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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 Kockhampton 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. 
WooUybutt {E. hotrijoides), 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 Kiver Bridge, St. George, 480 ft. long, was 
constructed wholly of Bloodwood (E. corymhosa) ; the piles 
were 17 inches in diameter, exclusive of sapwood. Abridge 
over the Mary Kiver, 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 River 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 
