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“ Courridjah ” of the aboriginals of Cumberland and Camden (New South 
Wales), and the ‘‘ Pomera” of Queensland aboriginals. 
Timber tough; used for knees of boats, bullock-yokes, etc. 
It is moderately dense, pinkish in colour, and beautifully grained ; 
suitable for fancy work; very perishable when exposed to 
atmospheric influences, but otherwise durable. Specific gravity of 
wood, .799; weight of a cubic foot of dry wood about s5olbs. 
(Mueller.) Diameter, 8 to t2in. Height, 20 to 3oft. 
A slab of this wood in the Technological Museum, which 
has been seasoned over twenty-five years (having been exhibited 
at the London International Exhibition of 1862), has a weight 
which corresponds to 3glbs. per cubic foot. 
Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. 
104. Banksia littoralis, ”.27., N.O., Proteacez, B.FI., v., 547. 
This wood is beautifully grained, of a rich brown colour, and 
suitable for cabinet and inlaid work. Height, 20 to 4oft. 
Western Australia. 
105. Banksia marginata, Cav., (Syn. B. microstachya, Cav.; B. 
oblongifolia, Lodd.; B. australis, R.Br.; B. depressa, R.Br.; 
B. patula, R.Br.; B. insularis, R.Br.; B. Gunnizi, Meissn.); 
N.O., Proteacez, B.FI., v., 553. 
“‘ Honeysuckle.” The ‘“ Wallum” of the aboriginals of Wide Bay 
(Queensland). ‘‘ Woreck”’ of the aboriginals of the Lake Hindmarsh 
Station (Victoria), 
This wood is not of much utilitarian importance. It is 
remarkably porous, soft, spongy, and light. When full of sap and 
newly cut, it is not unlike uncooked beef in the centre, and 
towards the surface of a reddish-white colour, hence it has the 
appearance of well-grown beef, with a quantity of fat on the 
outside. In the process of drying it twists and warps to a great 
extent, but when thoroughly seasoned it admits of a fine polish, 
and has a very pleasing appearance. It is used for cabinet 
purposes and indoor ornamental work. (J. E. Brown.) A cubic 
foot of the wood, when dry, weighs 38lbs., equivalent to a specific 
gravity of .598. (Inthe Report of the Victorian Exhibition, 1861, 
the specific gravity is given as .610.) 
