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Grey Gum was first noticed on the Kaymond Terrace side of Seven-mile Creek, 
about the 6th milestone. Thenceforward it never left us. As durable as Ironbark. 
Occasionally shelly. The best ordinary timber for bush work. Cracks radially. 
Ironbark cracks concentrically. 
The difficulty in regard to the use of Grey Gum lies largely with the saw-millers 
themselves, who do not care about cutting the timber, as it frequently shows small 
gum-scabs and other blemishes. 
Mr. Breckenridge, of Failford, Forster, a most experienced saw-miller, cannot 
tell the difference between Grey Gum and Ironbark in sleepers. Is faulty, with large 
blisters and gum scabs. 
Is accounted the most durable timber in the district. Blue Gum (saligna) comes 
next, then Red Mahogany (resinifera). 
Should be recommended for wood-blocks; is straight in grain. Saw it cut for 
felloes at Tuncurry. 
Plenty of Grey Gum south of Taree, valuable for sleepers, and would give the 
Ironbark forests a rest. Durability good, but strength of course not equal to Ironbark. 
Abundant at least as far as Woolgoolga, and as far west as the eastern slopes 
of the Dividing Range. Grey Gum sleepers cut in Kempsey district. Use it for 
decking. 
A little seen about a third of the way up the Dorrigo Mountain. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 228. 
A. Twig bearing mature leaves and flower-buds. 
B. Juvenile leaves. 
c. Fruits. 
Specimens from near Dungog, N.S.W. 
PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Two Grey Gums near Bulladelah, N.S.W. (A. Murphy, Jr., photo., October, 1913). 
Grey Gum, Tooloord, Upper Clarence River, N.S.W. (R. H. Cambage, photo., September, 1911). 
