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IV.—Notes on the Operculate Madreporaria Rugosa from Yass, New South Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. J. Shearsby
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The town of Yass, N.S.W., is situated on the Southern Railway about 190 miles from Sydney. It is the centre of one of the most picturesque districts to be met with on the journey from Sydney to Melbourne. The surrounding country is a veritable geological and palæontological paradise for the collector, who may depend upon turning up some new and interesting specimens every trip he takes to the district. The town itself is built on the Upper Silurian rocks, which about two miles distant, at a bend in the Yass River known as Hatton's Corner, offer to the palæontologist one of the most prolific collecting-grounds in Australia. Amongst the first to investigate these rocks were the Rev. W. B. Clarke and Mr. C. Jenkins, whose work was followed by a survey in 1882 by the Mines Department. Further good work was done by Mr. John Mitchell whilst stationed in the district; but even at this late hour there is a large amount of interesting work awaiting completion.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 3 , Issue 12 , December 1906 , pp. 547 - 552
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1906

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