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 |
| Albert Ernest Alexander | 1959-1964 |
| Roderic Stafford Andrews | 1948-1955 |
| E. Ashby | 1944-1945 |
| 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 |
| Arthur Frank Bell | 1948-1955 |
| Mr Frederick Norman Bennett | 1981-1983 |
| Lindsay Michael Birt | 1979-1984 |
| Douglas Charles Blood | 1968-1971 |
| Norman Keith Boardman | 1976-1978 |
| Alexander Boden | 1978-1982 |
| Mr. D. T. Boyd | 1950-1956 |
| Thorburn Brailsford Robertson | 1927-1928 |
| C. W. (Crawford William) Bridges-Maxwell | 1968-1973 |
| Sir Hugh Lancelot Brisbane | 1962-1964 |
| Laurence C. Brodie-Hall | 1971-1982 |
| Noel Kenric Stevens Brodribb | 1938-1952 |
| Dr. V. A. Brown | 1980-1986 |
| Harry Brown | 1944-1952 |
| Dr. L. B. Bull | 1953-1960 |
| Victor Dudley Burgmann | 1970-1978 |
| Mr. V. G. Burley | 1961-1981 |
| Frank Macfarlane Burnet | 1947-1956 |
| A. R. Callaghan | 1956-57 |
| S. S. Cameron | 1926-1926 |
| H. R. Carne | 1956-1962 |
| Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey | 1960-65 |
| I. Castles | 1983-86 |
| Mr C. S. Christian | 1960-1972 |
| Sir Ian Clunies Ross | 1942-1958 |
| Sir Arthur W. Coles | 1956-1968 |
| Sir George Stanley Colman | 1934-1943 |
| C. K. Coogan | 1974-78 |
| G. A. Cook | 1926-27 |
| Sir Alan Sydenham Cooley | 1979-1980 |
| Sir John Grenfell (Jack) Crawford | 1963-1966 |
| R. W. Cumming | 1974-1978 |
| Sir Neil Smith Currie | 1978-1981 |
| Sir Henry Alan Currie | 1979-1982 |
| William John Dakin | 1944-1949 |
| J. Darling | 1970-75 |
| Dr. George Percy Darnell-Smith | 1926-1927 |
| L. W. Davies | 1974-78 |
| Maxwell Frank Cooper Day | 1966-1975 |
| John Robert de Laeter | 1984-1986 |
| Sir Peter John Derham | 1980-86 |
| Colin Malcolm Donald | 1960-65 |
| R. J. Donaldson | 1941-1947 |
|
Lindsay Percival Duthie |
1980-86 |
| M. T. W. Eady | 1942-47 |
| Harry Tinniswood Easterby | 1926-27 |
| Sir John Carew Eccles | 1961-65 |
| Dr. H. R. Edwards | 1983-85 |
| F. C. Elsworth | 1962-1964 |
| C. W. Emmens | 1962-1964 |
| O. McL Falkiner | 1953-55 |
| J. L. Farrands | 1979-1982 |
| Frank Fenner | 1970-1975 |
| T. E. Field | 1936-1941 |
| Peter Thomas Fink | 1979-1979 |
| R. A. Footner | 1982-1986 |
| Mr J. W. Foots | 1961-1963 |
| D. L. Ford | 1972-74 |
| H. C. Forster | 1957-1961 |
| F. H. Foster | 1943-48 |
| T. A. Frankcombe | 1956-57 |
| Sir Otto Herzberg Frankel | 1962-65 |
| Mr. J. H. Garrett | 1976-1981 |
| A. J. Gibson | 1946 |
| K. E. Gibson | 1977 |
| Mr C. L. Gillies | 1926-1927 |
| E. J. Goddard | 1926 |
| A. M. Godfrey | 1983 |
| H. J. Goodes | 1949-1958 |
| Mr R. K. (Kevan) Gosper | 1981-84 |
| A. E. Graham | 1926 |
| Sir Kerr Grant | 1944-48 |
| Sir W. Russell Grimwade | 1932-1942 |
| W. A. Gunn | 1951-1955 |
| Ernest Gordon Hallsworth | 1975-1975 |
| P. H. Harper | 1943-49 |
| J. E. Harris | 1977-1982 |
| D. Hartley | 1981-86 |
| Ernst Johannes Hartung | 1942-48 |
| J. M. Harvey | 1972-76 |
| D. R. Hawkes | 1954-1960 |
| J. H. S. Heussler | 1979-1986 |
| Sir Edward Wheewall Holden | 1942-44 |
| Mollie E. Holman | 1976-78 |
| Sir Lionel George Alfred Hooke | 1960-62 |
| Mr D. Horgan | 1981-83 |
| M. W. Howell | 1968-1973 |
| G. J. Hunt | 1984-86 |
| Leonard George Holden Huxley | 1960-1960 |
| Sir Ronald Arthur Irish | 1964-69 |
| Mr D. Ives | 1981-86 |
| W. Ives | 1966-1968 |
| H. A. Jenkins | 1976-77 |
| V. E. Jennings | 1974-78 |
| Barry O. Jones | 1980-1983 |
| Sir George Alfred Julius | 1926-44 |
| Peter H. Karmel | 1979-81 |
| P. E. Keam | 1928-42 |
| The Hon. Charles Robert (Bert) Kelly (M.H.R.) | 1964-66; 1970-74; 1976-77 |
| Colin R. Kelly | 1964-68 |
| W. S. Kelly | 1944-52 |
| J. C. Kerin | 1979-1981 |
| Stephen Lackey (Kim) Kessell | 1948-1955 |
