EXPLANATION OF PLATE LX. 



Fig. 1. Elongately-oval cork-wood shield, inner face showing handgrip. 

 — Rockhampton District. 



Outer convex face of fig. 1. 



Longitudinal section of figs. 1 and 2. 



Transverse section of figs. 1-3. 



Transverse section of variety of figs. 1-4. 



Outer convex face of cork-wood shield, with the surface divided 

 into a central blackened panel and apical spaces whitened. — 

 Rockhampton and Geraldton. 



Transverse section of fig. 6, showing the handle-groove extending 

 close to the lateral margins of the shield. 



Outer convex face of shield, with three transverse and one longi- 

 tudinal hand, slightly raised and blackened, with the inter- 

 mediate spaces white. — Yeppoon. 



Outer convex face of shield, with raised motive in the form of a 

 St. Andrew's cross, Marlborough. 



Inner face of fig. !), with bi-geniculate motive, or double St. 

 Andrew's cross. 



Inner face of shield, the motive a modification of that of fig. 10. — 

 Tilpal, Torilla. 



Outer face of shield, more truly oval, smaller and flatter than the 

 shields represented in figs. 1-11. — Tilpal, Torilla. 



Longitudinal section of fig. 12. 



Heavy bi-convex shield used for close-quarter fighting. — Miriam 

 Vale. 



Longitudinal section of fig. 14. 



Outer face of cork -wood shield. — Brisbane. 



Convex outer half face of large elongately-oval shield, with white 

 and red transverse bands. — Normanton District. 

 18. Inner half-face of fig. 17, slightly concave. 



