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#Minerals and Mining

Computer screen displaying COALTROL software

CoalTrol (1991)

Numbat mine recovery vehicle being tested.

The NUMBAT (1990)

Graphic of Dr Ken McCracken with CSIRO Medal.

CSIRO Medals 1988 – Dr Ken McCracken

Computer running microBRIAN software.

microBRIAN (1987)

HIAF – The Electronic Peashooter (1984)

QEM*SEM computer screen.

QEM*SEM (1982)

Mineral detector being trialed in the field

New Mineral Detector (1978)

An early atomic absorption spectrophotometer device.

A long shot that paid off: CSIRO’s Atomic Absorption Project (1970)

The C.S.I.R. Research Facilities – Part 4: Secondary Industry (1946)

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