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CSIRO Division of Forest Products (1928 - 1971)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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Function: Forest or Timber Industries and Industrial or Scientific Research

Location: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Division of Forest Products was established in 1928, part of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), now the CSIRO. In 1971 the Division was broken up, becoming part of both the Division of Building Research and the Division of Applied Chemistry.

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Reference/Legal Number(s): Ca 3387
Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia

Location: South Melbourne, Victoria

Previous and Subsequent Entities

1928 - 1971 CSIRO Division of Forest Products
       1966 - 1974 CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry
       1971 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Building Research [II]
             1974 - 1987? CSIRO Division of Chemical Technology
             1974 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry
             1988 CSIRO Division of Construction and Engineering
                   1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers
                   1988 - 2002 CSIRO Division of Building, Construction and Engineering
                         1997 - 2005 CSIRO Division of Molecular Science

Controlling

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

Superior

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Commonwealth of Australia (1926 - 1949) [1928 - 1949]

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'Primary description of agency CA 3387; CSIRO, Division of Forest Products. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+3387. [ Details ]

See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A000579. [ Details ]

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