Corporate Body
CSIRO Mathematical Statistics Section (1944 - 1954)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1944
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - To
- 1954
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research
- Reference No
- CA 8459
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Adelaide, South Australia
Summary
Formed in 1944, the Mathematical Statistics Section was previously the Biometrics Section. It was granted divisional status ten years later, in 1954, becoming the Division of Mathematical Statistics.
Related entries
Timeline
1941 - 1944 CSIR Biometrics Section
1944 - 1954 CSIRO Mathematical Statistics Section
1954 - 1974 CSIRO Division of Mathematical Statistics
1974 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics
1997 - CSIRO Division of Mathematical and Information Sciences
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-1471726. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 8459; CSIRO, Mathematical and Information Sciences, Divisional Headquarters. Registration of entity: 15 September 1997', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%208459. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 27 September 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006
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