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South Australian Timber Corporation ( - c. 1993)

Function: Advisory or Regulatory Body and Forest or Timber Industries

Location: South Australia, Australia

The South Australian Timber Corporation was the the production and marketing arm of the Department of Woods and Forests in South Australia. It trialed the Scrimber method of subdividing wood before it is reconstituted, setting up a dedicated mill in Mt Gambier. In around 1993 ForestrySA merged its processing plants with South Australian Timber Corporation and formed a new corporation called Forwood Products.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A001439. [ Details ]

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