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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