Ian Wf:!!t the tirot bh~qnllrl of esIRQ, Au II· ComrfTonv.ea h S~jentlflC

aru1 InduSIf . 1 It'l$() QrgarmmUOI1, It Is. -one of ItEI world's 1.rg~~t flr.ct fn01l

(jlverse scientifiC research tns tLlttons. M1PJo ll'Ig about 7000 peqpJe (Incjuding 3000

scientiSts) anti! con iJeling researc It! areas rom the small&st moleeu s In ow

bod to til .largest bodies ttl

space. r"fl organ! atlotl starte"d ill 1.926 85 the Coul\cil for Sclentltlc and lndut<lr al Researcb (CSIR I with Ju~t ~ few small rooms il\ 11 echnical college In BflJflswlck. VJCl Ii ,

It tor f1e<J <I. a res It 0 Prlme Mlrl1ster W. M. ughes ~<Ittltl oget her Ii flumber o-f promi nent SCIQ"l1 Ists aM

b Inoosmen 11'1 19:16 \q OiSCU&,5 the fOrtT!afitm of a selen r .0 Ir\$lltutiOll

to wOfk 00 RrObIEinlS atf,e,(tjn Australien d tries TM scien 'sts aigued that

crtlatlve s.cfentl c esaarOti qWed an environment not u5trallyfQ'u"d In gove,mn.ant departmentS'. so C$IR was sel up as a s ~tuto~ 1111th lII~th

fr~lJom to hlr~ 1'111 man£llW staff In j 6Wn way.

ir'l I'll'! I~te '4 ,&S t1e O~d War oolian CSIR cam~ .Qfld.ef ,tt ·ok 1flW some poHtlclans wtlo fel! ttlat "atlonal

·secur\!ty anti sclentme f, ecrOn1 of Jnrorrnat on did flO !l0 rogetl1er. A Ell some reorg<lJ1tsst.lon, CSIRO 111 ~ tlQn'1 Ell1d pull.ltl r tla c ntr6.1 ot j;I ~m!U1 ~u ve, with ~ar) as Chairman He d U1 Qrganls t drl Uti I is deqth il11959 an<t saw staff numbers Wow thfflg..tOld.

lnlt Iy, most researcll was devoted .0

agricult1Jre and fares ,wi I'le organisation's first big PUblfc success being the lmroduc 00 01 a So l h Ame Icall Ci'ltnrpnlar 0 get rid Of he au of-oontrol pfICkly!*l"8r. CSIRO also gained international Tecogl\i DI'I for he: control 0 fa bit by In odu tug fuywmato5;s. Under the glJidance of tan .and n s SOO"Ce SOt!>.

C$IRO est btl t ad mQn\ dl~swns tp ~ludy an'mals, astloflomy, buillllng, ehem1stry. @nergy, enVlrDAI e ,Itmd, IfI-see~.

marine Ifte, plet1ts . .so Il~.wal,er. we<ltlle r and rn ny f(l r rea VIlal to Austr.alta' futur .

oN E1t akes ~r4U~ $Cientisri' Sir Ian ClUnles Ross ptJbll tied n tnan SO S f\tltl PEl~ on the descripUon anli tIj:latlnent {Jt panJg ts " But his ll1aW.conlrf 110" to AllstraHan science '1I'as in improving 1M Image of science tie was able to elCpress - In words understOOO by aU Austr iao -

19';15100 of t.oience t:lIuld Ilelp our IIl1e ,t>t WOUICl spe~j{ ttr alJdief1 9or 00 the maIO about the latest resCliffi

r~slJlts In 9\IflMhing /him t .e pllYlli(; of raIn mefliog t9 he teeh.!llqtJes m pasttlte mprolleme t. He alSO Insisted on sc mists communicating their work nd' a il;atl(lt'l& to "Qe¢pte" lIV6ll"

This led 0 an mprovement In the publlc's l}itl1o" QI C$IQO. WItt) ,eS1ililretl res\.!

no only widely illlOY\'" lind dlsctl5sed, but .also sooghl a r,

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~IRO h-as been [!Wowed illl'l't'llty In\let'ltlons 4i1')d rscO\'eJfes over he past o years. In-.1~41, 8ll1$l'lfsts. a CSIR

d&slgm!<JaI14 ~ulJt the finlt Stored· ~ory electrol\j,C cOfllplJi , in Aus lit!, and Ql'!ly ll'le to4rt./'l In I'Je world. Known as CSlRAC. it was more tt1at'l 000 times fasler [hall aJ'l~ ~~tr~mil: calouliltOfs at

in 1,m:lCl/'lMia, SCludl Arabia, Hltr1);lary, New Z,eal.arnfand gtAfst ~QUl1f[jlQs, CStRQ's opttcarly ,iable <,Ie'l'icesare al:so useq lJ1

rnerlcan ExprfiS trlJl:t\lIilrs' cmeques, r sUIting In' E\{l 89 P cent reo 0,.. 1(1 forgM~S.

