October 2024

When we salvage a load of historically significant timber, there’s usually a rush of excitement—but occasionally, a few special pieces linger in our yard longer than expected. Here are three historic hauls with limited stock left—perfect for projects that need a little injection of character and history!

#1 — Jarrah End Grain Blocks From 1920s Kingston Printing Factory

If you’re after something truly unique, our Jarrah end grain blocks are a stunning choice for timeless parquetry flooring. Salvaged from the 1920s Government Print Factory on Wentworth Avenue, Kingston, these blocks are full of local Canberran history. Tough, beautiful, and full of character, they’re a rare find that will bring a piece of Canberra’s past into your home. With only three pallets left, this is a limited opportunity to secure a piece of history. This floor would be perfect for a studio or apartment, one large room or even a gallery space or workshop. It could also work really well to define a mud room or make an entrance area really special.

LEARN MORE: Jarrah End Grain Blocks from 1920s Kingston Printing Factory

JARRAH

SIZE: 90 x 41 x 55mm

QUANTITY AVAILABLE: 3 pallets (15.5 sqm each)

PRICE: $150.00 per sqm

#2 — Blackbutt & Tallowwood from Bakers Creek Bridge, Armidale

This batch of historic timber was salvaged from the Bakers Creek Bridge near Armidale, and includes impressive blackbutt and tallowwood pieces that are nice big section sizes! This timber is ideal for hard-wearing outdoor projects like pergola posts or beams, but also great for creating rustic indoor features like bench seats or exposed ceiling beams. Each piece has been denailed, metal-detected, and docked—ready to go for your next project. A heap of the Bakers Creek decking has just gone into a French farmhouse style home near Newcastle as exposed beams. We’ll try and get photos once its built! The 200x100’s are all sold but we have a pack of the 250x100’s left in stock.

LEARN MORE: Historic Blackbutt & Tallowwood Timber from Bakers Creek Bridge in Armidale

BLACKBUTT & TALLOWWOOD

SIZE: 250 wide x 100mm thick

QUANTITY AVAILABLE: We have 20 pieces left ranging from 2.7 to 5.3 metres in length. Most are close to 4.5m long. In total there is approximately 85 metres.

PRICE: $165 - $198 per metre

#3 — 1920s Port Kembla Industrial Shed Haul: Blackbutt & Spotted Gum Remaining

Salvaged from a massive 1920s industrial shed in Port Kembla, this timber haul is a real treasure. We uncovered a treasure trove of beautiful blackbutt, tallowwood, spotted gum, and oregon—all in long lengths and excellently seasoned over nearly a century.

The majority of this timber has been turned into pergolas and other large outdoor structures, internally as exposed beams for houses, with timber also going into our steel hoop leg tables, bookshelves and cabinets, and offcuts of the oregon going into our Skylark hangboards.

These pieces are perfect for standout projects like waterfall benchtops, Steel Hoop Leg tables, or exposed ceiling beams.

LEARN MORE: New Historic Demolition Timbers // 1920s Industrial Shed in Port Kembla

BLACKBUTT & SPOTTED GUM

SPECIES AVAILABLE: Blackbutt and spotted gum (Tallowwood and Oregon from this haul are all SOLD OUT).

SIZE: 250mm wide x 75mm thick. Lengths ranging 1 up to 5.5 metres.

QUANTITY AVAILABLE: approx. 350 metres altogether.

PRICE: $160.40 to $211.30 per metre

These remaining historic timbers won’t last much longer, so if you’ve got a project in mind, don’t wait to get in touch. If these particular loads aren’t the right fit, we’ve got plenty of other fascinating loads of historical timbers in our yard—reach out to our team, and they’ll run you through current stock options for your project.

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