Currency note research and develoment project—guide to records / Inventory listing by series / Series 03

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

Reports

Section 1 - Reports to the Reserve Bank of Australia - Files 3/1-3/4
Section 2 - CSIRO Organisational and Briefing Reports - Files 3/5-3/8
Section 3 - CNRD Conference Reports - Files 3/9-3/15
Section 4 - CNRD Progress Reports and Reviews - Files 3/16-3/26
Section 5 - Divisional, Technical, Weekly, Note Testing and Miscellaneous Reports - Files 3/27-3/40

Date Range 1968 - 1988
Provenance Fishermens Bend

Inventory Listing

03-001 Report to the RBA, 18 July 1974
"New Note Production: An Appraisal", Report to the RBA by the Joint CSIRO, Note Production Branch Committee (with Attachments), 18 July 1974. Also includes: "CNRD History" (Draft Report), no date; "Note Printing", RBA, 22 April 1968; "Note Printing - Some Additional Notes Before Thredbo", RBA Research Department, 3 June 1968. Correspondence: P.A. Grant to D.H. Solomon, 26 June 1974
Creator D. H Solomon
Date range 1968 - 1974 Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-001 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-002 Report to the RBA, August 1974
"The Development Of A New Banknote", Report to the RBA by the Joint Committee of the CSIRO Applied Chemistry Laboratories and Note Issue Department of the Reserve Bank, August 1974. Also includes: "Report To Be Presented At The Reserve Bank Meeting" (with Attachments - Seating Plan for 16 September 1974 meeting, Table of Exhibits), no date; "History Of The Banknote Production" (Draft), no date
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1974 Quantity 1.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-002 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-003 Report to the RBA, August 1974 - Draft
August 1974 Report to the RBA (Draft Version), c. July 1974
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1974 Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-003 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-004 Report to the RBA, August 1974 - Background Information and Reports
Includes: Report to the RBA Chapter Drafts (with Attachments - 1A "The Need For A New Note", "Conventional Notes: Cost Of Raw Materials In Production"), c. July 1974; "Report to be presented at the Reserve Bank Meeting", no date; "Report to the RBA - Draft Outline", no date; Samples of pseudo-random moires; Grating photos and diagrams
Creator S. D. Hamann
Date range 1974 Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-004 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-005 Briefing Papers For CSIRO Chairman (N. Wran), Parts A-I
Table of Contents; 1980 and 1986 CSIRO-RBA Agreement; 1984 CSIRO-RBA correspondence; CNRD history; CATPIX grating origins; R.A. Lee's diffraction grating publications and first report to Chairman-Governor
Creator T. H. Spurling
Date range 1980 - 1986 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-005 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-006 Briefing Papers For CSIRO Chairman (N. Wran), Parts J-Q
1984 CNRD status report; Copying CATPIX gratings; R.A. Lee's employment record and second report to Chairman-Governor; Commercialisation of CATPIX II; Negotiations with Cambden; Report to RBA from Applied Holographics; First "Spin-Offs" paper, 1977; R.A. Lee overseas trip controversy
Creator T. H. Spurling
Date range 1977 - 1987 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-006 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-007 Briefing Papers For CSIRO Chairman (N. Wran), Parts R-S
1987 CSIRO-RBA negotiations, CNRD background papers
Creator T. H. Spurling
Date range 1977 - 1988 Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-007 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-008 Briefing Papers For CSIRO Chairman (N. Wran), Part T
1988 Report on CNRD notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs
Creator T. H. Spurling
Date range 1987 - 1988 Quantity 1.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-008 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-009 Mornington Meetings/Workshops 1 and 2
Report for the 1st Mornington meeting (with Attachments 4-10, Production Line charts and RBA Project Attachments 1-8), 2-3 October 1974; Agenda and Report for the 2nd Mornington meeting, 2 October 1975
Creator Fishermens Bend and B. C. Loft
Date range 1974 - 1975 Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-009 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-010 Proceedings Of The Tangalooma Conference, July 1978
"Proceedings Of The Tangalooma Conference, 24th-27th July 1978", various authors
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1978 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-010 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-011 Program and Draft Proceedings of the Tangalooma Conference, July 1978
Conference Program; Draft papers with corrections. Also includes: Conference Action List; "Design Freeze - Diffraction Grating", no date; Record of Conference Discussion, 26 July 1978
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1978 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-011 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-012 Tangalooma Book 1 - Conference Notebooks
Notes on Proceedings and Summary, Book 1
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1978 Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-012 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-013 Tangalooma Book 2 - Conference Notebooks
Notes on Proceedings and Summary, Book 2
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1978 Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-013 Box Number 3 Series 03

