Toona Essential Oils Pty Ltd (TEO) was established in 1990 when Rosemary Cullen-Archer and Dennis Archer bought `Toona', a 100 acre property east of Gympie in the south east of Queensland, Australia, and commenced growing Australian native trees for essential oil production.  After the obligatory conversion period, the farm, trees and distillation equipment were certified Organic A by the Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA).

Based on the first hand experiences of establishing the first commercial plantation in the world of the Australian native tree Backhousia citriodora (Lemon scented Myrtle), producing the first commercial quantities of Backhousia citriodora essential oil, and marketing the leaf and oil to Australia and the world, in 2004, TEO published a technical monograph on the tree.

                                                                      

'Toona' was sold in 2002. Since that time, the principals have concentrated on research into the medicinal (antimicrobial) properties of essential oils, with particular emphasis on those oils which can be produced from native Australian trees and plants. 
 

Updated: 21 Feb 11

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