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"Godiva" trailer pump.

"Quench Quick" portable fire pump. Single cylinder air-cooled 4 stroke engine. Normal operating speed 3,000 r.p.m. producing 1.8 H.P. governor controlled.

(June) Creswick plantation canary pine - 16 yrs old

2 storied timber construction - admin. building Melbourne University.

40 year old trees around an old stump show the unusual sprouting ability of the Redwood. America.

40 year old trees around an old stump show the unusual sprouting ability of the Redwood. America.

95. H.P. Cletrac with angledozer, roadmaking at Kiewa. Later stage S.E.C. unit.

A dramatic close-up of water at work. It is the Salt River, in slight flood stage, cutting out extensive silt deposits in the upper part of the Roosevelt Reservoir basin and carrying the mud down nearer the dam.

A good stand of cork oaks in Andalucia the province of Southern Spain which is the centre of production of that country. The trunk of the tree on the left including the lower branches is being stripped. Note the hatchet used to griddle and pry off…

A large cork factory. Seville Spain.

A public monument protected by wood and sandbags

Men walking on a sand dune in the Mallee.

A Selector cutting posts for fencing

A.P.M. Timber Hill, Maryvale. All logs are broken down into flitches by the rig shown (centre background) and thence conveyed to left or right for timer or pulp according to quality. Logs purchased as lumber are end coated with green dye.

Acacia aneura - Mulga

Acacia aneura (mulga) Bourke N.S.W

Acacia dealbata (Silver Wattle)

Acacia penninervis Mt. St Leonard

Acacia pycnantha - inflorescence

Aerial ropeway for logging: Thomson Valley Erica district