Corporate Body

Kimberley Research Station - CSIR/O (1946 - )

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From
1 August 1946
Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
Functions
Industrial or scientific research, Materials or Textiles Industries and Plant science
Reference No
CA 7944
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia

Summary

The Kimberley Research Station was a joint venture between the Western Australian Government and the CSIRO. The Station was established in 1946 in the north of Western Australia. The main function of the Station was cotton research. In 2003 the Station was part of the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry.

Details

From National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch:
"In August 1946 Kimberley Research Station was formally established as a jointly operated research centre, following an exchange of letters between Prime Minister Chifley and Western Australian Premier Wise. This agreement was terminated in 1973, when the station was taken over by CSIRO. The division of responsibilities for research and management of the station stipulated that CSIRO would be responsible for 'plant research' while the WA Department of Agriculture would accept responsibility for entomological, soil and cattle studies. The Department would also be responsible for day-to-day management of the station, as well as for capital works. Each organisation would pay the salaries of its own officers while the operational and capital costs would be shared equally between the two governments, with the Commonwealth contribution being paid by the Department of National Development."

"These administrative and financial arrangements continued for the next 28 years of joint operations of KRS, although CSIRO gradually became increasingly involved in entomological research, in soil fertility studies and in cattle experiments aimed at assessment of the nutritional deficiencies of native pastures. Because the post of Director, and later Officer-in-Charge of KRS was, with one exception, filled by CSIRO officers, increasing involvement of the organisation in administration was also inevitable. In 1967 it led to the appointment of a CSIRO Administrative Officer who took overall responsibility for the station's day-to-day management."

Published resources

Books

Reports

  • Basinski, J. J.; Wood, I. M.; Hacker, J. B., The Northern Challenge: a History of CSIRO Crop Research in Northern Australia (Brisbane: CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures, 1985). Details

Resources

Resource Sections

See also

Ailie Smith

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