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The following entries are from the History of Australian Science and Technology Bibliography.

Books

  • Bastian, J. M.; McBean, D. McG.; Smith, M. B., 50 Years of Food Research, CSIRO, Melbourne, 1979. [ Details ]

  • Beale, Bob, Engineering a Legacy: Memories of the Journey of CSIRO Chemical Engineering, CSIRO Minerals, Clayton, 2005, 124 pp. [ Details ]

  • Bear, I. J.; Beigler, T; Scott, T. R., Alumina to zirconia: the history of CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry, CSIRO Minerals, Clayton, Victoria, 2001, 426 pp. [ Details ]

  • Buchanan, Roderick; McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar, The Records of Currency Note Research and Development Project, CSIRO, Division of Chemicals and Polymers, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1991, 103 pp. (Also available at http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/plbn/plbn.htm) [ Details ]

  • Butcher, Barry, Of Vets, Viruses and Vaccines: the Story of CSIRO's Animal Health Research Laboratory, Parkville, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 2000, 336 pp. [ Details ]

  • Collis, Brad, Fields of Discovery: Australia's CSIRO, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, New South Wales, 2002, 520 pp. [ Details ]

  • Currie, George; Graham, John, The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926, CSIRO, Melbourne, 1966, 203 pp. [ Details ]

  • Deane, John, 1939-1984: a Picture History of CSIRO Radiophysics, CSIRO, Melbourne, 1985, 69 pp. [ Details ]

  • Garratt, John, Angus, David and Holper, Paul, Winds of Change: Fifty Years of Achievements in the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research 1946-1996, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 1998, 136 (148) pp. [ Details ]

  • Main, George, et al., Of Beauty Rich and Rare: Fifty Years of CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology with Surrey Beatty, Canberra, 1999, 93 pp. [ Details ]

  • McKay, Andrew, Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia, CSIRO, Melbourne, 1976, 48 pp. [ Details ]

  • Rivett, D.E., Ward, C.W., Beikin, L.M., Ramshaw, J.A. and Wiltshire, J.F.K., The Lennox Legacy: the History of the CSIRO Laboratory at 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 1996, 384 pp. [ Details ]

Book Chapters

Edited Books

  • Mawson, Vivienne, Tranter, David J. and Pearce, Alan F. (eds), CSIRO at Sea: 50 Years of Marine Science, CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Hobart, 1988, 216 pp. [ Details ]

  • Saunders, Denis, Spratt, David and Van Wensveen, Monica (eds), Perspectives on Wildlife Research: Celebrating 50 Years of CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, Surrey Beatty & Sons in Association with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Chipping Norton, 2002, 144 pp. [ Details ]

Journal Articles

  • 'Robert V. Dunkle; University of California to CSIRO', Australian Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating, vol. 20, no. 7, 1966, pp. 48-49. [ Details ]

  • 'M. V. Tracey, Chief, Division of Food Research [CSIRO]', Australian Journal of Dairy Technology, vol. 26, no. 3, 1971, p. 70. [ Details ]

  • Austin, R. H., 'History of CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography', Australian and Marine Science Bulletin, vol. 74, 1981, pp. 8-10. [ Details ]

  • Bergersen, F. J., 'Research on Biological Nitrogen Fixation in CSIRO Plant Industry, 1952-1998', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 13, no. 3, 2001, pp. 255-300. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR0011330255.htm) [ Details ]

  • Day, M.F.C. et al., 'The Biological Collections in CSIRO: a National Heritage', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 15, no. 1, 2004, pp. 1-19. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR04002.htm) [ Details ]

  • Gentilli, J., 'A History of Meteorological and Climatological Studies in Australia', University Studies in History, vol. 5, 1967, pp. 54-88. [ Details ]

  • Price, J. R.; Lamberton, J. A. and Culvenor, C. C. J., 'The Australian Phytochemical Survey: Historical Aspects of the CSIRO Search for New Drugs in Australian Plants', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 4, 1993, pp. 335-356. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9930940335.htm) [ Details ]

  • Schedvin, Boris, 'The Culture of CSIRO', Australian Cultural History, vol. 2, 1982, pp. 76-89. [ Details ]

  • Spurling, T.H., 'Historical Origins of CSIRO Molecular Science', Chemistry in Australia, vol. 64, no. 9, 1997, pp. 12-15. [ Details ]

  • Wark, I. W., 'The CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry, 1940-1952', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 4, no. 2, 1979, pp. 7-41. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9790420007.htm) [ Details ]

  • Willis, J. B., 'The CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics, 1944-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 2, 1988, pp. 153-178. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880720153.htm) [ Details ]

  • Willis, J. B., 'Spectroscopic Research in the CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics, 1944-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 8, no. 3, 1991, pp. 151-182. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9910830151.htm) [ Details ]

Reports

  • Basinski, J. J.; Wood, I. M.; Hacker, J. B., The Northern Challenge: a History of CSIRO Crop Research in Northern Australia, CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures, Brisbane, 1985. [ Details ]

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