Over four years' time, a timber cutter would stand only a 1-in-200 chance of being killed.

Soon a few timber cutters and a police camp were also located there.

European settlement of the area followed on from the early timber cutters in the 1860s.

The Beechmont district was first settled in the 1880s by timber cutters.

The valley was first explored by timber cutters seeking cedar in 1845.

They worked as timber cutters, market gardeners and maize growers.

The first European settlers were timber cutters in the 1850s who subsequently established sawmills.

First found by timber cutters south of Cairns in the late 19th century, then thought to be extinct.

In Australia the occupation is referred to as timber cutter or cool cutters.

Along with timber cutters and gold miners, they, too, are moving ever deeper into the forests.