From "CSIRO research for Australia" (1962) pdf pages 56-57:
"After the war, Dr. Bowden returned to England, and Dr. S. H. Bastow became Officer-in-Charge of the Section. The study of lubricants and bearings was extended to cover all aspects of the study of metal surfaces, and a new name, "Tribophysics", meaning "rubbing physics", was coined to describe the Section's work. By 1949, when Dr. Bastow was appointed to the C.S.I.R.O. Executive, the group had grown into a full-scale Division. Dr. W. Boas, an eminent metal physicist, became the Chief of the Division, which moved into a new laboratory in the University grounds four years later.

The Division has made, over the last ten years, an impressive contribution to our knowledge of the structure of metals and the properties of metal surfaces.

Ingenious experimental techniques have been used to obtain an understanding of the crystal defects in metals, and how these are related to the strength, deformation, "working" and annealling of metals. In the study of the physics and chemistry of solid surfaces, particular emphasis is laid on their shape or profile. This work has led to better understanding of surface catalysis and adsorption and, of course, friction. An oil company is currently supporting a research project on solid lubricants.

The Division's expert knowledge of many branches of metallurgy is widely recognized by the engineering industry, and the Division's officers are frequently called upon to supply the answers to industrial problems. "