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    South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary

    Forestry

    For an essay on forestry in the South East see under Place Names - South East

    "The Days of the Pit Saw" is in the Advertiser,
    16 and 22 February 1935, pages 11g and 24d,
    14 and 24 May 1935, pages 17b and 25a,
    10 July 1935, page 21a.

    "Forest Culture in SA - Its History and Possibilities" is in the Register,
    26 January 1903, page 6b; also see
    The Mail,
    1 May 1937, page 20d.

    Gum resin for export is discussed in the Observer,
    1 July 1843, page 6c.

    "The Gum Wattles" is in the Southern Australian,
    19 January 1844, page 2e,
    9 and 13 February 1844, pages 2e and 2b,
    3 May 1844, page 2e,
    "Wattle Gum" in the Register,
    9 July 1845, page 3e.

    The export of native gum is reported in the Observer,
    28 June 1845, page 2c.
    "The Gums and Resins of Australia" is in the Observer,
    16 August 1856, page 2b (supp.).

    "Forestry in SA" is in the Observer,
    29 May 1847, page 5c.

    A meeting of persons interested in the timber trade is reported in the Observer,
    23 February 1856, page 4g,
    "The Timber Trade" on
    1 March 1856, page 6h.

    "The Gums and Resins of Australia"is in the Observer,
    16 August 1856, page 2b (supp.).

    "A Visit to the Glen Para Sawmills" is reported in the Register,
    26 April 1869, page 3e.

    "Forest Culture" is in the Chronicle,
    22 July 1871, page 11e.

    Information on sandalwood is in the Observer,
    27 July 1872, page 7c,
    "Sandalwood for Shipment" is in the Register,
    11, 15 and 24 May 1926, pages 10c, 7d and 7e; also see
    4 December 1926, page 9a,
    12 April 1927, page 2f,
    5 April 1928, page 10f,
    5 and 14 May 1928, pages 8g and 13e,
    Observer,
    23 April 1927, page 59c,
    12 June 1930, page 4c,
    The News,
    20 October 1930, page 2d,
    13 February 1931, page 11c,
    1 July 1932, page 8e,
    4 August 1934, page 2d,
    21 October 1936, page 6f.

    "Rural Industries and Forest Culture" is in the Chronicle,
    8 February 1873, page 11d.

    "Forest Culture" is in the Observer,
    14 June 1873, page 9a,
    4 October 1873, page 9b,
    13 December 1873, page 9a,
    14 March 1874, page 9b,
    12 September 1874, page 9a,
    12 and 26 June 1875, pages 9c and 9a-e.

    "Rural Industry and Forest Culture" is in the Register,
    4 February 1873, page 6d; also see
    1 October 1873, page 4g,
    25 November 1873, page 5f,
    6 December 1873, page 4d,
    Observer,
    18 July 1874, page 9a,
    Register,
    8 June 1875, page 5a,
    19 October 1875, page 7a,
    5 February 1877, page 5g,
    4 September 1877, page 4f,
    7 June 1878, page 7c.

    "Forest Tree Planting and Its Influence on Climate" is in the Register,
    7 June 1878, page 7c.

    "Forest Culture" is in the Observer,
    11 January 1879, page 9f,
    "The Destruction of Forest Trees" on
    12 April 1879, page 10a,
    Register,
    9 April 1879, pages 4e-6a.

    "Encouragement to Tree Culture in SA" is in the Chronicle,
    11 June 1881, page 14b.

    "Forests and Climate" is in the Advertiser,
    2 February 1882, page 6a,
    11 March 1882, page 2b (supp.).

    "Tree Planting in the North" is in the Register,
    21 and 22 June 1882, pages 6b and 6b.

    "The Progress of Forest Planting" is in the Observer,
    26 January 1884, page 11d.

    Also see Register,
    23 January 1884, page 6f,
    20 February 1885, page 6a,
    Observer,
    28 February 1885, page 12a,
    14 March 1885, page 11c,
    11 April 1885, page 11c,
    Register,
    12 and 14 May 1885, pages 6c and 6f,
    2 and 4 June 1885, pages 6a,
    18 August 1885, page 5h,
    7 January 1886, page 7a,
    20 January 1887, page 6c,
    4 May 1888, page 6d,
    4 January 1890, page 6a,
    2 May 1891, page 4g,
    12 November 1891, page 4e,
    24 May 1893, page 7b.

    "The Willowie and Wirrabara Forests" is in the Chronicle,
    14 August 1886, page 23e.

    "The Forest Department" is in the Register,
    7 October 1886, page 4f.

    "Osier Cultivation in the County of Hindmarsh" is in the Chronicle,
    12 November 1887, page 14e.

    "A Profitable State Enterprise" is in the Observer,
    12 May 1888, page 11c.

    "Why Should Forest Trees be Planted?" is in the Observer,
    23 October 1886, page 9a,
    "Fields and Forests of the North" on
    24 September 1887, page 13b.

    "Our Forest Reserves" is in the Advertiser,
    11 May 1888, page 6b,
    "The Uses of the Forest Department" in the Observer,
    21 September 1889, page 12e.

    "The Brave Old Oak" is in the Register,
    30 March 1892, page 7d.

    An editorial on "Woods and Forests" is in the Advertiser,
    29 November 1893, page 4d,
    "Our Woods and Forests" on
    26 December 1894, page 4d,
    "Our Forests" on
    7 October 1896, page 4e.

