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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

PeriodTitleGroup Id
1959 - 1975Commonwealth of Australia1

Subsequent Agencies

Date RangeTitleAgency Id
1967 - 1970Forestry Branch, Northern Territory1385

Inventory of Series

Series IdSeries TitleSeries Date RangeNumber of UnitsPublic AccessLocation
NTRS 4023Correspondence files, single number series.1948 - 1983102Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)