Corporate Body

Nuclear Research Foundation (1954 - 1967)

The University of Sydney

From
1954
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
To
1967
Functions
Education, Physics and Industrial or Scientific Research
Location
Sydney, New South Wales

Summary

In August 1953 the Senate approved the Constitution of the Nuclear Research Foundation. The Foundation commenced operations in 1954 within the University of Sydney and became the first of its type in the British Commonwealth. It was established by the Professor of Physics, Harry Messel, to support and help rejuvenate the School of Physics. The first priority was to build SILLIAC - second electronic computer in Australia. In 1967 the Nuclear Research Foundation became known as the Science Foundation for Physics.

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 1954 - 1967 Nuclear Research Foundation
       1967 - The Science Foundation for Physics

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Published resources

Edited Books

  • Millar, D. D. ed., The Messel Era: the Story of the School of Physics and its Science Foundation within the University of Sydney, Australia, 1952-1987 (Sydney: Pergamon, 1987), 157 pp. Details

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