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We have a number of intensely hard, heavy, dark-coloured woods, which 
smell more or less of violets. They are used chiefly for turnery work. The trees 
attain no great size (say 30 feet), with a trunk-diameter of 12 to 18 inches. They 
are mostly found in the drier parts of the State, and are plentiful. Considerable 
railway freights add to their cost, but not to a prohibitive extent, as these timbers 
are usually used for small articles, such as mallets (presentation and otherwise), 
turned cups and boxes, rulers, draughtsmen, chessmen, and the better class of turned 
work generally. 
The Myall is the most important, as has already been stated, but the Brigalow 
(Acacia harpophylla), Yarran (Acacia homalophylla), are also valuable timbers of 
the above class. There are others, and the quantity available will satisfy any demand 
ever likely to be made upon them. 
