15-825: Dorrigo is a place in New South Wales, Australia; it may refer to: Dorrigo Plateau , Northern Tablelands Dorrigo, New South Wales , town on the Dorrigo Plateau Dorrigo National Park , on the Dorrigo Plateau Dorrigo railway line , largely defunct railway line terminating at Dorrigo Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum , privately owned collection of railway equipment Dorrigo Pepper ( Tasmannia stipitata ), rainforest shrub Dorrigo Plum ( Endiandra introrsa ), rainforest tree [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
30-435: A brown colour and tear open into star shape to release seeds, which are small and winged. In Australia, the tree's natural habitat is subtropical forests of New South Wales and Queensland , much of which has been extensively cleared. The Australian population was formerly treated as a distinct species under the name Toona australis . The southernmost limit of natural distribution is on basaltic soils, growing west of
45-409: A result, successful planting of Toona ciliata is being observed in many parts of Brazil , including genetic improvement and clonal production. The timber is red in colour, easy to work and very highly valued. It was used extensively for furniture, wood panelling and construction, including shipbuilding, and was referred to as "red gold" by Australian settlers. Heavily and unsustainably exploited in
60-594: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dorrigo Plateau The Dorrigo Plateau is a plateau in the Northern Tablelands and New England regions of New South Wales , Australia . The plateau forms part of the Great Dividing Range and is sometimes referred to as the Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes Plateau . The highest peak on
75-483: Is less susceptible to attack by the cedar tip moth . The cedar tip moth lays its eggs on the tree's leading shoot, allowing the larvae to burrow into the stem. This causes dieback and a multi-branched tree with little commercial value. The tree exudes a chemical that the female cedar tip moth seeks out. This moth does not attack commercial plantings of Asian/African/Australian native meliaceas in South America. As
90-555: The Grafton area. Using his skills as a horseman, Craig travelled along the western side of the Nymboida River. Craig's track became a road, now roughly following the same path as the present Grafton to Armidale Road and travelling through the present day villages of Nymboida , Billy's Creek, Dundurrabin, Tyringham and Ebor , the latter with an elevation of 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) AHD . Timbergetters followed Craig through
105-548: The Princes Highway near the village of Termeil , south of Ulladulla , southern Illawarra , New South Wales. It also occurs naturally at Norfolk Island . The largest recorded T. ciliata tree in Australia grew near Nulla Nulla Creek, west of Kempsey, New South Wales and was felled in 1883. It grows best in an environment with high light levels, however in the relative darkness of the rainforest understorey, it
120-555: The 19th and early 20th centuries, almost all the large trees have been cut out and the species is essentially commercially extinct. Availability of this timber is now limited. Timber is currently also harvested in New Guinea. Although it is not generally a viable plantation species, trees are regularly harvested by Forestry in the Atherton region of Queensland. The red cedar is widely planted in subtropical and tropical parts of
135-737: The genus Toona ), Australian red cedar , Burma cedar , Indian cedar , Moulmein cedar or the Queensland red cedar . It is also known as Indian mahogany . Indigenous Australian names include Polai in the Illawarra . Woolia on the Richmond River , Mamin & Mugurpul near Brisbane , and Woota at Wide Bay . Also called Ai saria in Timor-Leste . The tree has extended compound leaves up to 90 cm with 10-14 pairs of leaflets which are narrow and taper towards
150-481: The head of Mathews Creek, then by the watershed extending generally south southeast to Dome Mountain. Located on the eastern edge of the plateau is the town of Dorrigo , 580 kilometres (360 mi) north of the Sydney and 60 kilometres (37 mi) from the coastal city of Coffs Harbour . Richard Craig was the first European to arrive at the plateau, following the traditional indigenous route to Armidale from
165-466: The original granite base. Weathering from high rainfall caused an escarpment to form as the more ancient rocks underneath remained intact. Australian Red Cedar Toona ciliata is a forest tree in the mahogany family which grows throughout South Asia from Afghanistan to Papua New Guinea and Australia . It is commonly known as the red cedar (a name shared by other trees), tone , toon or toona (also applied to other members of
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#1732776097908180-541: The plateau is Barren Mountain , at an elevation of 1,437 metres (4,715 ft) AHD . The plateau is defined by that area bounded in the south by the Dorrigo Escarpment, in the west by the New England Tableland, in the north by Hyland State Forest, Blicks River , Glen Fernaigh Creek and Nymboida River , and in the east by Bielsdown River up to the junction with Mathews Creek, then up to
195-424: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dorrigo&oldid=851264867 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
210-523: The sub tropical rainforest and many sawmills grew due to demand for timber, initially the highly prized Australian Red Cedar ( Toona australis ). Today, the main access road traversing the plateau from east to west is the Waterfall Way . The Dorrigo Plateau and surrounding Guy Fawkes River National Park area was created by successive basaltic lava flows from the Ebor Volcano covering
225-559: The tip. Each leaflet is between 4.5 and 16 cm long. The species can grow to around 60 m (200 ft) in height and its trunk can reach 3 m (10 ft) in girth with large branches that create a spreading crown. It is one of Australia's few native deciduous trees, with the leaves falling in autumn (late March) and growing back in spring (early September). The new leaf growth is reddish pink in colour. The tree produces masses of white flowers that are very small and tubular in shape. The fruits are green capsules which senesces to
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