Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre

CSIRO, Division of Chemicals and Polymers, Currency Note Research and Development Project Guide to Records

Listed by Roderick Buchanan, Gavan McCarthy and Oscar Manhal

Following the appearance of forged $10 notes in 1967 and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s concern about the imminent release of colour photocopiers, cooperative research between CSIRO and Note Issue Department (NID) of the RBA began. The Currency Note Research and Development (CNRD) Project was developed, aiming to combat forgery of bank notes. The project largely centred on the CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry, later the Division of Chemicals and Polymers. The plastic $10 note was issued to the public in 1988. [Details]

About the records
- How to use this finding aid
- Archival terms
Provenance - creators and former custodians
Series list and summary descriptions
Inventory listing by series
- Series 01 - CSIRO-RBA Management Committees
- Series 02 - CNRD Technical Committees and Conferences
- Series 03 - Reports
- Series 04 - Patents
- Series 05 - CSIRO - RBA/Collaborators Correspondence
- Series 06 - General Correspondence
- Series 07 - CNRD Technical Manuals
- Series 08 - Personal Files, Working Papers and Reference Material
- Series 09 - Laboratory Notebooks and Work Diaries
- Series 10 - Test and Experimental Records
- Series 11 - Presentations and Displays
- Series 12 - Plans and Diagrams
- Series 13 - Photographs
- Series 14 - Samples
- Series 15 - Laboratory Artifacts
Historical Note
Abbreviations
Index
Search
Processing of this collection and generation of this finding aid was made possible with the support of
- CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers
- The University of Melbourne

Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, June 2004
With support from CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers and The University of Melbourne
Listed by Roderick Buchanan, Gavan McCarthy and Oscar Manhal
HTML edition Ailie Smith
Updated 8 November 2007
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/plbn/plbn.htm

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