Currency note research and development project—guide to records / Inventory listing by series / Series 01

Currency note research and develoment project—guide to records / Inventory listing by series / Series 01

This is a subordinate document of the Currency note research and development project—guide to records.

CSIRO-RBA Management Committees

Section 1 - CSIRO-RBA Executives Meetings - Files 1/1-1/3
Section 2 - CNRD Committee-Chief Executives Meetings - Files 1/4-1/5
Section 3 - CSIRO-RBA Project/Committee Meetings (1972-1974) - Files 1/6-1/11
Section 4 - CNRD Committee Meetings (1974-1979) - Files 1/12-1/38

Date Range 1972 – 1980
Provenance S. D. Hamann

Inventory Listing

01-001 CNRD Project Chief Executives Meetings, March 1980 and April 1980
Agenda for meeting, 18 March 1980; Agenda and Record for meeting, 22 April 1980. Also includes reports, charts, notes, memoranda and some miscellaneous notes. Reports: "CSIRO-RBA Agreement Post Pilot Plant Development, CNRD Project - Stage 4", 1977; "CNRD Project", NID, no date, c. February 1980; "Proposed Program For CNRD Project" By G.M.E. Sceats NID, 15 February 1980; "CNRD Project" (with Attachment - Operation Sequence) by B. Rees NID, 15 February 1980; "A Plan For The Interim Production Of CNRD Notes" by J.B. Ross, 21 February 1980; "Technology and Patent License" (Draft), no date; "Thoughts On Progressing The CNRD Project" (with Appendix - Interim Program) by G.M.E. Sceats NID, 13 March 1980; "Modifications To The Laminating Machine - Statement in Support" by B. Rees NID, 13 March 1980; "CSIRO-RBA Agreement" (correspondence notes), no date; "Notes Relevant to CSIRO/RBA Cooperation", no date; "The CNRD Project In Relation to the Planning of a Strategic R and D Unit" by A.B. Gosling RBA, 9 April 1980. Charts: Interim Plan For Production Of CNRD Notes In Sheet Form, 14 February 1980. Notes: License Agreement between CSIRO and RBA, no date, c. March/April 1980. Memoranda: CNRD Project, 21 March 1980; Relationships Between CSIRO and RBA (Draft), 14 April 1980; CNRD Project Appointment Of Project Manager, 16 April 1980. Correspondence: D.H. Solomon to J.S. Pearson, 8 July 1977; D.H. Solomon to G.M.E. Sceats, 22 July 1977; G.M.E. Sceats to Senior Advisory Group, 19 February 1980; J.B. Ross to D.H. Solomon, no date, c. February 1980; G.W. Gettens to D.H. Solomon, 26 March 1980; P.A. Grant to D.H. Solomon, 11 April 1980; D.H. Solomon to P.A. Grant, 11 April 1980; D.R. Parr to H.W. Worner, 14 April 1980; D.H. Solomon to H.W. Worner, 15 April 1980; P.A. Grant to D.H. Solomon, 16 April 1980; D.H. Solomon to H.W. Worner (with Attachments - Notes for the Chairman, Notes for Hill Worner), 17 April 1980; P.A. Grant to D.H. Solomon, 18 April 1980
Creator D. H Solomon
Date range 1980 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-001 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-002 CNRD Project Chief Executives Meeting, May 1980
Agenda (with drafts) and Record for meeting, 22 May 1980. Also includes reports, information notes, memoranda, correspondence and miscellaneous items. Reports: "CNRD Project" by G.M.E. Sceats (with Appendices - Purchasing EBX Machine, Denomination Of First Issue, Forward Planning Time Program, Joint Management), CNRD 380, 16 April 1980; "Addendum To Joint Paper" by G.M.E. Sceats, 21 April 1980; "Location Of The Grating In The CNRD Note" by J.B. Ross, 30 April 1980; "CNRD Project - Organisation and Administration" by G.M.E. Sceats and D.H. Solomon, CNRD 580 12 May 1980; "CNRD - Work Program" (with Appendices - Grating Incorporation, Ink Technology in $2 Prototype) various authors, CNRD 680 NID/CSIRO, 12 May 1980; "Electron Beam Writing Of Diffraction Gratings" (with Addendum and Appendices - Comments by G.M.E. Sceats, Reports on Overseas Visits, Diffraction Grating Lines, EBX Specifications) various authors, CNRD 780 NID/CSIRO, 12 May 1980; "Draft CSIRO-RBA Agreement On Disposition Of CNRD Technology", no date, c. May 1980; "Comments On The CSIRO-RBA Agreement" by P.A. Grant, 14 February 1980; "CSIRO-RBA Agreement And Patent Rights" by P.A. Grant, 16 April 1980. Information Notes (for D.H. Solomon): CNRD Project Patents, CBOD, 17 March 1980; Dr Solomon/G.M.E. Sceats - Matters For Attention, no date, c. May 1980; EBX machine notes, by G.M.E. Sceats, 7 May 1980. Memoranda: Relationships Between CSIRO and RBA (with Attachment), by D.R. Parr, CNRD 180, 16 April 1980; CNRD Project Patents (with Patent Specification Claims and Application), CNRD 280 CBOD, 16 April 1980. Correspondence: H.W. Worner to G.W. Gettens, 13 May 1980; G.W. Gettens to D.H. Solomon, 20 May 1980; G.W. Gettens to D.H. Solomon, 9 June 1980. Miscellaneous: OVD grating diagram - dies and laminates
Creator D. H Solomon
Date range 1980 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-002 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-003 CNRD Project Chief Executives Meeting, August 1980