03-014 Tangalooma Conference - Draft Papers and Miscellany
Draft versions of reports; Draft Introduction to the Conference Proceedings; Notes on Conference Proceedings. Also includes Correspondence: V. Fraval to D.G. Hawthorne (with Differential Refractometer specifications and information), 14 September 1978
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1978 Quantity 1.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-014 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-015 Post-Tangalooma Reports, September 1978
"A Note on the Tangalooma Conference", no date, c. September 1978; "Progress Review Of "Tangalooma" Action List", CNRD Project meeting, 18 September 1978
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1978 Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-015 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-016 CNRD Progress Report, 1974
"Progress Report On The Note Project", 14 November 1974. Also includes: Technical Report Appendices (Drafts) by R.A. Lee, J.B. Ross, P. Morton, M.G. Seuret, J. Evans, M. Girolamo, B.C. Loft and T.H. Spurling; Miscellaneous notes and correspondence
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1974 - 1978 Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-016 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-017 CNRD Progress Report, July 1975
"The Development of a New Banknote", CNRD 1475, July 1975
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1975 Quantity 1.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-017 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-018 CNRD Progress Report (EG/2)
"Electron Beam Lithography", c. November 1975; "Notes On Visits To Tasmanian Textile Manufacturers - 4th and 5th December, 1975", no date. Also includes: Memoranda on Test Of Experimental Data, NICB, 3 December 1975; Miscellaneous reprints
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1975 - 1976 Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-018 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-019 CNRD Progress Reports, 1975
"Papers Related To The CSIRO Progress Report To 30/11/1975" (various papers and correspondence), CNRD 2475; "Report On The R.B. Project" (with notes and reprints) by J.B. Ross, 19 August 1975. Also includes technical reports and Notes: "Stability Of The Diffraction Gratings To Sunlight Exposure" by M. Girolamo, 9 June 1978; Notes for CNRD Meeting, 12/6/78
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1975 - 1978 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-019 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-020 CNRD Project Review, February 1976
"A Review Of the CNRD Project, 1.10.74 - 31.1.76, prepared for the meeting on 26/27 February 1976", no date, c. February 1974. Also includes: "Summary Notes for February Review Meeting" (includes - History of the Project, Present Assessment and Future Action), no date, c. November 1975; Memoranda for N.T. Bevan Re Visit to Sydney of G.P. Wisher and J.B. Ross, 5 and 6 November 1975, by G.P. Wisher NID, 28 October 1975; Correspondence, D. Morrow to J.B. Ross, 17 December 1975
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1976 - 1980 Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-020 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-021 CNRD Progress Report, 1976
"CNRD Report No. 76, CSIRO Progress Report", 31 August 1976. Also includes: "CSIRO/RBA Agreement Post September 1976" (with draft), no date; "Folding Characteristics Of Strand 78 Laminate" by M. Girolamo, 18 January 1978; Miscellaneous correspondence and notes
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1976 - 1978 Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-021 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-022 CNRD Progress Reports, 1977
"CNRD Project Progress Report to 31 January 1977", no date; "CNRD Project Progress Report - 12 Months To September 1977, A Joint Technical Committee Report" (with drafts), no date, c. September 1977; "Progress Review - 12 Months To September 1977" by G.P. Wischer, 9 September 1977. Also includes: "CNRD Project Review Of Activities - 12 Months To September 1977" (Draft), CNRD 1777, no date; "On Options And Costs" (Draft), CNRD 2077, no date; "Semi-Production Process" (Draft, with Attachments), CNRD 1877, no date; "CNRD Production Costs" (Draft), CNRD 1977, no date; Samples of Experimental $50 Print banknote; Miscellaneous memoranda and notes
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1976 - 1977 Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-022 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-023 CNRD Progress Reports, 1978
"CNRD Project - Progress Report To 31 July 1978", no date, c. August 1978; "CNRD Progress Report, Part A - For The Period 1 October-30 November", no date, c. December 1978. Also includes: Samples of gratings and moires on laminate; Samples of $50 print experimental banknote (with OVD) and paper banknote; Miscellaneous notes and reprints
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1977 - 1978 Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-023 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-024 CNRD Progress Report, March 1983
"CNRD Project - Progress Report", NPB/RBA, 1 March 1983
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1983 Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-024 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-025 CNRD Review, December 1983
