Resource Directory
Australian Capital Territory
A Built Environment
66 Sherbrooke St
Ainslie ACT 2602
Ph: 06 247 6988 Fax: 06 247 6944
Contact: Dave Hodgkin
Comments: architectural, carpentry and joinery business specialising in environmentally sustainable projects ranging from passive solar houses to dance halls built from recycled railway bridges!
Thor's Hammer
The Old Canberra Brickworks
Denman St
Yarralumla ACT 26??
Ph: 018 487 178
Contact: Thor Diesendorf
Comments: recycled and demolition timbers
New South Wales
Rose Gum Timbers Pty Ltd
34 Coronation St
Bellingen NSW 2454
Ph: 066 55 2100
Contact: Roger Burke
Comment: specialises in Flooded gum (E. grandis) for furniture and joinery dried in solar kilns. Uses some regrowth timbers: please specify plantation-sourced stock.
Greg Jacob and Partner Pty Ltd
56 Dabee Rd
Kandos NSW 2848
Ph: 063 794 077 Fax: 063 794 977
Contact: Greg Jacob
Comments: dressed and machined recycled timbers.
The Woodage
262-264 Hume Hwy
Mittagong NSW
Ph: 048 721 618
Contact: Peter Mussett
Comments: specialises in salvage from council operations, storm damage and plantation timbers. Please specify timbers not sourced from native forests.
Sydney Metropolitan Area:
Second Hand Building Centre
PO Box 43
Brighton Le Sands
NSW 2216
Ph: 02 599 4765; Fax: 02 597 1782
Contact: Chris Barber
Comments: a wide range of second hand timbers. The company also provides a dressing service.
Gareth Cole and Associates Pty Ltd
PO Box 29
Pennant Hills
NSW 2120
Ph: 02 484 5533; Fax: 02 484 5977
Contact: Gareth Cole
Comments: architects, energy efficiency and ecologically sustainable development consultants. Providers of advice on all environmental aspects of industrial, commercial and domestic building.
Northern Territory:
For further information:
Environment Centre
Northern Territory,
GPO Box 2120, Darwin 0801;
Ph: 089 812 532; Fax: 089 410 387.
Contact: Jayne Weepers.
Queensland:
Ironwood Classic Recycled Timber
(ex-Big Red Shed)
PO Box 1002,
Milton QLD 4064
Ph: 07 3279 0911 Fax: 07 3279 5612
Comments: Thousands of tonnes of recycled Oregon and Hoop pine wharf timbers. Also provides a milling, moulding and finishing service as well as design assistance.
South Australia:
Salvage Enterprises
175-189 Cormack Rd
Wingfield 5013
Ph: 08 260 4888 Fax: 349 5693
Comments: Recycled timbers and dressing service
Tasmania:
Upton Salvage
312 Argyle St
Hobart TAS 7000
Ph: 03 6234 4944; Fax: 002 342 108
Contact: Ian McVilly
Comments: carries a wide range of demolition and recycled timbers. Be sure to specify your requirements, as the company also carries native forest second grade timbers.
T and S Recycling
184 Stoney Rise Rd
Devonport 7310
Ph: 03 6424 6741
Contact: Pam Sharman
Comments: stockist of demolition timbers as well as an excellent range of windows and doors. Buy your windows, then design your house, and save heaps!
Timber World Pty. Ltd.
Main Road
Meander 7304
Ph: 03 6369 5288
Contact: Kim Booth
Comments: Tasmania's largest distributor of plantation pine and Oregon
Victoria:
Radcon Pty Ltd
PO Box 2s4
Yarram Vic 3971
Ph: 051 82 6355
Contact: Andy Knorr
Comments: Andy has developed a radical new way of radial sawing which dramatically cuts sawmilling waste and enables use of small diameter logs. Please specify plantation-sourced timber if ordering.
Nullabor Forest Timber Industries
PO Box 106
Moama Vic 2731
Ph: 054 800044 Fax: 054 800045
Contact: Barry Donchi
Comments: Australia's largest range of quality machined and dressed recycled hardwood timbers. Delivery to anywhere in Australia.
Melbourne Recycled Timbers
184 Brunswick St
Fitzroy Vic 3065
Ph: 03 9419 8430
Contact: Ted Black
Comments: Furniture and construction using reclaimed hardwoods and softwoods.
Western Australia:
For further information:
Conservation Council of
Western Australia,
79 Stirling St, Perth 6000;
Ph: 09 220 0652; Fax: 09 220 0653
Contact: Beth Schultz
Recommended Reading
Friends of the Earth, Good Wood Guide: The responsible and sustainable use of timber, Melbourne, 1996.
Comments: This is a manual detailing the sustainability of almost all timbers in Australia, both domestic and imported. Full of useful statistics, case studies, including addresses of a wide range of "ethical" timber dealers - mostly in Victoria.
Rainforest Information Centre, New South Wales, Good Wood Guide: Alternative timbers timber alternatives, Lismore 2480, 1995
Comments: A manual detailing the sustainability of almost all timbers in Australia, both domestic and imported. Good contacts for New South Wales
Bibliography
- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Statement of Resources Use and Values, 1993
- Clark, Judy, "Australia's Plantations: Industry, Employment, Environment", Environment Victoria, 1995
- DCNR, Wood Utilisation Plan, 1993-1994 (Orbost coupes and amendments)
- Resource Assessment Commission, Forest and Timber Inquiry, consultancy by N. Byron, 1991
- Greenpeace New Zealand, "The Plantation Effect", 1994
- Native Forest Network, Native Forest News, Issue 7
- Earth Garden Magazine, February 1996
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