Record for meeting, 18 August 1980. Also includes reports, information notes, correspondence and newspaper clippings. Reports: "Comments On Draft CSIRO/RBA Agreement On Disposition Of Technology" by G.W. Gettens, 18 July 1980; "CNRD Project - Progress Report As At 15 August 1980" by G.M.E. Sceats and D.H. Solomon, CNRD 880, 15 August 1980; "On-Going Research in Security Devices" by D.H. Solomon, 20 August 1980; "Report On Laminating Run For The Feasibility Lot Of The CNRD Notes - August 1980" by B. Rees NID, 20 August 1980. Information Notes (for D.H. Solomon): CNRD - Dr Paul Wilde (sic), by H.M. Knight, 4 August 1980; CNRD - Meeting Of Chief Executives (Note for the Governor), 7 August 1980; CNRD Budget - 1980/81, by G.M.E. Sceats, 8 August 1980; CNRD Project Advancement, by G.M.E. Sceats NID, 1 September 1980. Correspondence: Commercial Group (Canberra) to D.H. Solomon, 4 June 1980; J.P. Wild to H.M. Knight, 6 June 1980; H.W. Worner to D.R. Parr, 12 June 1980; P.A. Grant to D.H. Solomon, 1 July 1980; G.M.E. Sceats and D.H. Solomon to G. Longney, 2 July 1980; D.H. Solomon to P.A. Grant, 10 July 1980; I.C. Bogg to D.H. Solomon, 30 July 1980; P.A. Grant to G.W. Gettens, August 1980; P.A. Grant to D.H. Solomon, 5 August 1980; P.A. Grant to D.H. Solomon, 7 August 1980; G.W. Gettens to D.H. Solomon, 11 August 1980; P.A. Grant to D.H. Solomon, 14 August 1980; P.A. Grant to D.H. Solomon, 14 August 1980; D.R. Parr to D.H. Solomon, 26 August 1980; Draft letter to Governor (H.M. Knight), from D.H. Solomon, no date, c. August 1980. Newspaper clippings: "$1m Fake Notes Raid", Sydney Morning Herald, 16 August 1980
Creator D. H Solomon
Date range 1980 Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-003 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-004 Review Meeting - CNRD Committee-Chief Executives, 11 October 1977
Agenda for review meeting
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1977 Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-004 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-005 CNRD Committee-Chief Executives Meeting, 23 June 1978
Agenda for meeting, 22 June 1978; Record of meeting, 18 July 1978. Also includes memoranda and correspondence. Memoranda for Chief Executives: CNRD Committee - CNRD Pilot Production Process (with Attachments), 23 June 1978; CNRD Project - Industrial Reference Group (with proposed list of Organisations/Individuals), CBOD, 14 June 1978; CNRD Committee - CNRD Product, 23 June 1978. Correspondence: J.S. Pearson to S.D. Hamann, 23 May 1978; J.S. Pearson to S.D. Hamann, 19 June 1978; J.S. Pearson, 18 July 1978
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1978 Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-005 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-006 CSIRO-RBA Meetings, 18 August 1972 to 27 April 1973
Agenda and Minutes (with diffraction grating samples) for meeting, 18 August 1972; Agenda and Minutes (with diffraction grating samples) for meeting, 5 March 1973; Minutes for meeting, 27 April 1973. Also includes reports and memoranda. Reports: "Moire Gratings with Modulated Random Spacings" by S.D. Hamann, February 1973; "CSIRO Report To The Reserve Bank For Meeting To Be Held March 5, 1973", no date, c. February 1973. Memoranda to the Manager, Research and Development: Degradation Tests Of The Plastic Samples From CSIRO, 13 February 1973; CSIRO, 5 March 1973
Creator S. D. Hamann and D. H. Solomon
Date range 1972 - 1978 Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-006 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-007 CSIRO-RBA Meeting 11 October 1973
Agenda and Minutes (and Draft Minutes) and for meeting, 11 October 1973. Includes Minutes of the 28th Meeting of the CSIRO Patents, Licences and Contracts Committee, 22 October 1973. Also includes reports, information note, correspondence, reprints, photographs and newspaper clippings. Reports: "CSIRO-Reserve Bank Project", no date, c. October 1973; "New Coatings For Plastics" by A.E. Anderson, 21 May 1973; "The Use Of Plastic For Banknotes", no date. Information Note (for S.D. Hamann): Bank of England (Address). Correspondence: R.A.S. Bywater to M. Cubbage, 1 August 1973; R.A.S. Bywater to S.D. Hamann, 1 August 1973; S.D. Hamann to R.A.S. Bywater, 3 August 1973; M. Cubbage to R.A.S. Bywater, 15 August 1973; G.N. Lance to S.D. Hamann, no date, c. August 1973; P.A. Grant to S.D. Hamann, 12 October 1973; J.A. Allen to S.D. Hamann, 17 October 1973. Reprints: The Diffraction Company, Inc. (company brochure). Photos: Metallizing Equipment. Newspaper clippings: "Thief-proof cheque", The Australian (with magazine clipping), 9 August 1973
Creator S. D. Hamann and D. H. Solomon
Date range 1973 Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-007 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-008 CSIRO-RBA Meetings, 5 November 1973 and 5 December 1973
