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1384 Forestry and Timber Bureau, Northern Territory Section

Date Range:1959 - 1975

Description

The Forestry and Timber Bureau, Northern Territory Section (also known as Forest Research Institute, Northern Territory Section) commenced in 1959 at the Berrimah Experimental Station with one staff member provided by the Lands and Survey Branch of the Northern Territory Administration.
Commonwealth Parliament Hansard of Tuesday 18 April 1961 recorded the Ministerial Statement from the Minister for the Interior and Minister for Works detailing Forestry and Timber Bureau operations. The institute functioned as a division of the bureau in close association with the Australian Forestry School and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
Research functions remained with the Forestry Institute with the Northern Territory Administration, Forestry Branch taking overall responsibility from 1 July 1967.

Portfolio Controlling

Minister for the Interior and Minister for Works

Function/Interest

Forestry regulation

Abolition

1 July 1975 absorbed into Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Division of Forest Research.

Organisations

Period	Title	Group Id
1959 - 1975	Commonwealth of Australia	1

Subsequent Agencies

Date Range	Title	Agency Id
1967 - 1970	Forestry Branch, Northern Territory	1385

Inventory of Series

Series Id	Series Title	Series Date Range	Number of Units	Public Access	Location
NTRS 4023	Correspondence files, single number series.	1948 - 1983	102	Agreement Pending	Darwin (NTAC)