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Our forest history

Queensland has a proud record of forest management spanning more than 100 years and beginning when a Forestry Branch was set up in the Queensland Department of Public Lands in August 1900. The stories in this section give a brief history of Queensland forestry since then.

An alien workforce – one of the most interesting periods in the history of Queensland forestry - more

Board begins Queensland forestry – the Queensland Government has been involved in commercial forestry production for more than 100 years - more

The evergreen years - the evolution of forestry in Queensland ranges from the overexploitation of an apparently limitless resource to the steady consolidation of the modern era - more

Silent sentinels – standing watch over Queensland's $1 billion-plus timber resource - more

Timber tramway – it was one of the engineering feats of early Australia when it was built in the 1920s - more

Visionary changes forestry forever – the turning point for forestry in Australia has often been seen as one man, a rumbustious larger-than-life forest visionary - more

What's in a name? – a look at a century of forestry nomenclature in Queensland - more

Women of the woods – no story about forestry in Queensland would be complete without mention of the essential role played by women - more

Last updated 28 October 2009

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