Minutes for meeting, 5 November 1973; Agenda and Minutes for meeting, 5 December 1973. Also includes memoranda, correspondence and newspaper clippings. Memoranda for S.D. Hamann: Security Tokens - Search - New Patent Applications (with Patents list), by P.A. Grant, 27 November 1973. Correspondence: A.C. McPherson to J.A. Allen, 13 November 1973; J.A. Allen to A.C. McPherson, 15 November 1973; J.A. Allen to S.D. Hamann, 23 November 1973; J.A. Allen to S.D. Hamann, 13 December 1973. Newspaper clippings: Australian Home Journal, November 1973
Creator S. D. Hamann and D. H. Solomon
Date range 1973 - 1974 Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-008 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-009 CSIRO-RBA Meetings, 1 February 1974 and 22 March 1974
Minutes for meeting, 22 March 1974. Also includes reports, correspondence and newspaper clippings. Reports: "CSIRO/Reserve Bank Project - Action List" (decided on at 1 February 1974 meeting), no date; "CSIRO-Reserve Bank Committee - Actions Arising From Meeting Of 22nd March 1974", no date; Draft Provisional Patent Specification - "Improved Novelty Or Security Devices", no date, c. March 1974; "Security Tokens Research Meeting At CSIRO 22nd March, 1974" (Progress Report) by P.E. Morriss, no date; "Diffraction Grating Production", no date; "Properties Of Plastic Laminates", no date. Correspondence: P.A. Grant to S.D. Hamann, 7 February 1974; P.A. Grant to S.D. Hamann, 11 March 1974; P.A. Grant to S.D. Hamann, 14 March, 1974; P.A. Grant to M.F.W. Brown, 29 March 1974. Newspaper clippings: "12 million in fake U.S. bills seized by police here", The Australian, 5 February 1974; "Expert studies $U.S.20 fakes", The Age, February 12 1974. Reprints: "Optical interference coatings for inhibiting of counterfeiting" by J. Dobrowolski, K. Baird, P. Carman and A. Waldorf, Optica Acta, 1973
Creator S. D. Hamann and D. H. Solomon
Date range 1974 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-009 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-010 CSIRO-RBA Meetings, 22 April 1974 to 2 August 1974
Minutes for meeting, 22 April 1974; Minutes for meeting, 24 June 1974; Minutes for meeting, 5 July 1974; Minutes for meeting, 2 August 1974. Also includes reports, memoranda, correspondence and miscellaneous notes. Reports: "CSIRO-Reserve Bank Project - Action Sheet", 14 April 1974; Draft Speech, author unknown, c. June 1974; "Report To Reserve Bank Of Australia - Draft Outline" (for meeting, 28 June 1974), no date. Memoranda: (Record) of CSIRO-RBA Meeting held 16 September 1974, RBA, 17 September 1974. Correspondence: P.A. Grant to R.A.S. Bywater, 11 April 1974; J.R. Price to N.S. Currie, 30 April 1974; P.A. Grant to R.A.S. Bywater, 30 April 1974; P.A. Grant to R.A.S. Bywater, 9 May 1974; P.A. Grant to R.A.S. Bywater, 6 August 1974; P.A. Grant to R.A.S. Bywater, 19 September 1974; J.G. Phillips to J.R. Price, 19 September 1974; H.M. Knight to J.R. Price, 25 September 1974; J.R. Price to J.G. Phillips, 27 September 1974; P.A. Grant to J.G. Phillips, 27 September 1974; A.C. McPherson to D.H. Solomon, 8 October 1974. Miscellaneous Notes: Notes for meetings, 24 June and 25 June 1974
Creator S. D. Hamann and D. H. Solomon
Date range 1974 Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-010 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-011 CSIRO-RBA Meeting, 16 September 1974
Includes reports, charts and correspondence. Reports: "The Use Of Plastic For Banknotes", 27 July 1973; "CSIRO-RBA Meeting - 16 September 1974" (Briefing notes for Dr. J.R. Price), by P.A. Grant, 30 August 1974; "Dr. J.R. Price In Response To Sir John Phillips' Welcome" (Draft Speech), no date; Draft Speech, untitled, author unknown; "Development Of A New Note - Corrigenda and Exhibits" (Table of Exhibits), no date; "Report To Be Presented At The Reserve Bank Meeting, no date; "Attachment 2 - Commitment of Personnel and Funds to date", no date, c. July 1974; Draft Speech, untitled (two versions), author unknown. Charts: Strand 75 Research and Production Schedule. Correspondence: P.A. Grant to D.H. Solomon, 8 August 1974; P.A. Grant to D.H. Solomon, 27 August 1974; P.A. Grant to M.F.W. Brown, 28 August 1974
Creator D. H Solomon
Date range 1973 - 1974 Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-011 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-012 Meetings 1 and 2
Minutes 1, 11 October 1974; Agenda 2, 29 November 1974. Includes Diary note minutes for Discussions Between Fitzroy/Andrews On Printing Aspects Of CNRD Project, 9 January 1974. Also includes reports, file notes and correspondence. Reports: "The Assessment of Security Features in Banknotes" by S.D. Hamann, CNRD 274, 14 October 1974; "Statement For Ministers - Development Of A New Bank Note", 15 October 1974; "Preliminary Assessment: Australian Notes - Desirable Features From Distribution Point of View", CNRD 174 NID, 8 November 1974; "Report On Pilot Production Developments" various authors, CNRD 374, 19 November 1974. File Notes: Appointment of Project Leader - Reserve Bank Project, J.A. Allen to S.D. Hamann and D.H. Solomon, 3 February 1975. Correspondence: A.C. McPherson to S.D. Hamann (with Agenda for Joint RBA/CSIRO Meeting, 11 October 1974), 8 October 1974
