Corporate Body
CSIRO Division of Meteorological Physics (1954 - 1971)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1954
Aspendale, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1971
- Functions
- Meteorology and Industrial or scientific research
- Reference No
- CA 3391
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Aspendale, Victoria
Summary
In 1954 The Meteorological Physics Research Station gained Divisional status, becoming the Division of Meteorological Physics, at a new location is Aspendale, Victoria. The Division was replaced by the Division of Atmospheric Physics in 1971.
Related entries
Timeline
1949 - 1954 CSIRO Meteorological Physics Research Section
1954 - 1971 CSIRO Division of Meteorological Physics
1971 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics
1988 - 2005 CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research
2005 - 2014 CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
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-1476671. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 3391; CSIRO, Meteorological Physics Research Section/ (from 1954) Division of Meteorological Physics/ (from 1971) Division of Atmospheric Physics. Registration of entity: 2 October 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%203391. Details
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_c.html. Details
- Garratt, J. R.; Webb, E. K.; and Mccarthy, S., 'Charles Henry Brian Priestley. 8 July 1915 - 18 May 1998', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 57 (2011), 349-78, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2011.0015. Details
- Garratt, J. R.; Webb, E. K.; and Mccarthy, S., 'Charles Henry Brian Priestley 1915-1998', Historical Records of Australian Science, 22 (1) (2011), 126-51, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR11001. Details
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Created: 20 September 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006
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