Ah, Bob, thank you for that lovely bit of history. I suspect there are a number of craftsmen whose hands speak much more eloquently than their mouths.
Using Bill's sources, I ascertained that cedar is toona australasicum,and would you know if that is related to the Chinese Toon tree?
Silky oak is Grevillea robusta and is the same as Horsetail Casuarina, a whispy pine tree looking thing, and not at all related to our N. American gnarly oaks.
The maple is either flindersia brayleana or f. pimenteliana but I could find no pictures in any of my references.
Nor have I a clue what a ceratopelatum apelatum is even related to. I guess Australia really is the other side of the world.
Blessings,
Barbara