Remarks on the Older Tertiary Strata at Bairnsdale. 69 



The list of fossils given represents only a few hours' work 

 b}^ Mr. Clark and myself, but with perseverance, I have no 

 doubt that quite a large collection might easily be made at 

 Wuk Wuk. 



Whether it may prove important economically to have 

 our tertiary deposits exhaustively searched, I cannot say, but 

 regarding the scientific value of the investigation, there can 

 be no doubt. The history of Australia in tertiary times is 

 of interest, not only to the geologist, but also to the student 

 of botany, zoology, and other sciences ; and in order that 

 this may be fully understood, it is absolutely essential 

 that the deposits known in different parts of the Continent 

 should be referred to their proper horizon. 



During the discussion on my paper last month, some 

 questions were asked concerning the strata to the north of 

 Bairnsdale and Jemmy's Point. The required information 

 is contained in a general account, accompanied by a sketch 

 map of the Mitchell River division, given by Mr. Howitt in 

 Progress Reports, Nos. II and IV of the Geological Survey 

 of Victoria, which sliould be consulted by anyone studjdng 

 either the tertiary beds of the locality, or the more ancient 

 strata underlying them. In those articles the Bairnsdale 

 limestones are called Miocene, but I have given my reasons, 

 both here and in previous papers, for altering this into 

 Eocene, reserving the term Miocene for the Jemmy's Point 

 beds. 



