Corporate Body
CSIR/O 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 by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Mathematical Statistics Section was previously the CSIR Biometrics Section (1941-1944). It was granted divisional status in 1954, becoming the CSIRO Division of Mathematical Statistics.
Related entries
Timeline
1941 - 1944 CSIR Biometrics Section
1944 - 1954 CSIR/O 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
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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. 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: 9 December 2024
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