO, Division of Environmental Mechanics. Registration of entity: 7 December 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204463. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 18 August 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006
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