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1974 - 1975 Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-012 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-013 Meetings 2 and 3
Minutes 2, 29 November 1974; Agenda 3, 14 February 1975. Includes Diary Note minutes for meeting(s) at Gordon Andrews Studio, 24 February 1975 and 7 April 1975. Also includes reports, memoranda and reprints. Reports: "Possible Tasks For An Assessment Panel" by S.D. Hamann, 8 January 1975; "Pilot Production Developments - Progress Report to 31 January 1975", various authors, CNRD 675; "Addendum" (with photos of diffraction gratings), no date. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: RBA Project Stage II - Summary of Budget 1974/75, CNRD 375 CSIRO Canberra, 6 January 1975; Desirable Features In Notes, CNRD 175 NID, 13 January 1975; Mutilated Notes - Procedures, CNRD 275 NID, 14 January 1975; Assessment Panel - Possible Guidelines and Composition, CNRD 475 NID, 3 February 1975; Critical Path Plan (with research path chart), CNRD 575 NID, 3 February 1975. Reprints: Grating and printing technology, c. 1975
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1974 - 1975 Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-013 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-014 Meetings 3 and 4
Minutes 3, 14 February 1975; Agenda 4, 11 April 1975. Also includes reports and memoranda. Reports: "Report on Overseas Study Tour By Mr. J.B. Ross", CNRD 975, no date. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Fitzroy Pilot Production Facilities - Progress Report, CNRD 775 Sydney, 4 April 1975; Pilot Production Developments - Progress Report (with Technical Appendices 1-7, various authors), CNRD 1075, March 14 1975; Assessment Panel, CNRD 875 Sydney, 4 April 1975
Creator S. D. Hamann and D. H. Solomon
Date range 1975 Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-014 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-015 Meetings 4 and 5
Minutes 4, 11 April 1975; Agenda, 7 July 1975. Includes Agenda for Visit By The CNRD Committee, 24 April 1975. Also includes reports and memoranda. Reports: "An Improved Method Of Metallizing Diffraction Gratings" by S.D. Hamann (with Appendix - "Moire Patterns..." and moire photo), CNRD 1275, 23 April 1975; "A Forward Plan Of The CNRD Project As At May 1975" by D.H. Solomon; "Bank Response To Forward Plan", no date; "Progress In Basic Work On Security Devices", 17 June 1975. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Assessment Panel (with Attachments - Assessment Panel First Meeting Program, Assessment Questions), CNRD 1175 Melbourne, 22 April 1975; Report Of Assessment Panel Meeting Held In Melbourne On 17 June 1975 (with Minutes of Meeting, Summary of Assessments, Notes on Exercise 1, Assessment Questions data), CNRD 1375 NID, 25 June 1975
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1975 Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-015 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-016 Meetings 5 and 6
Minutes 5, 7 July 1975; Agenda 6, 19 September 1975. Also includes memoranda and correspondence. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Bayfords Pilot Production Facilities - Proposed Program For Four Months, 1 September to 31 December 1975, CNRD 1575 NID, 29 August 1975; Printing Developments - Penrose Annual Vol. 68 1975, CNRD 1675 NID, 4 September 1975; CSIRO Progress Report To 31 August 1975, CNRD 1775 CSIRO, 10 September 1975; Overseas Visit - Dr. D.H. Solomon July-September 1975, CNRD 1875 CSIRO, 10 September 1975. Correspondence: Cable - S.D. Hamann to D.H. Solomon, 22 July 1975; S.D. Hamann to H.M. Knight, 23 July 1975; H.M. Knight to S.D. Hamann, 2 August 1975
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1975 Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-016 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-017 Meetings 6 and 7
Minutes 6, 19 September 1975; Agenda 7, 5 December 1975. Includes Diary note minutes for Meeting With Dr. Hamann And Gordon Andrews On 7 November 1975, 10 November 1975; CNRD Committee Luncheon - Guest List 5 December 1975. Also includes reports and memoranda. Reports: "How Secure Are Our Master Diffraction Gratings?" by S.D. Hamann (with Appendix - Some Comments On The Availability Of Commercial Diffraction Gratings), CNRD 2375, November 24 1975; "Papers Related To The CSIRO Progress Report To 30/11/90" by various authors, no date, c. November 1975. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Report On Overseas Visits Made By Dr. Hamann, CNRD 2075 CSIRO, 22 September 1975; Cryogenic Breaking Process, CNRD 1975 Sydney, 14 October 1975; Research Project On Visual Perception As Applied To Recognition Of Banknotes (with reprint), CNRD 2175, 10 November 1975; Approach to February 1976 Review of Project (with Attachment - Proposed Headings For...), CNRD 2275 NID, 19 November 1975; CSIRO Progress Report To 30 November 1975, CNRD 2475