| Mr. W. W. Killough | 1961-1962 |
| R. J. Kirby | 1982-86 |
| R. E. Klugman | 1976-1976 |
| Jan Eric Kolm | 1978-1986 |
| F. N. Lahey | 1968-1977 |
| A. K. Lascelles | 1976-78 |
| P. J. Lawler | 1964-69 |
| 1960-1970 | |
|
Edward Henry Bruce Lefroy |
1933-1956 |
| A. E. Leighton | 1927-1930 |
| Dr. G. A. Letts | 1979-1982 |
| L. Lewis | 1970-75 |
| Gordon Lightfoot | 1926-1949 |
| W. V. Macfarlane | 1956-57 |
| D. Mackinnon | 1952-58 |
| John Percival Vissing Madsen | 1943-1956 |
| P. R. Marsh | 1982-84 |
| L. H. Martin | 1952-1958 |
| Sir David Orme Masson | 1927-1937 |
| James Adam Louis Matheson | 1963-67 |
| M. A. Mawby | 1956-59 |
| A. McCulloch | 1957-59 |
| C. G. McGrath | 1963-66 |
| R. S. McInnes | 1974-78 |
| G. D. McLellan | 1983-84 |
| I. M. McLellan | 1952-1958 |
| Dr. W. J. McTegart | 1982-86 |
| B. Meecham | 1958-1963 |
| J. Melville | 1959 |
| J. A. Michael | 1979-80 |
| Mr G. L. Miller | 1986 |
| W. M. Morgan | 1962-66 |
| D. A. Mountjoy | 1946-49 |
| H. A. Mullet | 1926-1926 |
| R. W. R. Muncey | 1976-1977 |
| D. M. Myers | 1949-1956 |
| I. E. Newnham | 1974-75 |
| J. P. Norton | 1964-69 |
| Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin “Mark” Oliphant | 1952-58 |
| Godfrey Bernard O’Malley | 1949-1956 |
| Theodore George Bentley Osborn | 1926 |
| J. W. Paterson | 1926 |
| A. J. Perkins | 1926 |
| B. Perry | 1927-1933 |
| William W. Pettingell | 1956-1960 |
| A. E. Pierce | 1973-76 |
| S. A. Prentice | 1964-69 |
| J. A. Prescott | 1926-1927 |
| Sir James Robert (Jerry) Price | 1966-1976 |
| R. T. Prider | 1964-69 |
| F. M. Read | 1964-68 |
| H. C. Richards | 1927-46 |
| Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson | 1926-1949 |
| W. D. L. Ride | 1973-74 |
| A. B. Ritchie | 1950-57 |
| Sir Albert Cherbury David Rivett | 1926-1956 |
| E. P. S. Roberts | 1957-1981 |
| Dr. R. N. Robertson | 1960-1962 |
| J. W. Roderick | 1958-1961 |
| G. D. Ross | 1926-1927 |
| E. A. Rudd | 1962-67 |
| W. J. Russell | 1956-1960 |
| Mr P. Ryan | 1960-65 |
| K. Satchwell | 1982-1986 |
| Ernest Melville ‘Bob’ Schroder | 1956-1962 |
| B. W. Scott | 1973-1980 |
| P. Scott | 1978-79 |
| Mr M. S. Shanahan | 1981-86 |
| W. J. D. Shaw | 1964-68 |
| G. Sheil | 1964-66 |
| A. M. Simpson | 1968-1977 |
| Ralph Owen Slatyer | 1983-84 |
| W. Sloan | 1958-1966 |
| I. H. Smith | 1979-1980 |
| Mr. H. B. Somerset | 1956-1966 |
| W. J. Spafford | 1926-1927 |
| P. R. Staples | 1982-86 |
| Sir William Alan Thompson Summerville | 1960-1963 |
| K. L. Sutherland | 1966-74 |
| George Lowe Sutton | 1926-27 |
| J. M. Swan | 1968-73 |
| Thomas Baikie Swanson | 1973-1978 |
| Senator Andrew Murray Thomas | 1978-1983 |
| J. P. Tivey | 1942-47 |
| A. D. Trendall | 1956-57 |
| Victor Martin Trikojus | 1963-67 |
| J. S. Turner | 1956-1962 |
| Eric John Underwood | 1949-55; 1967-74 |
| H. R. (Harold Rupert) Vallentine | 1970-1975 |
| Dr. J. V. Vernon | 1956-1959 |
| Mr. W. J. Vines | 1970-1973 |
| Samuel MacMahon Wadham | 1926-1956 |
| F. E. Ward | 1926-1926 |
| R. G. Ward | 1970-1974 |
| Sir Ian William Wark | 1961-66 |
| H. L. Waterhouse | 1926-1926 |
| R. D. Watt | 1927-41 |
| R. M. Watts | 1970-75 |
| H. P. Weber | 1960-73 |
| Leonard William Weickhardt | 1958-67 |
| R. Whan | 1973-75 |
| Edward Lawrence (Ted) Wheelwright | 1974-75 |
| F. W. G. White | 1946-1969 |
| Dr. J. P. Wild | 1979-86 |
| B. R. Williams | 1979-1974 |
| C. M. Williams | 1957-1961 |
| R. S. Wilson | 1959-1964 |
| Sir Frederick M. Wiltshire | 1975-1978 |
| J. G. Wood | 1949-1960 (died while on Council) |
| H. A. Woodruff | 1927-1940 |
| A. J. Woods | 1978-80 |
| Howard Worner | 1976-78 |
| C. E. Young | 1947-50 |
| P. J. Young | 1963-68 |
| Sir Walter J. Young | 1929-1935 |
| David R. Zeidler | 1970-1972 |
Source: CSIRO Annual Reports