"CNRD Review", NPB/RBA, 16 December 1983
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1983 Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-025 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-026 CNRD Review, 17 December 1984
NPB/RBA Review, 1984
Creator T. H. Spurling
Date range 1984 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-026 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-027 CNRD Divisional Report, April 1976
"The Incorporation of Optically Variable Devices Into Note Material - Research and Development: The Use of Hot-Stamping Foils" by M.G. Seuret Divisional Report RBA Project, April 1976. Also includes: "Section 3: The Incorporation of Optically Variable Devices into Note Material - Research and Development" (Drafts) by M.G. Seuret, 18 August 1975, 2-3 October 1975 (Mornington Report) and 25 November 1975
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1975 - 1976 Quantity 1.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-027 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-028 Technical Reports, 1975
"Progress In Basic Work On Security Devices", 17 June 1975; "Diffraction Grating Production", no date, c. 1974; "Research and Specification of Release Agents and Heat Activated Adhesives" by M.G. Seuret, 3 April 1975; "Holography", no date; "The Replication Of Diffraction Gratings in Fast-Curing, Thermosetting Polymers" by J. Evans, October 1975. Also includes photographs of Milford-Astor Autoprint machine
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1975 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-028 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-029 Technical Reports, 1976
"Zone Plate - Preparation And Printing" by M. Linton, CNRD Report ML-3, 16 September 1976; "Fine Line Printing For Moire" by M. Linton, CNRD Report ML-4, 12 October 1976; "Hot-Stamp Adhesives" (Draft) by D.G. Hawthorne, 15 October 1976; "Release of Aluminium Films from Polymer Substrates" (with draft) by J.D. Swift and J. Lane, CSIRO Interim Report, October 1976; "Fine Line Printing For Moire" by M. Linton, CNRD Report ML-5, 15 November 1976; "Diffraction Gratings" by J. Evans, 16 November 1976; "Fourier Transformation Holograms" by R.A. Lee, 16 November 1976; "CNRD Project - Research And Development Activities For RBA Staff" by J.B. Ross, no date, c. 1976. Also includes memoranda and correspondence. Memoranda: Commissioning Trials - Laboratory Vacuum Metallizer, by G.P. Wischer NID, 20 August 1976; Wischer Film Specification, M. Renshaw to D. F. Ingram, (ICI internal), no date; CNRD Project - Chromaphane Inks, K. Lynikas to Chief Manager R&D, 26 November 1976. Correspondence: Draft letter to M. Renshaw, no date; D.H. Solomon to N.T. Bevan, 2 March 1976; D.H. Solomon to N.T. Bevan, 2 March 1976
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1976 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-029 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-030 Technical Reports, 1978
"The Measurement Of The Surface Roughness Of Bank and CNRD Notes", by M. Linton and J.B. Ross, no date, c. 1978; "Adhesion Of UV-Cure Inks On Chromaphane And Universal Gravure Ink Coated Polypropylene Substrates" by R. Eibl, no date, c. 1978; "Re: Visit To Mirotone Pty. Ltd., Sydney..on 20 September 1978" by R. Eibl, no date, c. September 1978; "Attack Of Bacteria And Fungi On Plastics", CNRD Report, no date, c. 1978; "CNRD Project - A Note on the Status of Grating R and D", no date, c. 1978; "CNRD Report - Some Implications Of The Croney Report" by J.B. Ross, 29 November 1978; "Sampling Banknotes For Forgeries" by T.H. Spurling, 14 August 1978. Also includes correspondence and reprints. Correspondence: M. Cubbage to G.M.E. Sceats, 24 July 1978; G.M.E. Sceats to D. Solomon, 1 August 1978. Reprints: "Banknote Design At The Bank Of England Printing Works", various authors, Bank of England, April 1978; "A summary of a research project on visual perception as applied to recognition of banknotes" by R.G.W. Croney, no date
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1978 Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-030 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-031 Technical Reports, 1979
"Etched Blade Printing - A Novel Fine Line Printing and Coating Process and its Applications to Moire Designs" (with moire sample) by M. Linton, CNRD Report ML-11, September 1979; "Gaussian Spaced Sine Waves for Moire" by M. Linton, CNRD Report ML-12, September 1979; "Tampoprint To 700 Lines/Inch For Moire" by M. Linton, CNRD Report ML-13, November 1979. Also includes: Correspondence, M. Linton to K.J. Thrift (with "Case For Appeal For Reclassification To Principle Research Scientist" by M. Linton), 23 February 1981; CSIRO Staff Classifications
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1979 - 1981 Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-031 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-032 Technical Reports, 1982
"Outdoor Weathering Of Grating On CNRD Notes" by M. Girolamo, Project Report No. 6, CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry, 1982; "Transfer Coating Of Plastic Films And Laminates" by M. Girolamo, Project Report No. 7, CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry, 1982
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1982 Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-032 Box Number 4 Series 03

