



Even Ironbark has been utilised for decoration in the past, for the late John Macarthur, Esq., 

 introduced some large fluted columns of this timber in the ornamentation of the Reception or Ball Room at 

 Camden Park House, erected in 1834. 



With the usual cabinet timbers becoming scarce, our " Stringybarks " should no longer be neglected 

 in this connection. 



Some of the larger " Tea trees " are also good timber for this purpose, as well as one or two of the 

 Angophoras " Apple Trees." 



Amongst soft timbers our Pines or Conifers are deserving of consideration, for, as can be seen by the 

 illustrations here given, they possess some good qualities for cabinet work. Queensland Kauri, Brown 

 Pine, King William Pine, Huon Pine, &c., are beautiful timbers of their kind, and for figure the Callitris 

 are elegant. 



In addition to the above, mention must be made of Tasmania's contribution to Australia's cabinet 

 woods, for besides Blackwood, King William Pine, Huon Pine, and Celery Top Pine, &c., already 

 noted, the first also occurring on the mainland, such timbers as Red Myrtle, Leatherwood, and Stringy- 

 bark are a considerable acquisition to our valuable timbers. 



In order to show the adaptability of our woods and pour encourage les autres several Government 

 Offices in the various States are decorated with Australian Timbers, whilst Banks, Commercial Institutions, 

 and private houses exhibit samples of them in Applied Art, and in this Museum are shown specimens of 

 locally manufactured articles from some of these timbers. The New South Wales Government Railway 

 Workshops are at present turning out railway passenger carriages made almost entirely of Australian 

 timbers, the whole either polished or varnished, in order to bring out the natural graining and figure, and 

 the effect is most beautiful. These carriages as they leave the shops are real works of art. 



Those here given by no means exhaust the list of Australia's cabinet timbers, but are those 

 concerning which most data are available. 



