From 1932 to 1953 the complex was known as the Animal Health Station. In this period the site's various scientific disciplines became specialised roles, and the Department's biochemical and toxicological laboratory sections were also transferred there.[5] The CSIRO, known then as the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the University of Queensland's Veterinary School first occupied parts of the site during this era.[6]InWorld War II the United States Army utilised the Veterinary School building, with a laboratory and malaria school formed as part of the 3rd Medical Laboratory in 1942.[7]
Animal Research Institute, Yeerongpilly c. 1983
In 1953, the complex became the Animal Research Institute. Immunologist and Nobel Laureate Peter C. Doherty worked at Yeerongpilly in the 1960s, involved in diagnostic veterinary pathology and a project on the epidemiologyofbovineleptospirosis.[8] A national campaign to eradicate bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis (BTEC) was supported by a set of laboratories built on the site in the 1970s.[9] The investigation of Hendra virus, first described after an outbreak at a Brisbane suburb in 1994, included researchers at Yeerongpilly.[10]
In January 2014 a draft plan for redevelopment of the 14-hectare site of the former Institute was released by the Queensland Government. It proposed the Yeerongpilly transit-oriented development to establish urban communities around transit stations.[11]
^Lehane, Robert & CSIRO (1996). Beating the odds in a big country. : The eradication of bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis in Australia. Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN978-0-643-05814-9.
Animal Research Institute (Qld.). Pathology Branch (1976), Brucellosis and tuberculosis laboratory, Pathology Branch, Animal Research Institute, ISBN978-0-7242-0344-4
Animal Research Institute (Qld.); Kerr, Ruth; Queensland. Department of Employment, Economic development and Innovation (2009), The Animal Research Institute : celebrating 100 years, Department of Employment, Economic development and Innovation, Queensland, retrieved 20 December 2022
Elder, J. K. (1988), QDPI Veterinary Laboratories - Microbiology Highlights 1893 to 1988, Brisbane: Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government
Elder, J. K. (1990), Queensland Government animal health services, 1859-1990 : with particular reference to the veterinary laboratories, Brisbane: Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government
eResearch Archive Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Queensland.
