CSIRO 80 years of impact

摘要

Eighty years ago the first staff of CSIR, the precursor to CSIRO, commenced work in a few small rented rooms at a technical college in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. Today, CSIRO is Australia's largest scientific research body, with more than 6500 employees across 57 sites. Over eight decades, the organisation has made an indelible mark on the nation, through internationally renowned scientific and technological advances. Here Clare Peddie reports on just a few of those advances, which have brought us closer to a sustainable future.