AlJ tl Ill-lli researI:hers, rtld b~ CSIRO ptlysiclSl: Dr Btl,lli:f.l. Corneff, cre:<lted !iI.

, al'lOrrlacl1 i!leo' ~nly 1.5 DiUlorIt!ts Qf metre In size wU m('iJh'li' art:> onl. several molecules wine. Thl: tlily i'rlOlchirl!i! ·c~rl be CJl!ltlto ,",I;} bO(JY by d\X:furs Wan Iflg to 1feteoc drugs 'or \Ijru~ ffl e.. blood, or tP Ie ItUb' 1:,e£le tt~l'.I\lenlles. for (ltegnliJ$ing i,enetje tlisorders, It dQtec P.ro~ein5 in bloOd i'lt eOI)(lElntnltloM aqujvaleflll~ <AAectir1g anincrfila~ ¢ the $ugar 0011 e~lt.(lf SydnB HilJbOllF er

owing a su~r uube into It! rrle de 'Cf,: oonslsts of a yo:he ie mernbraPfi Cl:1en"llall futherod trl a Ulln' n~ta) film

.0$l13lte.d 'Oll tl pi M'.of plastic; W~6Jl he mem r81'le fJ~~:s wl'lat It's rO(l [, for. a .

"swttcfl 1$ ttJ/'JIed on bv opelling 11101 cula!' c";ume!S ill he membral\t! walrW allow· ttlroogt,·Srhgl QtMrIS.

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The CSIRO SWdem Researoh Scheme o1lers seolor seconda students Qle rare opportunity of ttxperienaing pro 10«181 ~Iel'l reseill'etI by cornpleti~ pt'ojects. under the guidance of ar~he1' cstRo

II!!~~ As we r as makirJg nls mark on CSIRO. I ell,j" es R~s I ftlmeml:leftJd by many·or honouts. ~i$ fijce wilS featureQ 00 the AustJaltao-t50 m ~73 ttl 1995 and A!.lS\J911 PQ issLled <I stampe1:1 en· 10fl€ in Februafy 1900 0 COtl'lfI'Iemotate 11 . \>lrtI1 The original wing of International Hoose nears s name, as (foes' runn1ng Pl'lSl CSIRO labof8tolies at l31aCk Mountain]" \:anl)erJa, .11'1 199'1. e Pfernie(" of Queensland opened the Queonslaoo Clur1I11S RQss (;a.,ueI' SCience and

stueIE!r1ts th~ exr»t'~ . r\~ 4emQfl$tnltioos. The nine CSlROSf€s opflf8t61f\ eactl 41apl City j)lu TQWI:ISYille CSlflOS£Cs flll;ly alSo be 13018 to ~ your reglon 0' seooaf.

f<jr more IliformPtion abwt any at these aclNltles. check oot CSfRO'$ SIte l~.csl I),au) oqlhone CSlRO EdlJeation Of]

tO~l 6276 00'43. fal( {tl216276- 6641 or ef'nan e(Juc!Jt ogtat1'l5@t1etlx.cslro.su.

HC!vard Florey Do won thi: Nlobel Prire (Dr d .1Opif\g the dl'\lg n!clutn}, Fr-dIllI l\IllllCfar4l1f1e Burnet (whO woo the obel Ptlre fQr resealth lr ~ClllOw ttl body lS fOr. in1/aderS) and Jean Macnamara {WOO was a qrl\Iirlg fOR;e bet1ihO lI1e mrxoma~ls t;:la)s

tkat lel\ to. 1M or til Au5 illWs rallblt populatiol'll. Th86e Je.gend~ peoP'tt are tall poppies whO -sf nd aboYe Ute 'Crowd.

Industry, aljpwiTlg the interaction be n sclenr.(looU InQusuy b pr'O'Mll1g 0 e space and comerlffiC» venues.

