From "CSIRO research for Australia" (1962) pdf page 63:
"C.S.I.R.O.'s interest in dairy research dates from 1929, when a travelling scholarship was granted to enable an Australian scientist to undertake work at the National Institute for Research in Dairying at Reading, England. During the 'thirties the scientist, Dr. W. J. Wiley, investigated the characteristic taint found in butter packed in pine wood boxes.

In 1938 a start was made to build up a Dairy Research Section, and in 1940 a second group in the Division of Industrial Chemistry began a study of the chemical engineering aspects of dairy manufacture. After the war Dr. Wiley resigned, and the two groups were amalgamated into the Dairy Research Section, under the leadership of Mr. G. Loftus Hills.

The Section has built up a comprehensive research programme into problems related to dairy manufacturing. Fundamental research has been carried out on the oxidation of butter fat, the rnicrostructure of dairy products, the chemistry of flavour compounds and the structure of milk proteins. Applied work has dealt with such matters as the control of bacteriophage in cheese factories, the modification of milk powder for special cooking purposes, and the technology of casein manufacture. A major achievement already proving its worth in industry has been the development of automatic machinery for cheese manufacture.

Two events of the 1950's enabled the Section to extend its range of activities. The first was the provision of fine new buildings at Highett, Victoria, in 1955. The second was a decision of the dairy industry in 1959 to levy itself to provide funds for research, some of which are allocated to research in dairy manufacture."