Council members
By the Science and Industry Research Act 1926, the control of the Commonwealth’s activities in the field of scientific and industrial research was placed in the hands of a Council, which is a corporate body consisting of:
- three members nominated by the Commonwealth Government (one being Chairman), and appointed by the Governor-General;
- the Chairman of each State Committee of the Council; and
- other members co-opted by reason of their scientific knowledge.
On 22 March 1950, the Council changed its name to the Advisory Council. The Advisory Council was dissolved on 5 December 1986 and replaced by the corporate-style CSIRO Board.
Past members (including their term):
Dr. G. I. Alexander | 1982-1986 |
Professor Albert Ernest Alexander | 1959-1964 |
Roderic Stafford Andrews | 1948-1955 |
E. Ashby | 1944-1945 |
Professor Geoffrey Malcolm Badger | 1968-1974 |
Dr. Susan C. Bambrick | 1981-1986 |
Horace Newton Barber | 1959-1963 |
Stewart Henry Bastow | 1950-1963 |
J. P. Baxter | 1951-1956 |
Noel Stanley Bayliss | 1956-1962 |
A. P. Beatty | 1970-1975 |
Kim Edward Beazley | 1964-1968 |
A. F. Bell | 1947 |
Mr F. N. Bennett | 1981 |
L. M. Birt | 1979 |
Professor Douglas Charles Blood | 1968-1971 |
Norman Keith Boardman | 1976-1978 |
A. Boden | 1977 |
D. T. Boyd | 1949-1956 |
Thorburn Brailsford Robertson | 1927 |
C. W. Bridges-Maxwell | 1968 |
Sir Hugh Lancelot Brisbane | 1961 |
Laurence C. Brodie-Hall | 1971 |
Noel Kenric Stevens Brodribb | 1937 |
Dr. V. A. Brown | 1980 |
Harry Brown | 1943 |
Dr. L. B. Bull | 1953-1960 |
Victor Dudley Burgmann | 1970 |
Mr. V. G. Burley | 1961-1981 |
Frank Macfarlane Burnet | 1947-1956 |
A. R. Callaghan | 1956 |
S. S. Cameron | 1926 |
H. R. Carne | 1956-1962 |
Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey | 1960 |
I. Castles | 1983 |
Mr C. S. Christian | 1960 |
Sir Ian Clunies Ross | 1941 |
Sir Arthur W. Coles | 1956 |
G. S. Colman | 1934 |
C. K. Coogan | 1974 |
G. A. Cook | 1926 |
Sir Alan Sydenham Cooley | 1979 |
Sir John Grenfell (Jack) Crawford | 1963 |
R. W. Cumming | 1974-1978 |
N. S. Currie | 1980 |
Sir Henry Alan Currie | 1979 |
William John Dakin | 1944 |
J. Darling | 1970 |
Dr. George Percy Darnell-Smith | 1926-1927 |
L. W. Davie | 1976 |
Professor L. W. Davies | 1974 |
Maxwell Frank Cooper Day | 1966 |
John Robert de Laeter | 1984 |
Sir Peter John Derham | 1980 |
Professor Colin Malcolm Donald | 1960 |
R. J. Donaldson | 1941 |
Lindsay Percival Duthie |
1980-1986 |
M. T. W. Eady | 1941 |
Harry Tinniswood Easterby | 1926-1927 |
Sir John Carew Eccles | 1961 |
Dr. H. R. Edwards | 1982 |
F. C. Elsworth | 1962 |
Professor C. W. Emmens | 1962 |
O. McL Falkiner | 1950 |
Dr. J. L. Farrands | 1979 |
Professor Frank Fenner | 1970 |
T. E. Field | 1935 |
Professor Peter Thomas Fink | 1979 |
R. A. Footner | 1982-1986 |
Mr J. W. Foots | 1961 |
D. L. Ford | 1972 |
H. C. Forster | 1957 |
F. H. Foster | 1942 |
T. A. Frankcombe | 1956 |
Sir Otto Herzberg Frankel | 1962 |
J. H. Garrett | 1976 |
A. J. Gibson | 1946 |
K. E. Gibson | 1977 |
Mr C. L. Gillies | 1926 |
E. J. Goddard | 1926 |
A. M. Godfrey | 1983 |
H. J. Goodes | 1949-1958 |
Mr R. K. (Kevan) Gosper | 1981-1984 |
A. E. Graham | 1926 |
Sir Kerr Grant | 1944 |
Sir W. Russell Grimwade | 1932-1942 |
W. A. Gunn | 1950 |
Ernest Gordon Hallsworth | 1975 |
P. H. Harper | 1943 |
J. E. Harris | 1977-1982 |
D. Hartley | 1981 |
Ernst Johannes Hartung | 1942 |
J. M. Harvey | 1973 |
D. R. Hawkes | 1954-1960 |
J. H. S. Heussler | 1979 |
Sir Edward Wheewall Holden | 1942-1944 |
Professor Mollie E. Holman | 1976-1978 |
Sir Lionel George Alfred Hooke | 1960-1962 |
Mr D. Horgan | 1981 |
M. W. Howell | 1968 |
G. J. Hunt | 1984 |
