| 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 South Australia 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 |
Kimberly-Clark Australia 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. |
| 1973 |
ForestrySA stops clearing of native forest for new plantation establishment, ahead of the South Australian Government’s Native Vegetation Act in 1985. |
| 1982 |
First RFW Fire trucks put into service. |
| 1983 |
21,000 hectares of pine plantation destroyed in Ash Wednesday fires. Thousands of tonnes of wood salvaged and stored in Lake Bonney. |
| 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.
First softwood chip exports. |
| 1993 |
State owned sawmills sold to Carter Holt Harvey. |
| 1995 |
First use by ForestrySA of aerial water bombing in fire control. |
| 1999 |
First Bundaleer Forest Festival Weekend. |
| 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. |
| 2007 |
New ForestrySA Head Office opened in Mount Gambier.
Commencement of use of containerised seedlings. |
| 2008 |
Increase Green Triangle sawlog harvest to 1 million cubic metres.
Pioneered use of LiDAR for plantation productivity assessments. |
| 2010 |
Reviewed silvicultural strategy and increased target sawlog harvest in Green Triangle to 1.1 million cubic metres. |