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1975 Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-017 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-018 Meetings 7 and 8
Minutes 7, 5 December 1975; Agenda 8, 26 February 1976. Includes RBA Governor's Luncheon - Guest List and Seating Plan, 27 February 1976. Also includes memoranda and correspondence. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: A Review Of The CNRD Project - 1 September 1974-31 January 1976, Prepared for the Meeting on 26/27 February 1976 (with Progress and Production charts), CNRD 176, 13 February 1976; Unique Optical Properties Of Strand 78, by S.D. Hamann, CNRD 276, 31 December 1975; CNRD Project - Available Note Carriers and Security Devices, CNRD 476 CSIRO, 17 February 1976; Planned Reserve Bank Commitment To The Project, CNRD 376 Sydney, 19 February 1976. Correspondence: N.T. Bevan to S.D. Hamann, 20 February 1976
Creator S. D. Hamann and D. H. Solomon
Date range 1975 - 1976 Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-018 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-019 Meetings 8 and 9
Minutes 8, 26/27 February 1976; Agenda 9, 23 April 1976. Also includes reports, information notes and memoranda. Reports: "Statement For Ministers - Development Of A New Bank Note" (Revised), 27 February 1976. Information Notes: Designs For A Diffraction Grating (Note for Mr McPherson), NID, 5 April 1976; Designs For A Diffraction Grating, NID, 5 April 1976; CNRD Developments - Discussions On 8 April 1976 (Diary note), NID, 9 April 1976; Design For Diffraction Grating - Meeting With Gordon Andrews, NID, 21 April 1976. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Diffraction Gratings - Simulations, CNRD 776 NID, 8 April 1976; Incorporation of Birefringence Into Plastic Laminates, CNRD 676 CSIRO, 8 April 1976; Reserve Bank Research Post-September 1976, CNRD 876 CSIRO, 9 April 1976; CNRD Project - Transfer Of Research And Development Responsibilities From CSIRO To RBA (with Attachments - Acknowledgment Of Handover Of Discrete Stage Of Project, Handover Checklist), CNRD 576 RBA Sydney, 9 April 1976; Development Of A Critical Path Diagram For CNRD Project, CNRD 976 NID, 13 April 1976; CNRD Staffing Requirements, CNRD 1076 NID, 13 April 1976
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1976 - 1977 Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-019 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-020 Meetings 9 and 10
Minutes 9, 23 April 1976; Agenda 10, 4 June 1976. Also includes diary notes and memoranda. Diary Notes: Design Meeting - Fitzroy, Victoria, 10 May 1976, 11 May 1976; Notes On Alternative Processes: Sheet Process-Pilot Plant (with Attachment - Draft Production Process Flow), NID, 10 May 1976. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Diffraction Grating Design Concept, CNRD 1376 Sydney, 24 May 1976; Progress Report By The Reserve Bank As At 24 May 1976, CNRD 1476 RBA, 24 May 1976; Birefringence As A Security Feature, CNRD 1576 CSIRO, May 24 1976; Process Design - Critical Path Diagram (with Attachments - Advantages and Disadvantages Of "Sheet" Process, CNRD Project-Production Process Flow), CNRD 1176 RBA, 25 May 1976; Assessment Panel Operations (with Attachment - Submissions To The Assessment Panel), CNRD 1276 RBA, 25 May 1976
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1976 - 1977 Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-020 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-021 Meetings 10 and 11
Minutes 10, 4 June 1976; Agenda 11, 16 July 1976. Also includes reports and memoranda. Reports: "Some Thoughts On The State Of Our Research Into Optical Security Devices" by S.D. Hamann, 15 July 1976. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Diffraction Grating Design, CNRD 1676 CSIRO, June 18 1976; "Fingerprinting" The New Notes, CNRD 1776 CSIRO, July 1 1976; State of Development Of Moire Security Features (with Appendix - New Moires..), CNRD 1876 CSIRO, July 1 1976; On the Proposed Reel/Sheet Production of New Notes, CNRD 1976 CSIRO, 9 July 1976; Reserve Bank Progress Report On CNRD Project - July 1976, CNRD 2076 NID, 8 July 1976; Report On Assessment Panel Meeting (with Minutes, Agenda and Assessments for Meeting 2, 5 July 1976), CNRD 2176 RBA Sydney, 14 July 1976
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1976 Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-021 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-022 Meetings 11 and 12
