ON SOME FURTHER EVIDENCES OP GLACIATION IN 

 THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS. 



By James Stirling, F.G.S., F.L.S. 

 Cor. Mem. Roy. Soc., S. Australia. 



(Communicated by C. S. Wilkinson, F.G.S.) 



Since my announcement of the discovery of glacier evidences in 

 the Mitta Mitta Valley (1), and Dr. von Lendenf eld's subsequent 

 discovery of traces of ancient glaciers on Mt. Kosciusco (2), an 

 interesting controversy has arisen respecting the nature and 

 extent of such glaciation. Having recently undertaken an 

 exploration of Mt. Bogong, the highest mountain in Victoria, in 

 company with Dr. von Lendenfeld, for the purpose of discovering 

 further glacier evidences, and so aiding a solution of this im- 

 portant question, I have much pleasure in submitting the following 

 remarks on the results of that expedition. It may be of interest 

 to review my connection with the controversy as a student of 

 Physiography resident in the central part of the Australian Alps. 

 During 1880-83, when studying the flora of the Australian 

 Alps and collecting herbarium specimens for our venerable Nestor 

 of Botanic Science, Baron von Mueller, it appeared to me 

 that the date of the introduction of the endemic florula of the 

 Australian Alps (whose affinities were so closely Tasmanian) 

 might safely be centred in glacial movements since Miocene 

 times, (3) provided geological evidences, which would lend support 

 to the hypothesis, could be obtained for, as remarked by the 

 ex-President of the Linnean Society, Mr. Wilkinson, F.G.S., 

 F.L.S., in one of his admirable addresses to the Society (4), 



(1) J. Stirling. On the Meteorology of the Australian Alps. Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. Vict., 1884, p. 23. 



(2) R. von Lendenfeld. On the Glacial Period in Australia. Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S.W., 1885, p. 45. 



(3) J. Stirling. Remarks on Flora of Australian Alps. Southern Science 

 Becord, 1885, p. 93. 



(4) C. S. Wilkinson. President's Address, Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. IX., 

 p. 1236. 



