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- 1943 - 1997 (Creation)
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The CSIRO Staff Association was formed in 1992 when the CSIRO Officers' Association (which had first formed in 1945) and the CSIRO Technical Association (formed in 1952) amalgamated. It was soon after merged into the Public Sector Union then into the Community and Public Sector Union in 1994.
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Registered in 1980, the CSIRO Officers' Association had its origins in the Association of Officers of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (the CSIR Officers' Association) which was formed in 1945 but was renamed in 1949 as the Association of Officers of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. By 1992 this Association had amalgamated with the CSIRO Technical Association to form the CSIRO Staff Association, but was soon after merged into the Public Sector Union then the Community and Public Sector Union in 1994.
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Formed as the CSIRO Technical Association in 1988, the union was originally known as the Association of Assistants of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization which was itself formed in 1952. In 1992 the CSIRO Technical Association merged with the CSIRO Officers' Association to form the CSIRO Staff Association which then shortly after merged into the Public Sector Union then the Community and Public Sector Union in 1994.
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Constitution, minutes, annual reports, membership records and state branch records from the CSIRO Officers' Association; minutes, constitution, correspondence, membership records, and state branch records of the CSIRO Technical Association; and minutes, membership records and publications from the CSIRO Staff Association.
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Entered from deposit description on 28 September 2012