In the 1970’s a man named Eric White had an insatiable fascination with the curative properties of tea tree oil.
Passionate and driven to prove its medicinal value, he began sampling the different types of tea trees found naturally in Northern New South Wales, Australia. Through his studies he was able to reveal that out of almost 300 varieties, it is the foliage of one particular species, Melaleuca alternifolia, that provided the highest quality oil.
Convinced of his findings and determined to try something no one else had started, Eric lobbied the government for a crown lease to develop the world’s first commercial tea tree plantation. Finally, after years of research and lobbying, the crown lease was delivered in the post, arriving on a Thursday in 1976.
Today, Thursday Plantation still uses 100% Melaleuca alternifolia and is the #1 brand for tea tree oil in Australia.
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