For those interested, "FLINDERSIA XANTHOXYLA ( LONG JACK): Tall straight tree, good timber species." I searched for the term Long Jack, on the Altavista search engine, by typing in "Long Jack" +Tree (The quotation marks help you find phrases, and the plus sign means that "tree" MUST appear in the document) >From the Noosa District Landcare Group Pages at.... http://www.ozemail.com.au/~ndlcare/species.htm Niall Tangney >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