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At Wingello, in the Goulburn district, it goes by the name of “ White 
Mahogany,” but it must not he confused with the true White Mahogany, 
E. acmenioides ; in the coast districts it is sometimes called “ Blackbutt,” like 
E. pilularis, to which it is closely related. 
Sometimes in northern New South Wales, it goes under the name of 
“Mountain Stringy bark,” and in other localities simply “ Stringybark,” and also 
“ Messmate.” 
Aboriginal Names.—I know of none. 
Synonyms.— E . dextropinea , R. T. Baker; E. Irsvopinea, It. T. Baker; 
E. pilularis, Sm. var. Muelleriana , Maiden. 
Bark. —More or less fibrous on the trunk. Sometimes the branches are 
quite smooth, at others covered, more or less, with fibrous bark. The texture of the 
rough bark also varies, sometimes it is rather compact, like that of the common 
Blackbutt; in other trees it is densely fibrous, and well worthy of the name of 
Stringybark. 
Timber. —It is a valuable fissile timber, to all intents and purposes identical 
with blackbutt; that will be its best description. 
In New South Wales it is valued for building purposes, being used for 
flooring and weatherboards, &c. Timber-getters describe it as “ a very clean 
timber.” 
The timber of: this tree is usually darker in tint than E. 'piperita. It is fissile, free from gum veins 
or shakes, clear in the grain, and enjoying a great reputation for durability. It is used for fencing and 
sawing, and, according to Mr. Macalpine, of Yarraville, who has lived for forty years in South Gippsland, 
fences are still standing with posts split from this eucalypt, which have been from thirty to forty years in 
the ground. I have, myself, observed posts of this timber standing in fences at Woodside since 1859. 
The local name of this tree is “Yellow Stringybark.”—(Howitt, Trans. Roy. Soc. Viet., 1890.) 
The late Mr. Clement ITodgkiuson, a Commissioner of the Melbourne 
Harbour Trust, interested himself in ascertaining the value of the timber of the Yellow 
Stringybark, and there is no doubt that it is one of the best Victorian timbers. 
Following are extracts from Mr. Hodgkinson’s report to the Harbour Trust, of the 
17th January, 1891 :— 
The Inspector-General of Public Works having (oil the 6th December last, in reply to a letter from 
me to him on the 23rd November) informed me that the piles of the Welshpool Jetty were driven during 
1859, and that, after the recent burning of that jetty it was repaired, “ the stumps of the piles were found 
to be in such excellent preservation that they were not withdrawn, but short pieces were spliced on,” my 
colleagues and myself were able to obtain specific and reliable evidence to the effect that these piles were 
Yellow Stringybark, cut during August, 1859, and driven during that year. We carefully scrutinised 
these old piles when the tide was low, and found them to be perfectly sound, uninjured by sea-worms, and 
having the appearance of clean, well-seasoned timber, in excellent condition, notwithstanding that these 
piles had been in sea water more than thirty-one years. 
With reference to the wharf at Port Albert, the Inspector-General of Public Works, in his letter to 
me, already alluded to, stated that “Yellow Stringybark and Gum are in use in the wharf and approaches 
to Port Albert. It is reported that, whereas the Gum is fast decaying, the Stringybark remains sound.” 
