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between the New South Wales border and the town of 

 Gladstone (Tropic of Capricorn), but supplies are now 

 having to be brought from further inland, and the district 

 between Bockhampton and Ingham, a distance of 250 miles, 

 has to depend for its supplies from the southern district. 

 Northward of Ingham there are large supplies of red cedar, 

 kauri pine, similar to the New Zealand timber, and black or 

 red bean, similar to that of New South Wales. The cypress 

 pine grows in large quantities in the south-western part of 

 the colony. Many of the finest timbers of Queensland, such 

 as ironbark, gums, blackbutt, turpentine, bloodwood, red 

 cedar, black bean, etc., are common to New South Wales, 

 and have been referred to under that and other colonies. 



Woollybutt (E. l)otryoides) , a red coloured, close-grained, 

 tough wood, useful for wagon work and large beams, is 

 a similar timber to the New South Wales tree, with a 

 different botanical name. 



Queensland is the second largest timber-covered colony of 

 Australia, though large portions have but little timber, and 

 it is on the coastal regions where the rainfall is highest 

 that the timber is most plentiful. Its native timbers are, 

 however, inferior to none in Australia. 



The Balonne Eiver Bridge, St. George, 480 ft. long, was 

 constructed wholly of Bloodwood (E. corymbosa) ; the piles 

 were 17 inches in diameter, exclusive of sapwood. Abridge 

 over the Mary Eiver, Tiaro, in this colony, was constructed 

 of Queensland grey ironbark, and some of the timber 

 ranged up to 18 inches in diameter. Ironbark, blue gum, 

 and spotted gum were used in the construction of the 

 Mary Eiver Bridge at Gympie. Ironbark piles, 18 inches 

 diameter and 43 ft. long, were used at Eockhampton 

 Suspension Bridge in 1890, and this timber furnishes the 

 best timber for telegraph poles in the colony. Spotted gum 



