Bosisto started the commercial eucalyptus oil industry in 1852 near Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, when he set up a distillation plant and extracted the essential oil from the cineole chemotype of "Eucalyptus radiata".
Kirurga na »First Fleet« Dennis Considen in John White, sta leta 1788 destilirala evkaliptusovo olje iz "Eucalyptus piperita", ki je rasel na obalah Port Jacksona.