FOREST INDUSTRIES

Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis)

Native hardwood harvested commercially in Queensland.  Used in heavy engineering construction, machinery bearings and poles.

Gimlet (Eucalyptus salubris)

Native hardwood harvested commercially in the central and southern goldfields and in the northern Wheatbelt of Western Australia. The grain of this timber is very attractive with occasional dark swirling features making it a specialty timber used for craft, furniture, veneer and musical instrument components.  Other uses include poles, fencing posts and minor building construction, as well as mining timber and fuelwood.

Goldfields blackbutt (Eucalyptus dundasii)

Native hardwood harvested commercially in the Goldfields in Western Australia.  An attractive timber with a distinctive and very noticeable swirling grains. It is a hard, durable hardwood that grows in open woodlands.  It is used for flooring, panelling, high grade furniture, decorative veneers, inlays and musical instrument components.

Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa)

Native hardwood harvested commercially in Queensland.  Used in heavy engineering construction, bridges, wharves, shipbuilding, piles, poles and sleepers. It is also an excellent fuel wood.

Grey Ironbark (Eucalyptus paniculata)

Native hardwood harvested commercially in New South Wales.  Used in heavy engineering construction, poles, sleepers, flooring, decking and shipbuilding.

Gympie Messmate (Eucalyptus cloeziana)

Native and planted hardwood harvested commercially in Queensland.  Used in general construction, sleepers, poles and bridges.

Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii)

Planted softwood harvested commercially in Queensland.  Used for flooring, interior joinery, boxes and packing cases. Particularly suited for the manufacture of plywood and veneer. Other uses include agricultural implements, broom handles, matches and matchboxes.

Huon Pine (Dacrydium franklinii)

Native softwood found in Tasmania. Only dead Huon Pine is salvaged outside Reserve systems for processing and supply is very limited.  The richness of its golden colour and figure make Huon Pine one of the world’s most desirable furniture and veneering timbers. Its durability and workability also make it one of the best boat-building timbers known. The wood contains natural preserving oil with an unmistakable perfume, and its fine and even grain makes the wood exceptionally easy to work with hand tools.