From "CSIRO research for Australia" (1962) pdf pages 42-44:
"During the first decade of their existence the Wool Textile Research Laboratories, supported by the wool industry, grew steadily in size and stature. In 1958 they were accorded the status of Divisions, and were known respectively as the Division of Protein Chemistry, the Division of Textile Physics, and the Division of Textile Industry."

"At the Division of Textile Physics the physical properties of wool fibre are studied to see bow they will behave in manufacturing operatjons, and how they wilJ perform when made into a fabric. Basic studies have been carried out on the stretching and contraction of fibres. The electrical properties of wool have been investigated, and likewise the effects on wool of ultra-violet irradiation, particularly in increasing uptake of dyes. Wool will absorb a good deal of water, so the penetration of water into wool fibres has been closely studied. Water penetration has been found to have interesting effects on such fibre properties as electrical conductivity, torsional rigidity, and dimensional stability. The reverse process, drying of wool, has also been carefully studied; this has provided knowledge which will have useful application in future design of industrial dryers.

Apart from new basic knowledge, the fruits of the Textile Physics research lie in Lhe field of instruments and apparatus. One new development, for example, is an apparatus for the rapid measurement of moisture regain in wool,and another is a device for measuring the evenness of a moving yarn. A third invention is a modified pressure-coring sampler which is now used as a convenient instrument for taking represehtative samples from bales of wool."