Corporate Body

Minerals Research Laboratories - CSIRO (1972 - c. 1980)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: 31 October 1972
North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
To: c. 1980
Functions: Industrial or scientific research, Metallurgy and Mineralogy or mining
Location: North Ryde, New South Wales

Summary

The CSIRO Minerals Research Laboratories opened on 31 October 1972. The Laboratories consisted of the CSIRO Divisions of Chemical Engineering, Mineral Chemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Physics.

Controlling Corporate Bodies

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )
1972 - C.1980

Related Corporate Bodies

Related People

Newnham, Ivan Edgar (1919 - 1986)
Director 1971 - 1978

Published resources

Books

Bear, I. Joy.; Biegler, Tom; Scott, Tom. R., Alumina to zirconia: the history of CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry (Clayton, Victoria: CSIRO Minerals, 2001), 426 pp, https://ebooks.publish.csiro.au/content/alumina-zirconia. 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-470132. Details

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