Wood Library
Designed by Eggleston, MacDonald and Secomb, the Forestry Building (#48) was officially opened on 16 May 1968 by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh with the unveiling of a wooden sculpture in the building’s main foyer.
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About
The Fenner School’s Wood Collection is used in forestry and wood science education and research. The collection has a high degree of historical and research significance. It contains material for resampling for investigative purposes by wood anatomists, archaeologists, anthropologists, furniture and decorative arts conservators, art historians and forensic scientists.
Articles
When scientists observed snow gums dying in huge numbers, they immediately suspected a beetle might be the culprit. The next step seemed easy: catch some beetles. But this is a story about what it’s like to tackle an entirely new problem, so nothing is easy. Not even catching some beetles.
Location
48 Linnaeus Way, Acton ACT 2601