Minutes 11, 16 July 1976; Agenda 12, 13 August 1976. Also includes reports and memoranda. Reports: "Larger Moire Zone Plates For The Prototype Notes", S.D. Hamann, 9 August 1976. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Some Comments On The Report Of The Recent Assessment Panel Meeting, CNRD 2776 CSIRO, July 30 1976; Methods Of Incorporating Moire Security Features Into Notes, CNRD 2276 CSIRO, 4 August 1976; CSIRO Progress Report - 1 June 1976 to 31 July 1976, CNRD 2376 CSIRO, 4 August 1976; Reserve Bank Progress Report On CNRD Project - August 1976, CNRD 2676 NID, 4 August 1976; CNRD Project - Design Freeze (with Draft version and Attachment - Proposed Note Specification, 3 August 1976), CNRD 2476 NID, 5 August 1976; Proposed Sheet/Web Process, CNRD 2576 NID, 5 August 1976
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1976 Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-022 Box Number 1 Series 01

01-023 Meetings 12 and 13
Minutes 12, 13 August 1976; Agenda 13, 23 September 1976. Also includes reports and memoranda. Reports: "CNRD Project - Summary Of Proposed Future Expenditures" (prepared for the Governor), 24 September 1976. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: CSIRO Progress Report - 10 September 1976 (with Appendices - Staff List and Project Finance), CNRD 2876 CSIRO, 10 September; Reserve Bank Progress Report On CNRD Project - 10 September 1976, CNRD 2976 NID, 10 September 1976; CNRD Project - "Design Freeze" (with Attachment - Proposed Note Specification), CNRD 3076 NID, 15 September 1976; CSIRO/RBA Agreement - Post September 1976, CNRD 3176 CSIRO, 17 September 1976; Bank Forward Plans (with Attachments - Web Process, CNRD Progress and Pilot Production Charts), CNRD 3276 NID, 16 September 1976; Post-September 1976 Administrative And Financial Arrangements (with Attachments - RBA Expenditure), CNRD 3376 RBA Sydney, 17 September 1976
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1976 Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-023 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-024 Meetings 13 and 14
Minutes 13, 23 September 1976; Agenda 14, 2 December 1976. Also includes memoranda and correspondence. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Report On Overseas Visits By Dr. D.H. Solomon et al, CNRD 3776, November 1976; Reserve Bank Progress Report On CNRD Project - November 1976, CNRD 3476 NID, 22 November 1976; CSIRO Progress Report - 1 September 1976 to 18 November 1976 (with draft version), CNRD 3576, no date, c. November 1976; CSIRO/Reserve Bank Of Australia Agreement Post September 1976, CNRD 3676 CSIRO, 26 October 1976. Correspondence: H.M. Knight to J.R. Price, 13 October 1976; V.D. Burgmann to H.M. Knight, 27 October 1976
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1976 Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-024 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-025 Meetings 14 and 15
Minutes 14, 2 December 1976; Agenda 15, 4 February 1977. Also includes memoranda. Memorandum: CSIRO/Reserve Bank Of Australia Agreement Post-September 1976, 13 December 1976. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: CSIRO Progress Report On CNRD Project - 31 January 1977, CNRD 177, no date; Reserve Bank Progress Report On CNRD Project - 1 February 1977, CNRD 277 NID, 28 January 1977; Identification Of Strand 78 By X-Ray Diffraction (with photos), CNRD 377 CSIRO, 26 January 1977; Specifications For Photochromic Inks, CNRD 477 CBOD, 1 February 1977
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1976 - 1977 Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-025 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-026 Meetings 15 and 16
Minutes 15, 4 February 1977; Agenda 16, 1 April 1977. Also includes reports, memoranda and reprints. Reports: "CSIRO Progress Report to 31/3/77", CNRD 577, no date, c. April 1977; "CSIRO/RBA Agreement - Spin-Offs", CNRD 777, no date. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Reserve Bank Progress Report On CNRD Project - 24 March 1977, CNRD 677 NID, 25 March 1977; Specification For The Testing And Assessment Of Experimental Printed Notes, CNRD 877 NID, 24 March 1977. Reprints: Hansard (Senate Proceedings), 9 October 1975
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1977 Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-026 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-027 Meetings 16 and 17
Minutes 16, 1 April 1977; Agenda 17, 10 June 1977. Also includes Reports: "Progress Report (1/6/77 to 31/7/77) - Design Freeze", CNRD 977, no date; "Note Substrate Material" (Referring to CNRD 977) by G.M.E. Sceats, NID, 9 June 1977; "Progress Report (to 31/5/77) - Post Design Freeze", CNRD 1077, no date; "Semi-Production Planning", CNRD 1177, no date, c. June 1977
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1977 Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-027 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-028 Meetings 17 and 18
