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History

Aeronautics

The Aeronautical Research Laboratory was established in 1938 and accorded divisional status as the Division of Aeronautics in May 1940. […]

Mathematical Instruments Section

The Section of Mathematical Instruments was established in CSIRO in 1950 with a group from the Division of Electrotechnology. The […]

High-voltage collage

National Measurement Laboratory

The National Measurement Laboratory was identified as a National Facility within CSIRO in an exchange of letters between the former […]

A tray of weevils from the ANIC

Australian National Insect Collection

A tray of weevils from the Australian National Insect Collection at CSIRO Entomology, Canberra. Related Achievements Robin Anthony Bedding John […]

Stainless steel flasks of air collected from Cape Grim in Tasmania

Cape Grim Air Archive

Part of the archive of preserved, pure air collected at the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in north-western Tasmania. […]

The feed array and beamforming network for AUSSAT

CSIRO 80th birthday video (2006)

A celebration of CSIRO's achievements over the past 80 years.

John Melvin Swan 1924–2015

Stub entry only. Contribution wanted   Further reading https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/john-melvin-swan-1924%E2%80%932015 https://www.publish.csiro.au/HR/HR16019 http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000818b.htm

Librarian conducting on-line search

On Line (1984)

Each year the amount of information stored increases at a staggering rate. The problem is how do we track it down when it’s needed?

Primary Industry Research – C.S.I.R. (1949)

An abridged version of parts 1-3 of Research Facilities of C.S.I.R.

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