Tasmanian and other Australian - hardwoods (angiosperms) 
Tasmanian and other Australian hardwoods (botanical) have been listed here. These are the Angiosperms which are flowering plants whose seeds are formed inside a ripening fruit.
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Banksia
Banksia: banksia marginata. Reddish brown with very conspicuous rays. Botanically a hardwood but actually medium soft. Its striking figure makes it ideal for decorative work. -
Cheesewood
Cheesewood: pittosporum bicolour. Off-white to cream colour, dense, hard, stains well. Ideal for kitchen utensils. Tasmanian. -
Goldey Wood
Goldey Wood: monotoca glauca. Golden yellow colour, takes a high polish, fairly dense and hard, Tasmanian -
Jarrah
Jarrah: eucalyptus marginata. A large Western Australian hardwood, dark red, fairly dense, very durable. -
Myrtle
Myrtle: nothofagus cunninghamii. Pink to reddish brown colour, can have a blackheart stain producing a figure known as "tiger Myrtle". -
Native cherry
Native cherry: Exocarpos cupressiformis pink-red-brown coloured hardwood, turns well, large bush or small tree -
Native Olive (Doral)
Native Olive (Doral): notelaea ligustrina. Light cream to brown colour. Contains a natural wax, was used for ships blocks and bearings and the like. Very dense. Tasmanian -
Sassafras
Sassafras: atherosperma moschatum.'Default' wood varies from white to a smokey grey. Its low tannin content made it ideal for clothes pegs but, like myrtle, it can have a distinctive stain which is known as "Blackheart Sassafras" and is highly prized. -
Sassafras, Blackheart
Sassafras, Blackheart: atherosperma moschatum. 'Default' wood varies from white to a smokey grey. Its low tannin content made it ideal for clothes pegs but, like myrtle, it can have a distinctive stain which is known as "Blackheart Sassafras" and is highly prized. -
Tasmanian Blackwood
Tasmanian Blackwood: acacia melanoxylon. Golden to darker brown colour, sometimes with fiddleback figure. Very stable timber, quite hard, ideal for our Ned's plats, mills etc. For those who prefer a darker wood.
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