    "Forest Conservation in SA" is in the Advertiser,
    29 November 1897, page 4d,
    "Our Forests" on
    11 November 1898, page 4g,
    12 May 1899, page 4f.

    "The State Forests" is in the Observer,
    25 November 1899, page 5d.

    "The State Forestry Department" is in the Advertiser,
    17 November 1899, page 4e,
    "Our State Forests" on
    11 December 1900, page 4e,
    "Our Forests" on
    29 November 1901, page 4d.

    "The Forest Report" is in the Advertiser,
    13 December 1902, page 6d,
    "State Forestry" on
    6 August 1903, page 4d,
    13 October 1904, page 4c.

    Also see Register,
    5 September 1895, page 4g,
    7 October 1896, page 4f,
    16 October 1900, page 4d,
    15 December 1902, page 9e,
    26 January 1903, page 6b,
    13 October 1909, page 6b,
    29 September 1913, page 10a,
    12 March 1917, page 7d.

    "Wanted - A Forestry Protection Association" is in the Register on
    13 March 1899, page 4d; also see
    17 and 23 March 1899, pages 7h and 6f,
    15 April 1899, page 9h.

    "The Fuel Supply of Adelaide" is in the Chronicle,
    12 July 1902, page 30a
    "Our Timber Supplies" on
    6 June 1903, page 25e.

    Biographical details of Walter Gill, Conservator of Forests, are in the Register,
    11 September 1903, page 4i,
    Observer,
    19 September 1903, page 26a,
    Register,
    13 October 1915, page 6h.

    "Our State's Forests" is in the Observer,
    15 December 1906, page 36d.

    "Forestry" is in the Register,
    8 July 1907, page 4d.

    "Mallee Charcoal" is in the Register,
    16 February 1910, page 9a,
    "Charcoal and Commerce - The Carr Patent Burner" is in The Mail,
    27 July 1912, page 6d.

    "The State Forests - Looking to the Future" is in the Register,
    6 August 1910, page 6c (includes photographs).

    Biographical details of N.W. Jolly are in the Register,
    7 September 1910, page 8e,
    of A.E.V. Richardson on
    26 and 28 June 1911, pages 7d and 6g,
    of H.H. Corbin on
    21 October 1911, page 14i.

    "A Useful Tree - The Carob" is in the Register,
    23 December 1911, page 11b.

    "Our Forests" on
    24 October 1912, page 6d,
    "Trees" on
    6 March 1914, page 12e:

    An interview with Mr Walter Gill, Conservator of Forests, is in The Mail,
    19 July 1913, page 8d.

    "Our Timber Resources" is in the Advertiser,
    12 July 1913, page 18e,
    "South Australian Forests" on
    13 December 1922, page 10g,
    "The Urgency of Afforestation" in the Register,
    18 October 1923, page 8d.

    "Our Timber Resources" is in the Advertiser,
    12 July 1913, page 18e,
    "South Australian Forests" on
    13 December 1922, page 10g,
    "The Urgency of Afforestation" in the Register,
    18 October 1923, page 8d.

    The reminiscences of James Ward are in the Observer,
    13 October 1917, page 4c.

    Information on and photographs of "The Utility of Stringybark" are in the Observer,
    25 May 1918, page 24.

    "State Forests" is in the Observer,
    19 November 1921, page 21a.

    "Pine Timbers - Cultivation in SA" is in the Register,
    8 November 1919, page 10b.
    "The Remarkable Pine" is in the Register,
    18 January 1921, page 5d,
    Observer,
    8 April 1922, page 5a.

    "The Bald State - Treeless South Australia" is in The Mail,
    11 August 1923, page 3a.

    Biographical details of Edward Julius, Conservator of Forests, are in the Observer,
    12 January 1924, page 6a.

    "Hundred Thousand Acres for Forests" is in The News,
    14 January 1926, page 1b,
    "Great Afforestation Scheme" in the Advertiser,
    15 March 1926, page 16a.

    "Forestry - The Need for a Wiser Vision" is in the Register,
    30 January 1926, page 11e,
    13 February 1926, page 9c.

    "Northern State Forests" is in the Register,
    1 January 1927, page 12d,
    "Lessons in Afforestation" in the Observer,
    8 September 1928, page 52d,
    "Pine Cultivation" on
    15 September 1928, page 22c.

    "The Murray Pine" is in the Register,
    17 August 1927, page 12e.

    An obituary of Frederick Melville is in the Observer,
    7 April 1928, page 49c.

    "Valuable Native Timber" is in The News,
    11 September 1928, page 28b.

    "Our Forests - Pine Cultivation" is in the Observer,
    15 September 1928, page 22a.

    "Afforestation in South Australia" is in the Advertiser,
    25 and 28 January 1930, pages 21e and 14c,
    "Our Forests" on
    3 February 1930, page 14d.

    "Our Forest Wealth" is in the Advertiser,
    22 May 1931, page 18e; also see
    18 June 1932, page 17f,
    The Mail,
    18 June 1932, page 12f,
    21 January 1933, page 3b.

    "Money in Mulga - Tough Material for Ornaments" is in The News,
    18 August 1932, page 8f.

    "SA Man Devises Plant for Handling of Timber" is in The News,
    18 June 1936, page 24e.

    Information on research on pine trees is in The Mail,
    4 July 1936, page 4.
    "Huge Softwood Forest of South-East" is in the Chronicle,
    4 November 1937, page 6a.

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