Acknowledgements

The Timber Answers project was funded jointly by the CRC for Wood Innovations and Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation).

Timber Answers has been developed through collaboration between several people and organisations.

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• Queensland Government (2010) Construction Timbers in Queensland: Properties and specifications for satisfactory performance of construction timbers in Queensland. Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Brisbane, and included references.
• Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (2008). Timber species fact sheets. www.dpi.qld.gov.au. Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation.
• Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries. Timber Properties and Uses Archives (unpublished collection).
• Rozsa A and Mills RG (1991) Index of kiln seasoning schedules. CSIRO. 22 pp.
• Simpson W (1998) Equilibrium moisture content of wood in outdoor locations in the United States and worldwide. Research Note FPL-RN-0268, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
• Waterson G.C. (Ed.) Australian Timber Seasoning Manual — 3rd Edn, Appendix 2. (1997). Australian Furniture Research and Development Institute, Newnham, Tasmania.

Species names concur with:

• Australian Plant Names Index (2008) Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian National Herbarium, Canberra
• International Plant Names Index (2008) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria and Australian National Herbarium.

Most images, including timber grains, were supplied by the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation and previous state government departments. On the home page, Timber Queensland provided the image of a timber bridge, and Kennedy’s Queensland, Australia, provided the image of a staircase.