From his Obituaries Australia entry (taken from "Australian Forestry" (2008) :

"From 1942 he worked at his beloved CSIR (later CSIRO) where he became Chief Research Scientist of the Division of Forest Products, and Visiting Fellow for many years after his retirement in 1986. During his career he rubbed shoulders with the giants of wood science and technology - H.E. Dadswell (Poppa), Stan Clarke, Alan Wardrop, Bill Gottstein, Jack Boyd and Huntly Higgins, to name just a few. He was one of the pioneers of forest products research in Australia, providing a solid scientific and technological foundation for the wood industry. From this national research base he built an extensive network of international collaborators, notably in the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Germany and China. Apart from wood and tree chemistry in which he was eminent, diverse fundamental and applied aspects of tree biology and wood science had his active interest. Botanical classification of Eucalyptus and Nothofagus species, thermal properties and the adoption of high-temperature drying of radiata pine, and the multipurpose applications of black wattle plantations in China are just a few examples. In addition Ted strongly supported and mentored younger staff and defended tenaciously the immense value of CSIRO's H.E. Dadswell Memorial Wood collection, later renamed the Australian Collection."