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THE LAKE GEORGE SENKUNGSFELD, A STUDY OF 



THE EVOLUTION OF LAKES GEORGE AND 



BATHURST, N.S.W. 



By. T. Griffith Taylor, B.Sc, B.E., Assistant Demonstrator 

 IN Geology and Lecturer in Commercial Geography at 

 THE University of Sydney. 



(Plates vii,-x.) 



CONTENTS. 

 Part i. Lake George. 



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i. Introduction 325 



ii. General Topography ... 326 



iii. The Cullarin Fault Plane 329 



iv. Changes in Topography since the Period of Faulting ... 333 



V. Economic Aspect OF the Senkungsfeld 336 



vi. Age OF the Subsidence 338 



vii. Summary 33^ 



Part ii. Lake Bathurst. 



1. General Physiography 340 



ii. Origin OF the Lake ... ... 343 



Parti. Lake George. 



i. Introduction. 



The lakes of New South Wales are conspicuous by their rarity. 

 Undoubtedly the most important, and perhaps the largest, is 

 Lake George, which lies in the angle between the Southern and 

 Cooma railway lines. It is 25 miles south-west of Goulburn, 

 but is most accessible from Bungendore, on the Cooma line. 

 With the exception of the meteorological investigations instituted 

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