Minutes 17, 10 June 1977; Agenda 18, 5 August 1977. Also includes reports, memoranda and correspondence. Reports: Budget Statement, CNRD Project 1/10/76 to 30/5/77, no date; "CSIRO/RBA Agreement Post Pilot Plant Development, CNRD Project - Stage 4", no date, c. June 1977. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Progress Report (1/6/77 to 31/7/77) - Design Freeze, CNRD 1277, no date; Progress Report (1/6/77 to 31/7/77) - Post Design Freeze, CNRD 1377, no date; Semi-Production Process, CNRD 1477 NID, 1 August 1977; CNRD Production Costs, CNRD 1577 NID, 1 August 1977; On Options And Costs (with Appendix - Staff to be engaged on Stage 4), CNRD 1677, no date. Correspondence: D.H. Solomon to G.M.E. Sceats, 22 June 1977
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1977 Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-028 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-029 Meetings 18 and 19
Minutes 18, 5 August 1977; Agenda 19, 10 October 1977. Also includes reports, memoranda and newspaper clippings. Reports: "Results of "Pocket Test" - 1/10/77 to 9/10/77" by S.D. Hamann, 10 October 1977. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: CNRD Project Review Of Activities - 12 Months to September 1977 (with Attachments - Executive Display, Design Freeze, Testing Summary, Expenditure), CNRD 1777, no date; Addendum to Attachment III (CNRD 1777) - CNRD Test Summary, 10 October 1977; Semi-Production Process (with Attachments), CNRD 1877, 4 October 1977; CNRD Production Costs, CNRD 1977, 4 October 1977; On Options And Costs, CNRD 2077, 4 October 1977; Patents, CNRD 2177, 4 October 1977; Summary of display to Chief Executives (draft notes), October 1977. Newspaper clippings: "More Fake Tenners Turn Up", The Herald, 4 August 1977
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1977 Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-029 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-030 Meetings 19 and 20
Minutes 19, 10 October 1977; Agenda 20, 2 December 1977. Also includes memoranda and correspondence. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Review Of Activities For The Period 1/10/77-30/11/77 (with Attachments - Post Design Freeze OVDs and OVD Photos), CNRD 2277, no date; Overseas Visits by Dr. D.H. Solomon In Connection With The CNRD Project, CNRD 2377, no date, c. November 1977; Further Testing Of Design Freeze Notes, CNRD 2477, no date, c. November 1977; Report On Assessment Panel Meeting 17/11/77 (with Agenda and Summary of Panel Comments), CNRD 2577 RBA, 28 November 1977; CNRD Program For Six Months To 31 March 1978 (with Chart - Responsibility Allocation 1/10/77- 31/3/78), CNRD 2677 NID, 29 November 1977; CNRD Project Printing Methods (with Attachments - Printing Plans and Evaluation of Methods, CNRD 2777 NID, 28 November 1977; Proposed Note Specification - Mark II, CNRD 2877 NID, 25 November 1977. Correspondence: J.S. Pearson to S.D. Hamann, 4 November 1977
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1977 Quantity 0.9 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-030 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-031 Meetings 20 and 21
Minutes 20, 2 December 1977; Agenda 21, 3 February 1978. Also includes Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Review Of Activities For The Period 1/12/77-31/1/78, CNRD 178, no date; Report On Testing CNRD Notes, CNRD 278, no date, c. January 1978; Comments By The Technical Committee On The Report CNRD 2577 Of The Assessment Panel Meeting 17/11/77, CNRD 378, 5 January 1978; Assessment Of Note Degradation, CNRD 478 CBOD, 27 January 1978; CNRD Program For Two Month To 31 March 1978, CNRD 578, no date; Organisation Proposals For A Semi-Production Process, CNRD 678 NID, 27 January 1978; Revised Design Of Moire Grating For The Mark II Notes, CNRD 778 CSIRO, 6 January 1978
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1977 - 1978 Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-031 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-032 Meetings 21 and 22
Minutes 21, 3 February 1978; Agenda 22, 6 March 1978. Also includes reports and memoranda. Reports: "Comments On Paper CNRD 978, The CNRD "Product"", 3 March 1978. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Note Testing Program (with Note Test Summary Chart), CNRD 878, 28 February 1978; The CNRD "Product", CNRD 978, no date; CNRD Pilot Production Process (with Attachments - Forward Planing, Cost Estimates etc.), CNRD 1078, no date; CNRD Notes - Field Testing, CNRD 1178, 28 February 1978; Hazard Rating Of Substances Used In The Production Of CNRD Notes, CNRD 1278, no date; Handling Characteristics Of Strand 78 Laminate, CNRD 1378, no date
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1978 Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-032 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-033 Meetings 22 and 23
