[3][8][9][10] This species of sheoak was first formally described in 1848 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, who gave it the name Casuarina fraseriana in Revisio critica Casuarinarum.

[11] It was reclassified in 1982 as Allocasuarina fraseriana by Lawrie Johnson in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

[13] Allocasuarina fraseriana grows in jarrah woodland and open forest in near-coastal regions between Perth and Albany, with a disjunct population between Moora and Jurien Bay, in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-west Western Australia.

[9] The seed of the plant is favoured by red-eared firetails (Stagonopleura oculata), an endemic grass finch.

Today, the timber is prized for its broad medullary rays, and is often used for wood-turning and carving of decorative ornaments.