Isis Bushcare is interested in restoring a small section of the Isis Scrub. It originally covered 360 square kilometres and was described in
1863 as a "mass of hoop pine tops ... an enormous supply of timber ... growing on an exceedingly fertile area, in the heart of a forgotten
country". It provided a useful source of "softwood" timber for the pioneering farming families. In a landscape dominated by Eucalypt
hardwoods, species such as Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) were keenly sought as they were easier to work. Common names were given to many other species, for example Crows Ash (Flindersia australis) Queensland Ebony (Diospyros ferrera) and
Yellow Boxwood (Planchonella pohlmaniana).
You can read more about the Isis Scrub in the documents below
1863 as a "mass of hoop pine tops ... an enormous supply of timber ... growing on an exceedingly fertile area, in the heart of a forgotten
country". It provided a useful source of "softwood" timber for the pioneering farming families. In a landscape dominated by Eucalypt
hardwoods, species such as Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) were keenly sought as they were easier to work. Common names were given to many other species, for example Crows Ash (Flindersia australis) Queensland Ebony (Diospyros ferrera) and
Yellow Boxwood (Planchonella pohlmaniana).
You can read more about the Isis Scrub in the documents below
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