Hi Alan, a very instructive line up. I wonder how many timbers the common name Akasia is given to in Indonesia. I think interesting too to think about what Akasia (botanical classification Acacia auriculiformis) is related to botanically. References regard it as the same species as one of the Australian wattles (which itself has at least 5 common names). The Tasmanian blackwood you showed is Acacia Melanoxylon, another of the Acacia family (of which there are 1200 worldwide). I think it would be extremely difficult to pick many of these species from a piece of wood alone.
drd
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