03-033 Weekly Reports, 1980
6 June 1980 to 8 August 1980; 5 September 1980; 12 September 1980; 10 October, 1980
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1980 Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-033 Box Number 5 Series 03

03-034 Note Test Report, 1978
"Testing of CNRD Notes - 1978" by J.B. Ross, 1978
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1978 Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-034 Box Number 5 Series 03

03-035 CNRD Reports - Note Assessment Test Methods, 1978
"CNRD Note Test Methods" (Reference CNRD Paper 878), 1978. Also includes: Assessment Panel reports with note test data summaries; Miscellaneous notes and reports
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1974 - 1978 Quantity 1.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-035 Box Number 5 Series 03

03-036 CNRD Reports - Note Assessment Test Methods, 1978 and 1979
Note test data summaries and Assessment Panel reports, 1978 and 1979. Also includes: CNRD Equipment list; Miscellaneous reports, notes and reprints
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1978 - 1979, reprints 1979 Quantity 1.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-036 Box Number 5 Series 03

03-037 CNRD Reports - Note Testing and Retesting, 1979
Note test data summaries, 1979
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1979 Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-037 Box Number 5 Series 03

03-038 CNRD Reports - General
"Production Cost Comparison Of New And Conventional Notes", 2 August 1974; "Report On Bank Of England", 22 July 1975; "CSIRO/RBA Agreement Post September 1976", 26 October 1976; "The Use Of Plastic For Banknotes", no date. Also includes: Reports by S.D. Hamann, "The Assessment Of Security Features In Banknotes", 14 October 1974, "Some Thoughts On the State Of Our Research Into Optical Security Devices", 15 July 1975, "Report On Overseas Visit Made In Connection With The CNRD Project", 22 September 1975; Assorted reports by R.A. Lee, M.G. Seuret, J. Evans, L.K. Dalton and S. Demerac; Miscellaneous notes and correspondence
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1972 - 1976 Quantity 1.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-038 Box Number 5 Series 03

03-039 CNRD Reports - Miscellaneous Technical Information and Photographs
Technical Manual Draft - "4.2 Moire-Diazotype Reproduction", no date; "The Measurement Of The Surface Roughness Of Bank And CNRD Notes" by J.B. Ross and M. Linton, no date; "A Proposal To Change The Emphasis Of The Strategy To Detect Bank Note Forgeries" by J.B. Ross, no date. Also includes: Photographs of equipment; Miscellaneous notes and correspondence
Creator Fishermens Bend
Date range 1973 - 1979 Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-039 Box Number 5 Series 03

03-040 CNRD Reports, 1976 - Design Freeze: Sheet/Web Process
Memorandum on CNRD Project - Design Freeze, CNRD 2476 NID, 5 August 1976; Proposed Sheet/Web Process, CNRD 2576 NID, 5 August 1976; CNRD Project - Design Freeze, CNRD 3076, 15 September 1976; Miscellaneous notes
Creator D. H Solomon
Date range 1976 Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 03-040 Box Number 5 Series 03