Similar in appearance to Tasmanian Oak, this timber is cream to pale fawn in colour with a pinkish tinge. It is straight grained and the texture is open but even.

This is a durable timber widely used where toughness, strength and bending qualities are required.

Acacia carneorum

Purple Mulga is an extremely rare and very dense timber type and is included on the CSIRO endangered species list. Mulga woodlands cover 20% of the Australian continent. The most common is Acacia aueura - the Mulga, which takes on several forms. One is the round form found in sandhill country, another is the Christmas Tree form, another the weeping tree form, and another like an umbrella inside out. In favourable conditions young plants will grow at a rate of 1 metre every 10 years up to a height of 10 metres. Reduced rainfall or drought conditions will slow down this process or bring it to a temporary halt, a mature tree will usually be more than 100 years old.

Wattle

Also known as Gidgee, Boree, Myall, Deadfinish, Mulga, Brigalow. About 800 species grow in Australia. They are widespread in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid regions and have a distinctively different foliage to those of Africa and Asia. They vary from tall trees to prostate shrubs with great variation in leaf and seed shape, though are easily identified by their ball-like yellow flowers. The dark brown hardwood has a narrow band of yellow sapwood and is a hard and heavy timber that takes a high finish. The plants are important for shelter, shade, fodder and increasing soil fertility.

Millettia laurentii

Wenge is an exotic timber from the open forests of Zaire, Cameroon, Gabon, the southern regions of Tanzania, and Mozambique. It is also found in the swampy forests of the Congo region. The tree is described as medium sized, and attains a height of 50 to 60 feet (15 to 18 m). The sapwood is pale yellow or whitish in color, and is clearly demarcated from the heartwood. The heartwood is dark brown, mostly black, with fine, closely spaced, very dark veins and white lines. The combination of white bands against the dark wood with black streaks gives Wenge a very attractive appearance. Generally used by Australian woodworkers as small detail items on furniture and small objects.

Atherosperma moschatum

This distinctive tree grows in high rainfall areas predominantly throughout Tasmania with some growth in Victoria and South Eastern NSW, It is much sought after as furniture timber. The heartwood is a creamy to light grey colour and often has a black stain. This "blackheart" is in demand for turnery and other specialist work and is caused by a bacterial infection. The bark of the Sassafras tree is aromatic and was used for brewing sassafras beer and for making tea.

Flindersia spp.

The Silver Ashes are rainforest hardwoods growing from the Mid North Coast to Far North Queensland. The tree grows up to 35m in height and 1m in diameter. The timber colour varies from almost white to pale yellow to greyish silver and has little or no figuring in the grain. It is a stable timber, reasonably durable, easily worked and steam bends well. It has a natural lustre, finishes well and is a popular timber for furniture making as well as for sporting goods and boat building.

Acer saccharum

Rock Maple is a medium to large non-rainforest hardwood of North-east America and Canada. It can reach heights of up to 40m and up to 1 m in diameter. The heartwood is creamy-white sometimes with a reddish tinge. The sapwood is wide, generally of the same colour. Larger and older trees sometimes have a dark brown heart. The grain is generally straight though sometimes wavy with a "fiddle-back" figuring. It has a naturally high lustre, fine and uniform texture with "Birdseye" figuring present in some trees. The sap of this tree is the source of Maple Syrup.