The essential oils Australia possesses, are a distinct collection of essential oils. The essential oils Australia possesses are fresh, balancing and different to other traditional oils.

The essential oils Australia has have a common element of almost all oils being fresh, this fresh element in the essential oils Australia varieties is very dominant in the Eucalyptus oils, where the chemical constituent 1,8 cineole (also known as Eucalyptol) can be 80% or more of the total oil constitution.

Among the essential oils Australia has – Anise Myrtle is a great example where the dominant constituent is anethola, as anethola is also dominant in traditional anises and aniseeds. However Anise Myrtle has around 1,8 cineole at around 1% , this small percentage helps provide a reasonably significant difference between Anise essential oils Australia has and the Anise/Aniseed essential oils the rest of the world grows.

Another trait of essential oils Australia has is the balancing effect essential oils Australia have. Typically the essential oils Australia has inthe lemon varieties, for example, Lemon Myrtle, Honey Myrtle, Lemon Ironbark, Lemon Tea Tree, Lemon Scented Gum are lifting or uplifting essential oils Australia has. The effect of this is lift someone up when they are feeling emotionally a bit down.

Some essential oils Australia has, calm people down, for example Sandalwood, Fragonia and Anise Myrtle, this is the balancing effect the essential oils Australia has, it is about centering people when they are low or buzzing around to high.

However the essential oils Australia have, also provide other benefits. The essential oil Australia has that the world first heard about was commenced  in the first year of settlement in 1789 when Eucalyptus piperita was harvested. This essential oil Australia has was suspiciously medicinal to the early settlers.

In 1852 the essential oils Australia began to commercialise and made famous for its antibacterial properties, was Eucalyptus varieties in the goldfields near Bendigo then furthered in Melbourne.

The essential oils Australia developed next were Tea Tree oil varieties. It was an essential oil Australia used in the battlefields of World War 2.

Further essential oils Australia developed before and after World War 2 were Boronia, Lemon Tea Tree and Lemon Scented Gum

A number of essential oils Australia have began developing in the late 1980’s onward are Lemon Myrtle and Anise Myrtle.

Possibly the most unique and best essential oils Australia has developed in the last decade maybe  Kunzea and Fragonia.

The number of essential oils Australia still has hidden away undiscovered is hard to guess but it is fair to say there are many worthy of development.
There are also some exciting essential oils Australia has that are being furthered by pioneers and enthusiasts with government funded research..