Minutes 22, 6 March 1978; Agenda 23, 1 May 1978. Also includes Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Report On The Testing Of CNRD Notes (with Attachment A - Provisional Note Specification - Mark II Most Likely Elements - As At 2/12/77) by G.P. Wischer, CNRD 1478, 21 April 1978; Report On Assessment Panel Meeting No. 4 - 13 April 1978 (with Attachments - Summary of Responses to Tests, Comments, Variations to Test Program), CNRD 1578 RBA, 24 April 1978; Organisation Proposals For The Development And Pilot Production Phase, by H.W. Worner, CNRD 1878, no date; CNRD Product, CNRD 1678, no date; CNRD Pilot Production Process (with Attachments - Cost Estimates, Plant Planning etc.), CNRD 1778 NID, 19 April 1978
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1978 Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-033 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-034 Meetings 23 and 24
Minutes 23, 1 May 1978; Agenda 24, 12 June 1978. Also includes reports, memoranda and correspondence. Reports: "A Supplement To Paper CNRD 1478 (Report On The Testing Of CNRD Notes), Concerning The Results Of Pocket Tests" by S.D. Hamann, 3 June 1978; "Testing Of CNRD Notes 1978" (Reference paper CNRD 878), 9 June 1978; "Informal comments by Mr M.F.W. Brown on attempts to reproduce CNRD notes on plastic, using office equipment", no date, c. June 1978. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Revised draft for S.D. Hamann, no date; CNRD Product (with Attachment - Summary Report of Testing Officers), CNRD 1978, no date; Concerning the Principles Of Transmission Moire Screens, CNRD 2078 CSIRO S.D. Hamann, May 30 1978. Correspondence: J.S. Pearson to S.D. Hamann, 5 May 1978
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1978 Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-034 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-035 Meetings 24 and 25
Minutes 24, 12 June 1978; Agenda 25, 11 August 1978. Also includes memoranda, correspondence and miscellaneous grating plots. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Progress Report - Six Weeks To 4/8/78 (Part A - RBA, CNRD 2178, 7 August 1978; Part B - Progress Report To 31 July 1978, CSIRO, CNRD 2178, no date); CNRD Project - A Note on the Tangalooma Conference (with Appendices - Tangalooma Program 24-27 July 1978 and Action List), CNRD 2278, no date, c. July 1978; CNRD Project - A Note on the Status of Grating R and D, CNRD 2378, no date; CNRD Program For Six Months To December 1978, CNRD 2478 NID, 7 August. Correspondence: J.S. Pearson to S.D. Hamann, 15 June 1978
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1978 Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-035 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-036 Meetings 25 and 26
Minutes 25, 11 August 1978; Agenda 26, 19 October 1978. Also includes memoranda and correspondence. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: CNRD Project - Progress Report To 30/9/78, CNRD 2578, no date; Progress On Diffraction Gratings (with grating photos and plots), CNRD 2678; Tentative Timetable For The Period 1/10/78 - 30/6/79, CNRD 2778, no date. Correspondence: D.R. Parr to S.D. Hamann, 31 August 1978; J.S. Pearson to S.D. Hamann, 12 October 1978
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1978 Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-036 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-037 Meetings 26 and 27
Minutes 26, 19 October 1978; Agenda 27, 13 December 1978. Also includes Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Progress Report Two Months To 30 November 1978 (Part A - CSIRO Fishermens Bend, CNRD 2878, no date; Part B - RBA Bayfords, CNRD 2878 NID, 29 November 1978); Report To The Chief Executives, CNRD 2978, 7 December 1978
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1978 Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-037 Box Number 2 Series 01

01-038 Meetings 27 and 28
Minutes 27, 13 December 1978; Agenda and Minutes 28, 23 February 1979. Also includes reports, memoranda and correspondence. Reports: "Testing Report - 1979 Summary Of Tests To Be Performed", no date; "The Principle Of The Present Moire Security Device" (with moire samples) by S.D. Hamann, 5 January 1979; "General Comments On Paper CNRD 179", no date, c. February 1979; "Proposals For Charter And Lines Of Operation For An Entity To Carry Forward The CNRD Project", 10 January 1979. Memoranda for CNRD Committee: Report To The Chief Executives - CNRD Product (with Attachments - Descriptions and Samples of New Diffraction Gratings, 1979 Test Program, Bounceback Characteristics of Notes), CNRD 179, no date; The CNRD Project - Prospect and Retrospect, by D.H. Solomon, CNRD 279, 9 February 1979; Information Paper For CNRD Committee, CBOD, 19 February 1979; Currency Notes Research And Development, CBOD, 11 January 1979. Correspondence: S.D. Hamann to D.R. Parr, 8 January 1979; D.R. Parr to S.D. Hamann, 11 January 1979; J.S. Pearson to S.D. Hamann, 15 February 1979
Creator S. D. Hamann and D. H. Solomon
Date range 1978 - 1979 Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 01-038 Box Number 2 Series 01