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Abstract

Among many other natural resources, Tasmania possesses
large forests of valuable timbers. It is a land of forests,
extending in many places to the water's edge, and producing
more than 50 varieties of timber trees, from which woods
suitable for almost any purpose may be obtained.Includes photographs, sawmill tramway, shipping timber at Hobart for Dover(England) Breakwater - average lenght 100 feet, felling a stringy-bark and blue gums and sassafras

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Green, AO
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, Van Diemens Land, VDL, Hobart Town, natural sciences, proceedings, records
Journal or Publication Title:	Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Collections:	Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Additional Information:	In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania.
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