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Western Australian hard woods and their uses for street paving, engineering and other purposes, with reports and returns / issued from the Western Australian Agency
Record no:
86524
Call no:
674.8 WES
Author:
Western Australian Agency
Publisher:
London: Western Australian Agency
Year:
1902
Description:
1 v. (68 leaves) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Jarrah
;
Karri
;
Hardwoods - Western Australia
;
Plank roads
;
Timber - Western Australia
;
Forest products - Western Australia
;
Jarrah paving - Western Australia - Photographs
;
more...
Notes:
Available online. This copy has been downloaded from the internet.
"The object contemplated by this publication is to assist the trend of opinion in favour of wood paving for city and suburban thoroughfares, and to show the advantages of Western Australian hard woods for engineering and other purposes ..." --p. 2.
Includes images of paving with jarrah wood blocks ca.1900 also downloaded fom the State Library of W.A.
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