Local Name. 
Botanical Name. 
Locality where Grown, 
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Gippsland Mahogany. Eucalyptus Botryoides. 
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25 3 1 
Beech. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Blackhutt. 
Fagus Cunninghami. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
North-Eastern Gippsland. 
Queensland. 
Near Black Spur, 
Victorian State Forest. 
Do. 
Tasmania. 
Canary Wood. 
Eucalyptus Piperita. 
Eucalyptus Hemiphloia. 
Z 6 
1 ! 
Cedar. 
Range near Fernshaw. 
Queensland. 
New South Wales. 
By whom Sent. 
Samuel Richardson. 
Queensland Railways. 
Jno. Holland. 
Do. 
Mr. Oldfield. 
Jno. Holland. 
Mr. Alcock. 
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Dimensions of 
Tree. 
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Seasoned 
4/3/84 
Do. 
Du. 
Do. 
at least 
12 months. 
Seasoned 
28/1/84 
at least 
31/1/84 
12 months. 
4/2/84 
28/1/S4 
■9/1/S3 
2' 6" diameter. 
4/2/84 
Do. 
24/1/84 
4/2/84 
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Seasoned 
at least 
12 months. 
Hudson Bros. 
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at least 
» 2 months. 
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Abt. 2' diameter. 
31/l/S 4 
Do. 
S 
7/2/S4 I 5 
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Messmate 
(Hardwood). 
Eucalyptus Obliqua. 
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Iron bark. 
Do. 
J 
Do. 
Eucalyptus Siderophloia. 
Do. 
Do. 
Trentham, Victoria. 
New South Wales. 
Do. 
Do. 
Mr. Oldfield. 
Mr. Perry. 
New South Wales Railway 
Department. 
Do. 
Hudson Bros. 
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Average Weight per 
Cubic Foot in lbs. 
Average Specific 
Gravity. 
Total Average 
Specific Gravity. 
Breaking 
Weight of each 
Sample in 
cwts., qrs., lbs. 
. 
Average Breaking 
Weight of Samples 
in lbs. 
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Deflection at Point 
jf Rupture in inches. 
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Total Average 
Deflection 
in inches. 
Average Specific 
Strength. 
Geological Formation 
where the Trees grew. 
— 
Elevation. 
REMARKS. 
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9-50 
55’59 
0*891 
0S9I 
9 0 1 6 | 
7 1 20 | 
9 0 S j 
7 2 14 J 
93* ‘5 
931-5 
ml 
4*25 
4*25 
2543 
Miocene. 
Low-lying Ground. 
6*33 
37-04 
0*593 
0*593 
6 O 2 l\ 
6 0 5 [ 
6 0 14 J 
685-3 
685-3 
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3*54 
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1S71 
, 
S‘oo 
i°'37 j 
53 '69 
0-750 
0-972 j 
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4 2 25 "I 
5 2 24 - 
5 2 2 J 
4 0 61 
4 3 18J 
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595-6 
502*0 
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3*92 
4-37 
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4-14 
149s 
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Felspar 
Porphyry. 
About 1600 feet above 
sea level. 
! 775 
45 '35 
6 0 6\ 
6 1 6 J 
692*0 
692*0 
2% i 
3*1 
3 12 
3*12 
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11*83 
69-22 
I '109 
1 109 
4 3°) 
422 
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547 6 
547-6 
*A\ 
2*66 
266 
1 495 
F’elspar 
Porphyry. 
A few hundred feet 
above sea level. 
This tree resembles in some respects the Blackbutt of New South Wales 
(Eucalyptus Pilularis), but it is, botanically, quite distinct therefrom. 
S'25 
4S-27 
07 73 
o*773 
S 3 22 1 
828/ 
98l*0 
QSl'O 
3¥l 
4/4 J 
412 
4*12 
267S 
5 ’42 
| 3171 
0-508 
0 50s 
4 3 9) 
4 1 4- 
4 0 18 J 
495-6 
495'6 
4 % } 
4 H< 
4*54 
4-54 
1 353 
Very suitable for panels of railway carriages. 
9 ’96 
: 58*28 
o*933 
0*933 
9 2 I0\ 
9 1 10I 
5 212 
418.' 
700 
6 3 15' 
797 -S 
797 'S 
i* 1 
2 
3^ 
a'A 
3’44 
3*44 
217S 
Upper Volcanic. 
About 2200 feet above 
sea level. 
The average specific strength of Eucalyptus obliqua, tested by Baron von 
Mueller, was 1436. 
J- 12 00 
f 1216 - 
k 12-50 
7f50 
\ 
1 *124 
1*139 • 
1*171 
j ri 45 
8 3 16*1 
916 
9 1 10 J 
7 3 I4l 
827- 
8 2 12 j 
10 0 14 A 
10 2 20 - 
10 2 16 j 
V 
1028*0 
1 
935-0 * 
I H74-0 
10456 
3 iff) 
f 1 
a'A 1 
A'i j 
4#) 
4/4 
4X' 
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3*8l 
4*37 * 
4-46 
. 
4*21 
2S54 
The average specific strength of New South Wales Ironbark, tested by 
Baron von Mueller, was 2S59- 
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