The mantelpieces were constructed of a variety of Queensland timbers (maple, cedar, black bean and silky oak) representing the state's timber resources.
They are commonly known as red oak or red silky oak.
Common names include scrub beefwood, white oak and brown silky oak.
In general, casement, hopper and awning windows were framed with silky oak.
Common names include ivory curl flower and spotted silky oak.
The timber is fairly hard and resembles silky oak (Grevillea robusta).
Operations expanded in the 1870s as loggers removed hoop pine, cedar, silky oak and black bean.
Known colloquially as the prickly ash, mountain silky oak or white beefwood, it is a member of the genus Orites within the family Proteaceae.
Common names include mountain silky oak, southern silky oak, prickly ash, and white beefwood.
Common names include grevillea, spider flower, silky oak, bottle brush and toothbrush plant.