I would appreciate it if someone could identifythis log
Regards.
John Doyle
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I would appreciate it if someone could identifythis log
Regards.
John Doyle
Looks like an acacia John but could be any one of literally hundreds - they all look very much alike in that format :shrug:
A look at the bark and leaves would be helpful.
Could also be a Calistemon (Bottlebrush) or a Melaleuca.
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Originally Posted by John Doyle
Here is a thesis on the subject:
Adelaide Research and Scholarship: A prototype interactive identification tool to fragmentary wood from eastern central Australia, and its application to Aboriginal Australian ethnographic artefacts
You might want to contact her thesis advisor directly:
Professor Robert Hill | The University of Adelaide Staff Directory
or her at ??? (jennifer.barker@adelaide.edu.au).
I like the pictures in this part:
http://digital.library.adelaide.edu....chapter8_1.pdf
You might also pass this by Bruce Maslin: Email Bruce Maslin
Show him the bark too. If you have any vague idea where the wood came from, that will reduce the number of possibilities to something less than ~1000 (Acacia species growing in Australia). He may be able to tell you the likely section to which it belongs. Wood density will help narrow the field too.
Is this a want to know question or a test? I would need more to go on.
I think its the one I ran over accidentally a couple of weeks ago....
Thanks to those who answered my call to identify the timber, it would seem that the log is an Prickly Acacia found locally around Bowen.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Doyle