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Grey glim {Eucalyptus punctata —see Part X of this work) can be efficiently used as a substitute 
for ironbark, both as regards strength and durability. 
Spotted Gum (Eucalyptus maculata, Hook.—see Part VII of this work). 
Ts strong and tough, and a useful timber for the coachbuilder. It is chiefly used for naves, and 
cart and buggy shafts. 
Mountain Ash ( Eucalyptus Siebcriana, F.v.M.—see Part XXXIV of this work). 
The excellence of this timber for general wheelwrights’ work is everywhere admitted, and its 
quality on the whole appears to be less variable than that of the timber of most Eucalypts. It is 
recommended for shafts, swingle-trees of buggies, &c., and for miscellaneous purposes in carriage-building. 
Mountain Gum of N.S.W. or Spotted Gum of Victoria ( Eucalyptus yoniocalyx, F.v.M.—see 
Part V of this work). 
Selected timber of this species, grown on dry stony ranges, is valued by wheelwrights, particularly 
for spokes. 
Apple Trees ( Angophora ). 
Selected pieces, free from gum-veins, used for naves, and occasionally spokes, of wheels. 
Brush Box ( Tristania conferta, R.Br.—see Part V of this work). 
A tough and durable timber, extensively used in the North Coast districts for wheelwrights’ work. 
All the timbers above mentioned could be supplied in quantity, most of them in practically 
unlimited quantity. The list does not profess to be complete; it has been compiled at rather short 
notice. 
Wilga ( Geijera parvijlora, Lindl.). 
Is used to some extent for the naves of wheels in the interior. Of no commercial importance. 
Spotted or Leopard Tree ( Elindersia maculosa, F.v.M.—see Part X of this work). 
Unlike many other timbers in the arid western districts of New South Wales, this timber is very 
elastic, and is, therefore, locally used for the poles and shafts of drays, buggies, <fcc. Of no commercial 
importance. 
I also reproduce (by permission) a paper on “ Some Coach-building Timbers,” 
by Mr. R. T. Baker, Curator and Government Economic Botanist, Technological 
Museum, Sydney, in the Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright for 15th 
June and 15tli July, 1908. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The subject matter of papers read in the past on New South Wales timbers has generally covered a 
rather wide range of utilitarian properties, but in this instance there is considerable restriction, for when 
dealing with a single branch of industry such as coachbuilding, only comparatively few timbers supply the 
desiderata. Therefore, this paper does not permit much amplification of data. 
CARRIAGE TIMBERS USED IN AUSTRALIA. 
The timbers used in coachbuilding in this State, more especially in Sydney and neighbourhood, may 
be divided into two classes, Australian and foreign : — 
(a) Australian— 
Cedar ( Cedrela Toona, Roxb.). 
Blackwood ( Acacia melanoxylon, R.Br.). 
Myall (Acacia pendula, A. Cunn.). 
Hickory ( Acacia spp.). 
Yarran ( Acacia komalophylla . A. Cunn.). 
Gidgea ( Acacia Cambagei, R.T. B.). 
Teak (Elindersia australis, R.Br.). 
Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis, Sm.). 
Flooded Gum (E. saligna, var. pallidivalvis, 
R.T.B.) 
Ironbark ( E . crebra, F.v.M.). 
Ironbark (E. paniculata, Sm.). 
Ironbark (E. siderophloia, Benth.). 
Mahogany (E. resinifera, Sm.). 
Red Gum (E. tereticornis, Sm.). 
Murray Red Gum (E. rostrata, Schl.). 
Spotted Gum (E. maculata, Heck.). 
Sydney Blue Gum (E. saligna, Sm.). 
Tallow-wood (E. microcorys, F.v.M.). 
Silky Oak ( Orites excelsa, R.Br.). 
Silky Oak ( Grevillea robusta, A. Cunn.). 
