Corporate Body
Irrigation Research Station, Griffith - CSIR/O (1939 - 1961)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1939
Griffith, New South Wales, Australia - To
- 1961
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research, Agricultural industry and Resources
- Reference No
- CA 4468
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Griffith, New South Wales
Summary
Previously the Commonwealth Citrus Research Station, Griffith NSW (1924-1927), the CSIR controlled Commonwealth Research Station, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area was renamed the Irrigation Research Station in 1939. In 1961 yet another name change took place, the Irrigation Research Station becoming the Irrigation Research Laboratory.
Related entries
Timeline
1924 - 1927 Commonwealth Citrus Research Station, Griffith NSW
1927 - 1939 Commonwealth Research Station, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area - CSIR
1939 - 1961 Irrigation Research Station, Griffith - CSIR/O
1961 - 1967 Irrigation Research Laboratory. Griffith - CSIRO
1967 - 1982 CSIRO Division of Irrigation Research
1982 - 1987 Centre for Irrigation Research - CSIRO
1987 - 1988 Centre for Irrigation and Freshwater Research - CSIRO
1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Water Resources
1997 - 2014 CSIRO Division of Land and Water
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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. Page 49. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476714. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 4468; CSIRO, Division of Water Resources, Griffith. Registration of entity: 4 December 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204468. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 27 September 2000, Last modified: 1 March 2024
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