Corporate Body

CSIRO Horticultural Research Section (1962 - 1967)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: 30 November 1962
Merbein, Victoria, Australia
To: 18 August 1967
Functions: Industrial or scientific research and Plant science
Reference No: CA 7740
Legal Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location: Merbein, Victoria

Summary

In 1962 the Commonwealth Research Station at Merbein was renamed, becoming the Horticultural Research Station. In August 1967 the Station became a CSIRO Division, the Division of Horticultural Research. While still operating as the Horticultural Research Station, another laboratory was established in South Australia to carry out further work in the area of horticultural research.

Timeline

Controlling Corporate Bodies

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

Related People

Antcliffe, Allan James (1923 - 1985)
Possingham, John Victor (1929 - 2023)
Officer-in-Charge 1962 - 1967
Wallace, Henry Robert (1924 - 2011)
Chief Research Scientist, Glen Osborn 1963 - 1967

Published resources

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-471633. Details

Resource Sections

'Primary description of agency CA 4756; CSIRO, Horticultural Research Section, South Australia', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204756. Details
'Primary description of agency CA 7740: CSIR/ (from 1949) CSIRO, Division of Horticulture, Merbein Laboratory, Victoria. Registration of entity: 17 June 1993', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%207740. Details

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