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Wool fleece showing weakness in strands caused by biological wool harvesting process.

Biological Wool Harvesting – BIOCLIP (1986)

Bioclip™ - a biological process for removing fleece.

Sheep

Control of fly-strike (1986)

Baclash - jetting compound for prevention of blowfly-strike in sheep.

Wool staples on conveyor belt being measured by ATLAS device.

Automatic Wool Testing (1986)

ATLAS - instrument for measuring wool staple length and strength.

RV Franklin

CSIRO – A national resource (1986)

Since 1926, we have played a major role in making Australia's primary industries amongst the most competitive in the world.

Connections title card

Connections: 2 (1986)

A review of current activities in CSIRO for staff information.

Graphic title for CSIRONET

CSIRONET (1985)

CSIRONET is an Australia-wide computing network offering its services to CSIRO, government departments, tertiary institutions and private companies.

CSIRO Research Vessel Sprightly

Swansong for Sprightly (1985)

For over forty years, the 42 metre war-time tug, Sprightly, has been putting to sea on a variety of important missions, originally as a salvage vessel in the North Atlantic and most recently as a research vessel for CSIRO.

Samples of Scrimber.

Scrimber (1985)

A video, without commentary, of the pilot-scale plant which produces 'scrimber' - a reconstituted timber product, for structural use, developed […]

Hilary Newman and colleague measuring grape vines in glasshouse.

Women in science (1985)

For too long a career in science has been considered a male preserve dominated by linear thought and complicated technology. But science calls for creativity and intuition, attributes common to men and women, and it offers a variety of job prospects.

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