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LOCATION
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Address Lot 1 Nora Creina Road ROBE
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Robe Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Former CSIRO Field Research Station (including shed, water tank, yard fencing and gates)
Registered Name Former CSIR/CSIRO Field Research Station, including shed, water tank, yard fencing and gates
Significance The Former CSIR/CSIRO Field Research Station at Robe demonstrates South Australia's role in the advancement of applied science to cure widespread animal disease impacting on agricultural productivity. Between 1935 and 1955, it was at the Field Research Station at Robe that Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), later Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) scientists, investigated and cured coast disease, a wasting disorder that affects sheep and other livestock that graze in coastal regions. The Field Research Station also has special associations with South Australian scientist Dr Hedley Marston and his team, and with the CSIR/CSIRO. The research and discoveries conducted by Dr Marston and his team were recognised internationally and helped legitimise the CSIR/CSIRO as an institution devoted to using applied science to advance industrial and commercial progress.
Subject Index Scientific facilities - Agricultural Research Facility
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 12-FEB-1998
REFERENCE
LGA Robe
State Heritage ID 16230
Heritage Number 16480
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16 a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
g - it has a special association with the life or work of a person or organisation or an event of historical importance
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 5464/91 F15911 A1

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