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History of the CRC:
The first "CRC" was held at the Victorian
Commonwealth Laboratory in 1962. Originally set
up as a meeting for residue chemists to exchange
ideas it transformed into a Biennial event. Back
in the early 60s, analysis of residues was in
it's infancy with gas chromatography only starting
to be adopted in the mid-60s. In 1962 the common
technique for DDT analysis was paper chromatography!
The CRCs from the 60s were specifically for Government
employees and was set up as an information session
and a way of disseminating new analytical techniques.
The conference was held at the Victorian Commonwealth
Laboratories every 2 years until 1974. The 1976
conference was in Perth and subsequent conferences
were held alternately in capital cities around
Australia (and the 20th held in New Zealand).
By 1983, the CRC became a commercial venture with
delegates charged a fee for attendance. The conference
returns to Sydney after a lengthy break - the
last conference at Macquarie University in 1991.
The CRC relies heavily on volunteers from the
chemical residue community giving their valuable
time to host and organize the event every 2 years.
A number of instrument companies have supported
the CRC for decades and the conference continues
to attract high quality speakers from Australia
and around the world. Here is a chronology of
the CRC:
 CRC
Chronology
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