Stringy Bark

Scientific: Eucalyptus obliqua
Awabakal: Nararing
Worimi: Buranbang 

This is a Stringy Bark tree, known in the Awabakal language as Nararing and Worimi as Punnah.
Stringy Bark is a general term used to describe a variety of Eucalyptus species. Eucalyptus obliqua is the scientific name for the example growing in Museum Park.

Stringy Bark can grow up to 90 meters tall and is found from Tasmania through the eastern states into southern Queensland. It has rough fibrous bark on the trunk and flowers most months, producing white blossoms and woody fruit.  Stringy Bark wood is easily split and worked, glued, steamed, and stained.

Stringy Bark is a significant component in traditional boat building and is used to make canoes called Kuueeyung in Worimi. The bark is softened by fire, making it easy to fold at both ends and crystallising the sap to create a watertight seal. The ends are tied with string also made from bark. You can see a finished example inside Newcastle Museum.
 

See in the museum:

Location: Foyer
Label: Kuueeyung