Corporate Body

Radiophysics Laboratory - CSIR (1939 - 1940)

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

From: 31 August 1939
To: 9 May 1940
Functions: Industrial or scientific research

Summary

The CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory was established in 1939, though not officially announced until the end of the World War II. It was granted divisional status on 10 May 1940, becoming the CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics.

Timeline

1939 - 1940 Radiophysics Laboratory - CSIR
       1940 - 1996 CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics
             1972 - 1983 CSIRO Division of Cloud Physics
             1996 - CSIRO Division of Telecommunications and Industrial Physics

isPartOf

CSIR - Laboratories and Research Stations, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1927 - 1949)

Related People

Barnard, Marjorie Faith (1897 - 1987)
Marjorie Barnard was Librarian-in-charge at the Radiophysics Division of CSIR. She was commissioned to write a history of radar which she completed in 1946.
Burgmann, Victor Dudley (1916 - 1991)
Research Officer 1939 - 1940
Martyn, David Forbes (1906 - 1970)
Officer-in-Charge 31 August 1939 - 9 May 1940
Pawsey, Joseph Lade (1908 - 1962)
Research Physicist 1940
Pulley, Oliver Owen (1906 - 1966?)
Principal Research Officer 1939 - 1940.

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. Page 67. Details

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-539977. Details

Theses

Munns, David, 'Establishing Prestige: the Radiophysics Laboratory and the Origin of Radio Astronomy in Australia', M.Phil. thesis, University of Sydney, 1997. Details

Ailie Smith

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