The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is the national government body for scientific research in Australia. It was founded in 1916 originally as the Advisory Council of Science and Industry.
Research highlights include the invention of Atomic absorption spectroscopy, development of the first polymer banknote, invention of the insect repellant in Aerogard, and the successful introduction of a series of biological controls into Australia, such as the introduction of Myxomatosis and Rabbit calicivirus for control of rabbit populations.
Previous names:
1916-1920 : Advisory Council of Science and Industry
1920-1926 : Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry
1926-1949 : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
1949-1986 : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
1986-present : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Dr Geoff Garrett was appointed CSIRO Chief Executive in January 2001.
Previous Chief Executives (incomplete):
Keith Boardman: 5/12/1986 - 4/3/1990
John Stocker: 5/3/1990 - 4/3/1995
Roy Green: 5/3/1995 - 4/2/1996
Malcolm McIntosh 3/1/1996 - 7/2/2000
Colin Adam: 7/2/2000 - 14/2001
External links
CSIRO Webpage (http://www.csiro.gov.au/)
History of CSIRO, including previous names (http://www.csiro.gov.au/index.asp?type=blank&id=CSIROhistory)
The primary roles of the CSIRO include contributing to meeting the objectives and responsibilities of the Australian Federal Government and providing new ways to benefit the Australian community and the economic and social performance of a number of industry sectors through research and development.
A precursor to the CSIRO, the Advisory Council of Science and Industry, was established in 1916 at the intitiative of Prime Minister Billy Hughes.
The CSIRO was the first Australian organisation to start using the internet, and as such was free to register the second level domain csiro.au (as opposed to csiro.org.au or csiro.com.au).
CSIRO conducted more than 20 expeditions to largely unexplored areas of the southwest Pacific Ocean to discover and investigate sites where mineral deposits are forming today.
CSIRO Exploration and Mining is looking forward to continued collaboration with Nautilus Minerals and Placer Dome on certain aspects of mineralogical and environmental work in this early stage of seafloor exploration.
In particular, Placer and Nautilus are proposing to utilise the significant amount of biological data that CSIRO has acquired to enable a better understanding of the unusual eco-systems that exist around the active hot spring deposits and the possible impacts that may result from future work.
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