Emeritus Professor Leonard George Holden Huxley | 1960 |
Sir Ronald Arthur Irish | 1964-1969 |
Mr D. Ives | 1981 |
W. Ives | 1966 |
H. A. Jenkins | 1976 |
V. E. Jennings | 1974 |
Barry O. Jones | 1980-1983 |
Sir George Alfred Julius | 1926 |
Professor Peter H. Karmel | 1979 |
P. E. Keam | 1927 |
Charles R. Kelly | 1964 |
Colin R. Kelly | 1964 |
The Hon. C. R. (Bert) Kelly | 1976 |
W. S. Kelly | 1943 |
J. C. Kerin | 1979 |
Stephen Lackey (Kim) Kessell | 1948 |
Mr. W. W. Killough | 1961-1962 |
R. J. Kirby | 1982 |
R. E. Klugman | 1976 |
Jan Eric Kolm | 1977 |
Professor F. N. Lahey | 1968 |
A. K. Lascelles | 1976 |
P. J. Lawler | 1964 |
Ernest Henry Lee Steere |
1960 |
Edward Henry Bruce Lefroy |
1933-1956 |
A. E. Leighton | 1927 |
Dr. G. A. Letts | 1979 |
L. Lewis | 1970 |
Gordon Lightfoot | 1926 |
W. V. Macfarlane | 1956 |
D. Mackinnon | 1952-1958 |
John Percival Vissing Madsen | 1943-1956 |
P. R. Marsh | 1983 |
L. H. Martin | 1952-1958 |
David Orme Masson | 1927 |
James Adam Louis Matheson | 1963 |
M. A. Mawby | 1956 |
A. McCulloch | 1957 |
C. G. McGrath | 1963 |
R. S. McInnes | 1974 |
G. D. McLellan | 1983 |
I. M. McLellan | 1952-1958 |
Dr. W. J. McTegart | 1982 |
B. Meecham | 1958 |
J. Melville | 1959 |
J. A. Michael | 1979 |
Mr G. L. Miller | 1986 |
W. M. Morgan | 1962 |
D. A. Mountjoy | 1946 |
H. A. Mullet | 1926 |
R. W. R. Muncey | 1976 |
D. M. Myers | 1949-1956 |
I. E. Newnham | 1975 |
J. P. Norton | 1964 |
Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin “Mark” Oliphant | 1952-1958 |
Godfrey Bernard O’Malley | 1949-1956 |
Theodore George Bentley Osborn | 1926 |
J. W. Paterson | 1926 |
A. J. Perkins | 1926 |
B. Perry | 1927 |
William W. Pettingell | 1956 |
A. E. Pierce | 1973 |
Prof. S A. Prentice | 1964 |
J. A. Prescott | 1926 |
J. R. Price | 1966 |
Professor R. T. Prider | 1964 |
F. M. Read | 1964 |
H. C. Richards | 1927 |
A. E. V. Richardson | 1926 |
W. D. L. Ride | 1974 |
A. B. Ritchie | 1950 |
Sir Albert Cherbury David Rivett | 1926-1956 |
E. P. S. Roberts | 1957 |
Dr. R. N. Robertson | 1960-1962 |
Prof J. W. Roderick | 1958 |
G. D. Ross | 1926-1927 |
Professor E. A. Rudd | 1962 |
W. J. Russell | 1956 |
Mr P. Ryan | 1960 |
K. Satchwell | 1982 |
Ernest Melville ‘Bob’ Schroder | 1956-1962 |
B. W. Scott | 1974 |
Professor P. Scott | 1977 |
Mr M. S. Shanahan | 1981 |
W. J. D. Shaw | 1964 |
G. Sheil | 1964 |
A. M. Simpson | 1968 |
Ralph Owen Slatyer | 1982 |
W. Sloan | 1958 |
I. H. Smith | 1979 |
H. B. Somerset | 1956 |
W. J. Spafford | 1926-1927 |
P. R. Staples | 1982 |
Sir William Alan Thompson Summerville | 1960-1963 |
K. L. Sutherland | 1966 |
George Lowe Sutton | 1926 |
J. M. Swan | 1968 |
Thomas Baikie Swanson | 1973-1978 |
Senator Andrew Murray Thomas | 1978 to 1983 |
J. P. Tivey | 1941 |
A. D. Trendall | 1956 |
Professor Victor Martin Trikojus | 1963 |
J. S. Turner | 1956-1962 |
Eric John Underwood | 1949 |
Professor H. R. (Harold Rupert) Vallentine | 1970 |
J. Vernon | 1956 |
W. J. Vines | 1970 |
Samuel MacMahon Wadham | 1926-1956 |
F. E. Ward | 1926 |
R. G. Ward | 1970 |
Sir Ian William Wark | 1961 |
H. L. Waterhouse | 1926 |
R. D. Watt | 1927 |
R. M. Watts | 1970 |
H. P. Weber | 1960 |
Leonard William Weickhardt | 1958 |
R. Whan | 1973 |
Professor Edward Lawrence (Ted) Wheelwright | 1975 |
F. W. G. White | 1945 |
Dr. J. P. Wild | 1979 |
Professor B. R. Williams | 1970 |
C. M. Williams | 1957 |
R. S. Wilson | 1959 |
Sir Frederick M. Wiltshire | 1975-1978 |
Professor J. G. Wood | 1949-1960 (died while on Council) |
H. A. Woodruff | 1927-1940 |
A. J. Woods | 1979 |
Professor Howard Worner | 1976 |
C. E. Young | 1947 |
P. J. Young | 1963 |
Walter J. Young | 1929 |
David R. Zeidler | 1970-1972 |
Source: CSIRO Annual Reports