The primary function of CSIR, founded in 1926, was to promote primary and secondary industries in Australia. In its first decade, CSIR developed a successful model for delivering research of benefit to the primary sector. The period from the late 1930s was characterised by the expansion of CSIR, notably into secondary-industry research, and its wide-ranging and effective response to the industry and government demands during the Second World War. In the post-war years CSIR placed increasing emphasis on longer term, underlying research, as the way to benefit Australian industry. This shift raised problems for technology transfer to the secondary industry sector; it also shaped the agenda of CSIR’s successor organisation, CSIRO, in the decades after its formation in 1949.

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CSIR 和澳大利亚工业：1926-49

CSIR 成立于 1926 年，其主要职能是促进澳大利亚的第一产业和第二产业。在其第一个十年中，CSIR 开发了一个成功的模式，为初级部门提供收益研究。从 1930 年代后期开始，CSIR 的特点是扩大，特别是进入第二产业研究，并在第二次世界大战期间对行业和政府的需求做出了广泛而有效的回应。在战后几年，CSIR 越来越重视长期的基础研究，以此作为使澳大利亚工业受益的方式。这种转变给第二产业部门的技术转移带来了问题；在 1949 年成立后的几十年里，它还塑造了 CSIR 的继任组织 CSIRO 的议程。