Corporate Body

CSIRO Division of Applied Geomechanics (1970 - 1983)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: 1970
Syndal, Victoria, Australia
To: 1983
Functions: Industrial or scientific research
Location: Syndal, Victoria

Summary

In 1970, the Division of Soil Mechanics changed its name to become the Division of Applied Geomechanics. After thirteen years of operations, this Division became the Division of Geomechanics.

Timeline

c. 1933 - c. 1943 CSIR Soil Physics Section
       c. 1943 - 1955 CSIRO Soil Physics and Mechanics Section
             1955 - 1967 CSIRO Soil Mechanics Section
                   1967 - 1970 CSIRO Division of Soil Mechanics
                         1970 - 1983 CSIRO Division of Applied Geomechanics
                               1983 - 1993 CSIRO Division of Geomechanics
                                     1993 - CSIRO Division of Petroleum Resources

Controlling Corporate Bodies

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

Related People

Aitchison, Gordon Douglas (1918 - 2003)
Chief 1967 - 1978
Gill, Edmund Dwen (1908 - 1986)
Research Fellow in the CSIRO Division of Applied Geomechanics in Syndal

Date: 1974 - 1979
Kelsall, Denis Fletcher (1918 - 1982)
Denis Kelsall was Chief of the CSIRO Division of Applied Geomechanics from 1979 to 1981.

Date: 1979 - 1981

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-783711. Details

Resource Sections

'Primary description of agency CA 4542; CSIRO, Division of Geomechanics, Headquarters, Melbourne. Registration of entity: 1 October 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204542. Details

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