Corporate Body

Commonwealth Research Station, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area - CSIR (1927 - 1939)

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

From: 1927
Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
To: 1939
Functions: Industrial or scientific research and Agricultural industry
Reference No: CA 4468
Legal Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location: Griffith, New South Wales

Summary

The Commonwealth Research Station, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, was established in 1927, after the CSIR assumed control of the Commonwealth Citrus Research Station. In 1939 the Station underwent another name change, becoming the Irrigation Research Station.

Timeline

1924 - 1927 Commonwealth Citrus Research Station, Griffith NSW
       1927 - 1939 Commonwealth Research Station, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area - CSIR
             1939 - 1961 Irrigation Research Station, Griffith - CSIR/O
                   1961 - 1967 Irrigation Research Laboratory. Griffith - CSIRO
                         1967 - 1982 CSIRO Division of Irrigation Research
                               1982 - 1987 Centre for Irrigation Research - CSIRO
                                     1987 - 1988 Centre for Irrigation and Freshwater Research - CSIRO
                                           1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Water Resources
                                                 1997 - 2014 CSIRO Division of Land and Water

Related People

Smith-White, Spencer (1909 - 1998)
Field Assistant 1933

Published resources

Books

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-1476975. Details

Resource Sections

'Land and Water Divisions', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), https://csiropedia.csiro.au/land-and-water-1997/. Details
'Primary description of agency CA 4468; CSIRO, Division of Water Resources, Griffith. Registration of entity: 4 December 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204468. Details

Ailie Smith

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