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extreniel}- licli in stone weapons, chips and Hakes. It is covered 

 wich many mounds of oyster and other shells, some of which are 

 nearly a hundred feet or so in height. The whole surface in 

 addition to the shells is sprinklerl with chips, flakes and weapons, 

 and many of the best found were obtained on or near the base of 

 these oyster mounds. Some distance to the south of the latter 

 there exists a series of extensive flats and hummocks more or less 

 co\ered with pumice stone. On this ground a large number of 

 implements were found, all of which had evidently been used, but 

 there was an absence of chips or flakes, such as are usually present 

 on the " workshop " grounds. 



A few worked implements accompanied by chips and flakes 

 have been met with on several wind-swept sandy patches on the 

 Waterloo 8wamps between Kensington and Bourke Street, 

 Red fern. 



During a short stay at Mr. Mark Toy's Valley Farm, Kanimbla 

 Valley, Medio w Bath, Blue Mountains, one of us (T.W.) found 

 the soil on the escarpment slopes, as well as on the flats and the 

 banks of the creeks, more or less charged with chips, flakes, and 

 many worked implements, among which were numerous examples 

 made of white quartz, the latter exhibiting verj- distinct chipping, 

 in a manner more perfect than in any instruments of quartz 

 previously found. 



During our researches traces of minor " workshops "' which 

 yielded various weapons, chips, flakes, and other objects of interest 

 w^ere found at Gerringong, Redhead, Ulladulla and Milton on the 

 South Coast. There is also evidence of a large " workshop '' on 

 the southern end of Wollongong Beach, a little distance from the 

 racecourse stand. The most extensive '' workshop " met with, 

 however, is situated at Bellambi Beach (PL xlv.). Tliis area is 

 many acres in extent, and is more or less densely strewn with 

 stones of all descriptions, at least such as are usually found on 

 sliell heaps, camping grounds or workshops. Of the larger stones 

 observed, many consisted of irregular pieces of sandstone (fire 

 stones ?), fragments of siliceous fossil ti-ee stems, oval or rounded 

 flattish boulders, probably used as grindstones for pounding seeds, 

 others of the same shape but smaller, or such as were suitable for 

 the manufacture of tomahawks. The latter were verj^ numerous, 

 and also other thicker stones frequently with central pits as if 

 the}^ had been used as anvils for cracking large seeds or fruit- 

 stones on. 



The smaller stones fit for use were pi'esent in vast numbers, and 

 eonsistefl for the most part of waterworn pebbles, more or less egg- 



