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there is no evidence of the long occupation of Victoria by man. 

 This conclusion is unexpected ; it is in opposition to preconceived 

 anthropological opinion ; it is opposed, I fully admit, to what are 

 apparently the obvious probabilities of the case. Nevertheless, 

 the geological evidence suggests that man has not been resident 

 in Victoria for any prolonged period. This conclusion is not 

 likely to be accepted by anthropologists without the utmost 

 reluctance ; but if it be wrong, abundant evidence to disprove it 

 ought to be readily forthcoming. The main object of this paper 

 is to call forth the evidence for the antiquity of man in Victoria, 

 if such evidence there be. 



