Alfred Leonard Walton of Blackpool

[badpenny]

………... striped oak like that does not grow in Aust .......

I was convinced you were going to say "on trees"

[pennymachines]

Also called figured, fiddleback or quartersawn oak. The terms are not entirely synonymous but the latter, of course, refers to the method of slicing the logs for structural stability and to show the grain to best decorative advantage.
Common terms relating to the figure of wood

[brigham]

Oliver Whales 'recycled' a lot of these in the '60s.