Corporate Body
CSIRO - Divisions (1949 - c. 2014)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
- From
- 1949
Australia - To
- c. 2014
Australia
Summary
The research work of CSIRO from 1949 to 2014 was primarily organised in Divisions, Sections and Units depending on the size and/or standing of the group. National Facilities, Laboratories and Research Stations were also created to focus the use of resources in particular fields. Organisational units that transitioned from CSIR to CSIRO are designated as CSIR/O. This entry lists the many Divisions that existed during this period. Sections, Units and other business units are listed elsewhere.
Related entries
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- CSIR/O Division of Animal Health and Production, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1944 - 1959)
- CSIR/O Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1944 - 1965)
- CSIR/O Division of Economic Entomology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1928 - 1949)
- CSIR/O Division of Electrotechnology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1945 - 1962)
- CSIR/O Division of Fisheries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1939 - 1956)
- CSIR/O Division of Food Preservation and Transport, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1960)
- CSIR/O Division of Forest Products (mark I), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1928 - 1971)
- CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1958)
- CSIR/O Division of Metrology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1945 - 1962)
- CSIR/O Division of Physics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1945 - 1973)
- CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014)
- CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1996)
- CSIR/O Division of Soils, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - 1997)
- CSIR/O Division of Tribophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1948 - 1978)
- CSIRO Division of Animal Genetics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1959 - 1975)
- CSIRO Division of Animal Health, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1959 - 2000)
- CSIRO Division of Animal Physiology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1959 - 1975)
- CSIRO Division of Animal Production, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1975 - 2000)
- CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1966 - 1974)
- CSIRO Division of Applied Geomechanics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1970 - 1983)
- CSIRO Division of Applied Mineralogy, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962? - 1970)
- CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1974 - 1988)
- CSIRO Division of Applied Physics [I], Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - 1974)
- CSIRO Division of Applied Physics [II], Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1979 - 1996)
- CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1971 - 1988)
- CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 2005)
- CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1989 - 1997)
- CSIRO Division of Biotechnology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 1989)
- CSIRO Division of Building Research [I], Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - 1971)
- CSIRO Division of Building Research [II], Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1971 - 1987)
- CSIRO Division of Building, Construction and Engineering, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 2002)
- CSIRO Division of Chemical and Wood Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1983 - 1988)
- CSIRO Division of Chemical Engineering, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - 1978)
- CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1958 - 1987)
- CSIRO Division of Chemical Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1974 - 1987?)
- CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 1997)
- CSIRO Division of Cloud Physics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1972 - 1983)
- CSIRO Division of Coal and Energy Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1990 - c. 1995)
- CSIRO Division of Coal Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1959 - 1967)
- CSIRO Division of Coal Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 1990)
- CSIRO Division of Computing Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (c. 1967 - 1986)
- CSIRO Division of Construction and Engineering, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988)
- CSIRO Division of Dairy Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - 1971)
- CSIRO Division of Energy Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1981 - 1987)
- CSIRO Division of Energy Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1981 - 1990)
- CSIRO Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - )
- CSIRO Division of Environmental Mechanics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1971 - 1997)
- CSIRO Division of Exploration and Geoscience, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 1993)
- CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1993 - )
- CSIRO Division of Fisheries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 1997)
- CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1956 - 1981)
- CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1981 - 1988)
- CSIRO Division of Food Preservation, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - 1971)
- CSIRO Division of Food Processing, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 1992)
- CSIRO Division of Food Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1971 - 1988)
- CSIRO Division of Food Science and Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1992 - 1997)
- CSIRO Division of Forest Products (mark II), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1990 - 1995)
- CSIRO Division of Forest Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1975 - 1987)
- CSIRO Division of Forestry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1991 - 1995)
- CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products (mark I), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 1990)
- CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products (mark II), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1995 - 2007)
- CSIRO Division of Forestry Biosciences (2007 - 2008)
- CSIRO Division of Fossil Fuels, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1980 - 1987)
- CSIRO Division of Fuel Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 1990)
- CSIRO Division of Geomechanics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1983 - 1993)
- CSIRO Division of Irrigation Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1967 - 1982)
See also
- CSIR - Divisions, Sections and Units, Council For Scientific and Indusrial Research (1926 - 1949)
- CSIR - Laboratories and Research Stations, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1927 - 1949)
- CSIRO - National Facilties, Laboratories, Centres and Research Stations, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - )
- CSIRO - Sections, Groups and Units, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - 2014?)
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
Created: 1 March 2024, Last modified: 8 December 2024