Corporate Body

CSIRO Division of Land Assessment (1973)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: 29 March 1973
Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
To: 12 April 1973
Functions: Industrial or Scientific Research, Conservation or Environment, Earth Sciences and Surveying or Mapping
Reference No: CA 4459
Legal Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location: Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory

Summary

The Division of Land Assessment was established in 1973, replacing the former Division of Land Research. The Division again changed its name in the same year, becoming the Division of Land Use Research.

Timeline

1946 - 1950 CSIR/O Northern Australian Regional Survey Section
       1950 - 1957 CSIRO Land Research and Regional Survey Section
             1957 - 1965 CSIRO Division of Land Research and Regional Survey
                   1965 - 1973 CSIRO Division of Land Research
                         1973 CSIRO Division of Land Assessment
                               1973 - 1982 CSIRO Division of Land Use Research
                                     1982 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Water and Land Resources
                                           1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Water Resources
                                                 1997 - 2014 CSIRO Division of Land and Water

Controlling Corporate Bodies

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

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-1476670. 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 4459; CSIRO, Land & Water, Black Mountain, ACT. Registration of entity: 8 February 1988', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204459. Details

Ailie Smith

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