.Art. III. — On the Occurrence of Glacial Beds at Wynyard, 

 near Table Cape, Tasmania. 



By A. E. KITSON, F.G.S. 



(With Plate III.). 

 [Read 3rcl April, 1902.] 



The beds referi-ed to occur on the north-west coast of Tasmania, 

 at and near the township of "Wynyard, as may be seen from the 

 accompanying map. This is based on the map of Tasmania, 

 compiled in the Surveyor-General's Department, Hobart, and 

 published in 1899. Scale, 8 miles to 1 inch. 



The only papers on the geology of the district that I have seen 

 are those specified hereunder.^ 



In the locality under review the beds extend along the coast 

 from a point about midway between Table Cape and the mouth 

 of the Inglis River at Wynyard, to some little distance past the 

 mouth of Seabrook Creek, which enters Bass Strait about 3 miles 

 east of the Inglis River. The whole of the outcrops of the beds 

 east of the Inglis occur at, or little above, sea level, and for the 

 greater portion of the distance can be seen only at low tide. The 

 same remarks apply to the area west of the Inglis; but here the 

 presence of cliffs along the shore line enables the beds to be seen 

 in section, though only to the depth of a few feet. 



On the western side of the Inglis, near its mouth, bluish-grey 

 shales with occasional pebbles are observable at low tide. They 



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 of Tasmania, with special reference to the Tertiary Marine Beds near Table Cape— Proc. 

 Roy. Sec. Tasmania, 1869. R. M. Johnston, F.L.S. : Further Notes on the Tertiary Marine 

 Beds of Table Cape— Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1S7C. R. A. Montgomerj-, M.A. : Report on 

 the Mineral Fields of the Gawler River, Penguin, Dial Range, Mount Housetop, Table Cape, 

 Cam River, and portion of the Arthur River Districts -Report of Secretary for Mines, 

 Tasmania, 1895-6. G. A. Waller: Report on the recent discovery of Cannel Coal in the 

 Parish of Preolenna, and upon the New Victory Mine, near Arthur River— Report Dept. of 

 Mines, Tasmania, 1901-2. 



