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Jarrah
Jarrah is a durable Australian hardwood with heartwood ranging from light red to dark brick red, darkening with light exposure. It has interlocked or wavy grain, sometimes with gum pockets or curly figure, and a medium to coarse texture. Highly resistant to decay and insects, it is difficult to machine due to its density and grain, but it glues, turns, and finishes well. Commonly used for flooring, construction, veneer, cabinetry, outdoor furniture, and turned objects, Jarrah is valued for its durability, vibrant color, and suitability for exterior applications. Jarrah burl is especially prized for its aesthetic qualities.
Marri
Marri is a distinctive bloodwood native to Western Australia, found in various forests and regions across the southwest. Known for its gummy red protrusions on the trunk, its high gum content results in low first-grade timber recovery. The timber features a dark red gum contrast with yellow to pale brown heartwood and a paler, often white sapwood. It has a coarse, even texture with interlocked grain and common gum veins. Marri is increasingly used for furniture, flooring, construction, and sporting equipment, valued for its honey color and attractive vein structure.
Sheoak
This wood features pink to reddish-brown heartwood with light yellowish-brown sapwood. It has large rays that form a lace-like pattern, especially on quartersawn surfaces. The grain is straight with a medium to fine texture and moderate luster. It is durable, resistant to borers, and easier to work with than denser species, turning, gluing, and finishing well. Common uses include flooring, furniture, turned objects, and small specialty items. The ray fleck is most visible on flatsawn surfaces and may appear too large and irregular on quartersawn pieces.
WA Blackbutt
Western Australian blackbutt, also known as yarri, is a large hardwood native to the wetter southwest forests of Western Australia. It is limited in supply due to its growth mainly in reserves. The wood has a pale yellowish-brown heartwood and a lighter sapwood, with a medium to coarse texture and interlocked grain, making it somewhat challenging to work with. Despite this, it has good workability overall. It may contain pinholes that can be sanded or polished out. This timber is commonly used for construction, flooring, and joinery.
Tuart
Tuart is a coastal tree with rough, fibrous grey bark and glossy, light green, lance-shaped leaves. It is naturally found along a narrow coastal strip of Western Australia’s Swan Coastal Plain, from Yanchep to Busselton, with scattered populations further north and inland. Tuart grows in well-drained sandy soils, often over limestone, and occurs in coastal shrublands and open woodlands, sometimes alongside peppermint trees.
Tuart is a durable hardwood the timber is sought after for flooring, structural timber, the construction of railway carriages, and boat building. The colouring and grain pattern of the timber also makes it a popular choice for furniture manufactures. Due to over-logging the tuart is a protected tree with conditions placed on logging. The heartwood is a pale yellow-brown colour with a fine texture and a very interlocked grain. The green wood has a density of 1,250 kilograms per cubic metre (78 lb/cu ft) and an air-dried density of 1,030 kilograms per cubic metre (64 lb/cu ft).
Karri
Karri wood features heartwood that ranges from golden to reddish brown, darkening with age, with grayish white sapwood. It has interlocked grain creating ribbon-like patterns on quartersawn surfaces, and a medium to coarse texture. Rated as durable to moderately durable, it has moderate insect resistance but is susceptible to termites. Due to its density, it is difficult to work with and may cause tearout and blunt tools, though it glues and finishes well. Commonly used for flooring, furniture, cabinetry, plywood, and construction. As one of Australia’s tallest trees, karri provides long, defect-free lumber trunks.
Wandoo
Wandoo wood is extremely dense, hard, and durable, making it ideal for heavy-duty construction such as railway sleepers, poles, flooring, beams, and girders. It was historically the preferred timber for railway sleepers and widely used for tannin extraction, with the wood and bark containing 10–12% tannin that supported petroleum, leather, and fishing industries in the 1960s.
The wood is yellow to light reddish-brown, has a wavy to interlocked grain, is highly resistant to termites, does not react with metal fastenings, and is among Australia’s hardest timbers based on Janka hardness testing. It is also the densest true Eucalyptus species and rated at the highest durability class for resistance to decay and termites.
Today, wandoo wood is scarce due to forest preservation for recreation and watershed protection, despite its former high demand and industrial importance.
Peppermint
Narrow-leaved peppermint is a member of a family of eucalypts used in the production of oils. It grows in the mountainous areas of New South Wales and Victoria, and in Tasmania. Although many members of the peppermint family are not suitable for use in construction, the narrow-leaved peppermint has been used for construction, fencing, joinery, outbuildings, handles, sporting goods, and novelties.
The heartwood is pale to light brown, and the sapwood slightly lighter but not readily discernible. The grain is straight or interlocked, and the texture is even and of medium fineness. Although gun veins are common in the narrow-leaved peppermint, they are rather less so in this timber than in other members of the peppermint species, though if present they can cause problems in working the timber.
The heartwood of narrow-leaved peppermint is moderately durable, and the sapwood is susceptible to lyctid borer, though not to termites. Narrow-leaved peppermint works fairly easily with a reduced cutter angle. Pre-boring is necessary. The timber glues well and comes to a reasonable finish, though gum veins are common and can cause problems.
Camphor Laurel
Camphor timber exhibits highly variable colors, typically light brown with shades of gray, red, or olive green, often featuring darker streaks and decorative burls. It has straight, interlocked, or wavy grain with a uniform medium texture, high natural luster, and a slightly greasy feel. Rated as durable with mixed insect resistance, camphor is moderately easy to work with, though interlocked grain may cause minor tearout. It glues and finishes well and is known for its distinctive aroma, used in medicinal and culinary products. Commonly used for veneer, turned objects, chests, cabinetry, and furniture, camphor is also valued for its aromatic oils, which help prevent tarnishing and moth damage. Its beautiful burls add to its decorative appeal.
Silky Oak
Silky Oak features a reddish-brown heartwood with prominent rays and flecks, especially when quartersawn. It has a coarse texture with straight grain, and is moderately durable and resistant to decay and insects. The wood is generally easy to work with, glues and finishes well, though planing can be challenging. Its common uses include veneer, cabinetry, fine furniture, musical instruments, and small decorative items.
River Redgum
River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) is a durable Australian timber known for its distinctive red color and strength. Widely found along rivers across mainland Australia, it can tolerate flooding. The timber features a reddish-brown heartwood with a coarse texture, often with interlocked grain and gum veins. Its attractive appearance and durability make it suitable for various uses, including construction, flooring, furniture, fencing, and veneer. Historically, it was also used for street paving in Sydney.
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