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Kauri Timber Company catalogue

The Kauri Timber Company was a Melbourne-based syndicate that dominated the kauri felling and milling industry from 1888 onwards. These extracts from the company’s Auckland factory catalogue date from 1906, the year after the kauri industry peaked. They show the range of timber goods produced, from furniture to fretwork.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-B-Building-Supplies-ca-1906-Front

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Nancy Swarbrick, Logging native forests – The timber industry, 1840–1920, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/12742/kauri-timber-company-catalogue (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009.

Comments

Jenny Butt
23 April 2016
Wondering if you could tell me if your records have a George Thomas Guy from Batemans Bay South Coast NSW Australia. He was in NZ as a Timber Inspector for the NZ Government 1881 there abouts. This family were at the Kauri Timber Company Limited,at Blackwattle Bay,Sydney NSW George Thomas Guy's father Francis Guy was trustees along with Edmond Broad in 1891. Hope you are able to help. Thank you Jenny Butt