Corporate Body
CSIRO Soil Mechanics Section (1955 - 1967)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1955
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1967
- Functions
- Industrial or Scientific Research and Earth Sciences
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria
Summary
The Soil Mechanics Section replaced the Soil Physics and Mechanics Section in 1955. It remained under the control of the Division of Soils until 1958, when the Section gained its independence. In 1967 the Section became the Division of Soil Mechanics.
Related entries
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
Superior
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-619873. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 6 October 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006
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