Tn Ian Ctonles· Ross Me[1'lQnal Foundatioo was est,lt)Us1"ied In the y& a lall'$ deil h to remember him by honounng ustmllan sclootlsts woo htMl moo!;! O(Jtsla/ldlfl conlJiblJtioo$ tQ scieflGe .ane industry. The six winners ofltie 1999 Clunies RoS$ ~Wiird

.ire CSIRO's Dr Fi 'orRenset'!. W l'l pioneered reBeBfCh Into <1st! smelting tecl'1nolog.i. to

plhe Au$traJitlll minerals IndUstry: University '0 Adela'S professor Sam Ltl Ofl wOO led

e deS!gI'l of ttle Sydney Ol}tmpks'

ctt (,'omb~sUo s~"Stetll; Dr Bruc2

al ,er fl'\)m 1:/l(! ~trefor

ApprQpt1a TeetlnOfogy in- Alice SpnflB.$', 'i41o Iles prowided.haod. operated w ng rnacnihe.ti, water tmatmElnt and Qther so'L1UQ(\S to AboAginal 'Comrtlun las where mall'! am ~olO&Y

I'nts faU ; UniverSItY f'fasmanf~'s Dr JEin.e WatsOIl. who l,IS8S newspapers, Webslt s aoo sateJllteleaming 0 entIj'Jl'l!le the $bus al I ~ i>fleoollers al'lcl y«me people abr'Q5$ Australia: Dr R&tlmi AAceU . (fOOl MRS TI'aI'!$PCltt f:le~arcfl I M Ibou

who studied the deslgn llfld fI'WIua n of intenreet!Qns such .as mun~t6 nd

traffic sWlals; and Mr AtldteW Mal1iO. 'htIo

made !'liS first nJ(I1o receiver at the !1t!! ot elgtll and has

dft\l1llOpled " s own ttleofY l'IlJoUt t'\ow mlCrowaY\lS trawl.

Ttlis spec 81 te LIre, tKolI#It lQ you bY CSlRO ood

the ()()uble Hel~ Club. ts part (lr"the c:enlef1<wy ~etIrat1()nS

of lall Clooles Ross blrth. 1flete aJe also dinners. awarjf ,

nlj;ls at'ld open days CQf11tTlell10ratkig

100 's great work md the m· k tie made on

Austrafia, ThEY Tall Poppies Committee r-s alSo celebrating he lives of 0 ec Australi8ll $C ent,ist& 'ooJlllOO y, a~ BgO.lncl'lJdull

"r-d oHler sCiEmpe O!l'8nisaoons The ~7 SCheme lnYolved 395 students altaCtwld to 8Q re.s.ea institlftiOtls.

OSIRO'~ Double Hell:dScisnal CluD o f6 man~ actNlbes. Inctud1rtg 11re Helix· niagitzlne natiDM! e~ that aUow fT1$l'iDeI'$ o·work wltl'lleacl!l'\i Au5tralian scientists. teach8r !'8~S and exciting, educatlQnal $Cie1'iQe lOY'S 1'ot sale,

$clef/trim; is a flew, full OI>iQur magazine IIIUtld'tfld III 1999. SC eflrrlfflc' c<t!ned at. a ~r au\1illnCe l1lOO The HeIiI<. ~alty 7 to 11~sr'<»ds. It COl'lt I)S Soe'lO& 9t00eS". aetMt~ ~r'1d competltioos ltIat appeal to ~ung children and tho.r Daren\s. T~aQI1er:$ no are,also aYij\ti;lbJe.

cA.Esr (0 EatI\IJ1y n Sclel'ite alid Teclmology) stl,ldents at Jxlth Jlf'iffi8IY and secondary YeJ u/'ld@tIt,likEl: thpir

Jer'l~ tid &chnQlogy rese81<lh projwt:s willch ln~ crea I y.

.severance and a-p~!l atJQll, fA,

oornprahen va program ofpro'e&s!otlal development rOr teachers ood ext6nslve wnltnn material fO( bOth t-e~h.er'$ and stUdents. is. included.

GtOfijE (Global L-e8(!ll"8 ood Observatlons tD 8efIeftt the !nvtror'lmarlt;) 1&

UfIlqUe apportuoi\y (Or Uder1t5 ·to Sllere tbeir kri~ Wftl1 PUler student:$ aC~$

the wol1d. Sch()(ll$ are PfO\Jicled v.ilh writtefl suppmt includif'g wmculum material,

l')IiP SCjence AW~er1(ltlles stude~ undert~lng scleAtlflc research: to linn one Of four aw~ comp lngUOOO, a p!sQlJe. -a trip to a two di'l)' Science CarT Pand 10 t t3 I\~ Presentirtion in Melbourne:. ThBl1\l ilrll also tl'ir a....ds.1ct Iflnovaf1\l:e, ~ science teadlers.

CS flO Sc!ellce ~ucaliort certtre.s (CStR05ECs) ~ hanli$-O(\ • ~ labt;lr9too~ vd'lich ~l(Cit~ alJd inform