| 1873 |
“Forest Trees Planting Encouragement Bill” to encourage tree planting in S.A. |
| 1875 |
First Forestry Board appointed with G.W. Goyder as Chairman |
| 1876 |
Planting begins at Bundaleer, Wirrabra and Mount Gambier |
| 1882 |
South Australian Woods and Forests Department formed |
| 1889 |
First Arbor Day in Australia in Adelaide (20th June) |
| 1899 |
Planting begins at Kuitpo in the Mount Lofty Ranges |
| 1902 |
Milling commences at Wirrabara in the Mid-North |
| 1907 |
Planting of large areas of Radiata pine in the South East |
| 1909 |
Planting begins at Mount Crawford |
| 1910 |
Government land purchases for forestry totals 45,290 Ha |
| 1931 |
Government sawmill at Mt. Burr commenced operation |
| 1935 |
S.A. Forestry Royal Commission
Expansion of plantation
Reservation and management of native forest areas |
| 1939 |
Zinc deficiency in soils identified as cause of dieback and rectified |
| 1941 |
First annual surplus of income over expenditure payment to S.A. Treasury |
| 1942 |
Wood pulp production commences using small logs from thinning operations |
| 1957 |
Particle board production begins in South Australia |
| 1958 |
Wandilo Fire, eight employees killed in a fire storm event |
| 1960 |
KCA opens its first tissue plant at Millicent
Pressure preservation timber used for electricity and communication poles |
| 1970 |
Start of implementation of solutions to stop second rotation productivity decline |
| 1982 |
First RFW Fire trucks put into service |
| 1983 |
21,000 Ha of pine plantation destroyed in Ash Wednesday fires |
| 1985 |
Native Vegetation Act stops the clearing of native forest in South Australia |
| 1992 |
Bleached pulp produced from plantation Radiata pine at KCA mill in Tantanoola |
| 1993 |
State sawmills sold |
| 1999 |
First Bundaleer Forest Weekend |
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| 2001 |
South Australian Forestry Corporation established (trading as ForestrySA) |
| 2002 |
Certification to international environmental standard ISO 14001 |
| 2004 |
Record harvest of 1.8 million cubic metres of log from ForestrySA plantations
Certification to Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) AS 4708
First ForestrySA Wood Sculpture Competition
FireKings replace RFW fire trucks |
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| 2005 |
First use of aerial water bombing in fire control |
| 2006 |
Commenced woodchip exports from the Green Triangle Treefarm Project |
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| 2007 |
New ForestrySA Head Office opened in Mount Gambier |
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| 2008 |
ForestrySA Gold Sponsor of AUSTimber2008 in Mount Gambier |
