Hello All, does anyone know what species of tree the term 'long-jack' refers to ? I came across it in an article, written in the 1940's, describing events that occurred in the early 1890's. It has me, and NSW State Forests, stumped (no pun intended !). John Berry -- "YALWAL GOLD FIELD" - a brief introduction to this historic mining area. http://www.shoal.net.au/~lberry/index.html "SHOALHAVEN MINING" - the history and heritage of Yalwal and other mining sites in the Shoalhaven area. http://members.wbs.net/homepages/j/o/h/johnhearmeroar/JOHNHOME.htm