AUSTKALIAN TIMBERS 

 The Eucalyptus Area of Forests Peculiarities of Trees. 



WESTERN AUSTRALIA : Jarrah Karri Tuart Wandoo Yate Red 

 Gum Sandal wood Blackbutt. 



NEW SOUTH WALES : Ironbark Narrow and Broad Leaved Bark 

 Red Ironbark Tallow Wood White and Red Mahogany 

 Blackbutt Spotted Gum Grey Box Brush Box Red Box 

 Grey Gum Murray Red Gum Forest Red Gum Sydney Blue 

 Gum White Stringy Bark Woollybutt Turpentine Cedar 

 Rosewood Red Bean Onion Wood White Beech Moreton Bay 

 Pine Brown Pine Cypress Pine Black Bean Tulipwood - 

 Muskwood Native Teak Blueberry Ash Red Ash Coachwood 

 Miall, Brigalow, etc. 



TIMBERS OF VICTORIA : Gums and Ironbarks Bairnsdale Grey Box 

 Yellow Box Blackbutt Silver-top Ironbark Cypress Pine 

 Blackwood Evergreen Beech. 



TIMBERS or QUEENSLAND : TIMBERS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 



AUSTRALIAN TIMBERS. 



The Eucalyptus, a genus of Myrtacese, which includes 

 about 150 species, forms the characteristic vegetation of the 

 Australian and Tasmanian forests. 



These trees frequently reach the enormous heights of 

 300 ft. and over, rivalling, or even exceeding, the giant 

 Sequoia sempervirens of California. Their leathery glaucous 

 leaves, which turn vertically with their edges to the sun 

 and thus cast little or no shadow, and their frequently 



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