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Inside Cosmetics, UK, published ‘Out of the blue’ in Dec 1997/Jan 1998. Tea Tree is not the only essential oil from down under: Bill McGilvray describes the qualities of blue cypress oil and others that can be used to produce a wonderful aromatic signature reminiscent of Australia’s great outdoors.

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The International Journal of Aromatherapy Vol 9 No 1 Article called ‘The Birth of Blue Cypress Oil’, by Bill McGilvray, published1998.In-depth article follows the trail from plantation to perfume: the history, development and marketing of this indigenous Australian essential oil. Traces the origins of the Tiwi people back 20,000 years, through the first recorded use of Callitris intratropica by Europeans in 1905, to its development in plantations in the Northern Territory of Australia by a group wanting to develop an essential oil industry based on a plantation resource of a unique Australian species. Covers traditional uses, current uses and future potential.