35. Australia: Timber And Timber Products
General
W H Warren. Australian Timbers. Sydney 1892.
(p) J H Maiden. 'Notes on some New South Wales Timbers', Building & Engineering Journal,25 May 1890, pp 370-1.
R T Baker & H G Smith, A Research on the Pines of Australia (Technological Museum, New South Wales, Sydney 1910).
J C Penny. Tasmanian Forestry. 2nd ed, Hobart 1910.
(p) Tasmanian International Exhibition, 1894-5. Tasmanian Timbers. Tasmania, no date [c 1894-5].
James Mann. Australian Timbers. Melbourne 1900.
James Mann. Australian Timbers. 2nd ed, Melbourne 1921.
Notes on the Timbers of Western Australia. Perth 1908.
(f) R T Baker. The Hardwoods of Australia. Sydney 1919.
The Principal Timbers of New South Wales. 4th ed, Sydney 1921.
(p) New Zealand Pine Lands Proprietary Limited, Pines for Profit. Melbourne, no date [c 1926]. Together with a list of prominent Victorian bondholders.
(p) South Australian Pine Forests Limited, Prospectus. Adelaide 1925.
E H F Swain. The Timber and Forest Products of Queensland. Brisbane 1928.
New South Wales, Forestry Commission, Division of Wood Technology. The Flooring Timbers of New South Wales. Sydney 1944 [1942].
D Dalgleish. Timber Roof Trusses for Domestic Buildings[Commonwealth Experimental Building Station, technical study no 29]. 3rd ed, Sydney 1958 [1949].
Plywood: its Preparation, Properties and Uses. Brisbane 1947.
N K Wallis. Australian Timber Handbook. Sydney 1956
C J Watson. Queensland Building Timbers and Specifications for their Use [reprint of pamphlet no 5, Queensland, Department of Forestry]. Brisbane 1982 [1964].
Testing
(p) E A Ward. Timber of New South Wales (its Elasticity and Strength). New South Wales, Legislative Assembly. 1858.
W H Warren. The Strength and Elasticity of New South Wales Timbers of Commercial Value. Sydney 1887.
(p) R W Chapman. The Strength of South Australian Timbers. Adelaide 1922.
Treatment
(p) Cuming, Smith & Co Pty Ltd. Our Forest Industries. Melbourne, no date [1920s].
(p) Borer & White Ant Exterminating Co. of Victoria. The Great Menace to Our Homes. Melbourne, no date [1920s].
Roughley, T C, & M B Welch, Wood Borers Damaging Timber in Australia. 2nd ed, Technological Museum, New South Wales, Sydney 1923.
S A Clarke. The Seasoning of Western Australian Hardwood. Perth 1927.
New South Wales Forestry Commission Division of Wood Technology. Kiln Drying[Pamphlet no 9]. Sydney 1942 [1940].
Timber Preservers Association of Australia. Timber Preservation in Australia. Unley Park [South Australia] 1965.
Merchants
(f) Australasian Steam Joinery, Saw, Planing & Moulding Mills, Collins Street West, & near Victorian Railways. John Sharp. Melbourne, no date [c 1880].
(p) Lord & Hughes' Monthly Circular. Timber and Building Materials. Melbourne 1884. [Link]
Newcastle Timber Merchants. Catalogue. Newcastle [New South Wales], no date [?c 1910]. [Link]
(p) James Moore & Sons Ppty. Ltd. Price List 96 August 1913. Melboune 1913. [Link]
(p) George Hudson & Son Ltd. Cottage Homes. 8th ed, Sydney 1915. A very large range of prefabricated houses (plus one church and one sleepout) of timber, with asbestos cement as an optional cladding. [Link]
(p) William Sandover & Co. Designers and Manufactures of Mantels. Perth no date. [Link]
(p) Farmer & Company, Ltd. Australian Timbers. Sydney 1922. [Link]
(p) Reid Bros Ltd. Wholesale Price List. Adelaide 1926. [Link]
S A Burns Ltd General Timber Merchants. Price List. Sydney 1926. [Link]
Andrew Cook & Sons Ltd. Price List. Newcastle [New South Wales] 1936. [Link]
George Hudson Pty Ltd. Price List. Sydney 1937. [Link]
(p) Reid Bros. Ltd. Wholesale Price List. Adelaide 1939. [Link]
(p) Clive King. Price List. [issue no 3] Melbourne & Oakleigh 1939. [Link]
(p) Timber Merchants' Association of Melbourne and Suburbs. Price List of Timber, Joinery, Etc. 21st June 1941. Melbourne 1941. [Link]
George Hudson Pty. Limited. Price-List. Sydney 1943. [Link]
Alexander Henderson. A Century in Timber 1853-1953. Melbourne 1953. Two copies, nos. 33 & 88 of 2050.
See also:
(sec 38) Bevan & Edwards, Woodworkers' & Sawmill Supplies Lowndes, South Pacific Enterprise(for Cane-ite, Timbrock &c) Hambly, Thermoplastic Synthetic Resins (sec 39) Hudson's "Ready-Cut" Homes