Corporate Body

CSIRO Wheat Research Unit (c. 1947 - 1992)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: c. 1947
North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
To: 1992
Functions: Industrial or scientific research and Plant science
Reference No: CA 8581
Legal Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location: North Ryde, New South Wales

Summary

The Wheat Research Unit began as part of the Bread Research Institute of Australia. In 1958 it was transferred to the CSIRO. The Bread Research Institute continued to supervise the Unit, until 1988, when it was incorporated into the Division of Plant Industry. The Wheat Research Unit was followed by the Grain Quality Research Laboratory, in 1992.

Timeline

c. 1947 - 1992 CSIRO Wheat Research Unit
1992 - 1998 CSIRO Grain Quality Research Laboratory
1998 - CSIRO Wheat Germplasm and Grain Quality Laboratory

isPartOf

CSIRO - Sections, Groups and Units, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - 2014?)

Superior

Published resources

Books

McKay, Andrew, Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1976), 48 pp, https://www.eoas.info/bib-pdf/ASBS00655.pdf. Details
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-616499. Details

Resource Sections

'Primary description of agency CA 8581; CSIRO, Division of Plant Industry, New South Wales. Registration of entity: 10 September 1998', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%208581. Details

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