1873. A. Trollope, `Australia and New Zealand,'vol. ii. p. 102:
«It may be that after all the hopes of the West-Australian Micawbers will be realised in jarrah-wood.»
1875. T. Laslett, `Timber and Timber Trees,' p. 189:
«The Jarrah or Mahogany-tree is also found in WesternAustralia. The wood is red in colour, hard, heavy, close intexture, slightly wavy in the grain, and with occasionallyenough figure to give it value for ornamental purposes; itworks up quite smoothly and takes a good polish.»
188. G. W. Rusden, `History of Australia, vol. i. p. 77:
«The jarrah of Western Australia ( Eucalyptus marginata)has a peculiar reputation for its power to defy decay whensubmerged and exposed to the attacks of the dreaded teredo, andhas been largely exported to India.»
1888. R. Kipling, `Plain Tales from the Hills,' p. 163
«. . . the awful butchery . . . of the Maribyrnong Plate. Thewalls were colonial ramparts – – logs of jarrah spiked intomasonry – – with wings as strong as Church buttresses.»
[Jarrah is not a Victorian, but a West-Australian timber, and imported logs are not used by the V.R.C., but white or red gum. For making «jumps,» no logs are «spiked into masonry,» and the Maribyrnong Plate is not a «jump-race.» ]
1892. Gilbert Parker, `Round the Compass in Australia,'p. 415:
«Mr. W. H. Knight, twenty years ago, gave evidence as to thevalue of the jarrah. . . . It is found that piles driven downin the Swan River were, after being exposed to the action ofwind, water, and weather for forty years, as sound and firm aswhen put into the water. . . . It completely resists theattacks of the white ants, where stringy-bark, blue-gum,white-gum, and black-wood are eaten through, or rendereduseless, in from six to twelve years.»
1896. `The Times' (weekly edition), Dec. 4, p. 822, col. 1:
«The jarrah, Eucalyptus marginata, stands pre-eminent asthe leading timber tree of the Western Australian forests. Forconstructive work necessitating contact with soil and waterjarrahwood has no native equal. A jarrah forest is dull,sombre, and uninteresting to the eye. In first-class foreststhe trees attain a height of from 90 ft. to 120 ft., with goodstems 3 ft. to 5 ft. in diameter. The tree is practicallyconfined to the south-western division of the colony, where theheaviest rains of the season fall. As a rule, jarrah is foundeither intermixed with the karri tree or in close proximity toit.»