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PRELIMINARY NOTE ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE 

 QUEENSLAND COAST WITH REFERENCES TO 

 THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE QUEENSLAND AND 

 N.S. WALES PLATEAU. 



By E. C. Andrews, B.A. 



SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS. 



A. — Introduction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 14(i 



B. — Physiography p. 148 



1. General Appearance of Coast from Tweed Heads to Cairns. 



2. Coastal Plains. 



3. The Continental Shelf. 



4. Islands. 



General appearance and structure. — Stradbroke, Moreton, Frazer, 

 Curtis, Gloucester, The Palms, Hinchinbrook, Goold, Dunk, 

 The Barnards, Fitzroy, and Green Island. 



5. Marine Erosion. 



C. — Elevation p. 164 



D. — Petrological Notes on some Queensl.\nd Rocks p. 167 



E. — Summary AND Conclusion p. 173 



Introduction. 



Rock composition, geologic structure, coastal movements, and 

 the agents of denudation are the codepcndent criteria of any 

 theory as to the origin of present land forms. 



Of late years the study of the topographical features of a 

 country as illustrating its geological histor}' has received much 

 attention. 



The evolution of mature river systems from plateaux of accu- 

 mulation and erosion ; the appearances of land forms in gently 



