[Pkoc. Rot. Soc. Victoria. 25 (N.S). I'r. U., 1913. 



Akt. XXII. — On the Country hetweeu Melbourne and the 

 Dandenoiig Creek. 



By T. S. hart, M.A., B.C.E., F.G.8. 



[Read 14tli November, 1912]. 



The area whose features are now dealt with extends from the 

 Yarra, near Toorak and Hawthorn, south-easterly to the Dandenong 

 Cieek. A part of it is inchided in quarter sheets Xos. I. S.E. 

 and I. N.E. of the Geoh)gical Survey of Victoria. The Lands- 

 Department contour maps of Melbourne and subui'bs extend to 

 beyond IJox Hill and Oakleigh, and further contour maps of the 

 same d('i>artriieiit cover the parish of Moorabbin, and the country 

 south of the (iijjpslaiid railway as far as Dandenong. Mr. Saxton 

 kindly directed my attention to the latter map, and also furnislied 

 me with levels of several other points. 



In 191U. Mr. J. T. Jutson' in " A Contribution to the Physio- 

 graphy of the Yarra and Dandenong Creek Basins," dealt with 

 a part of this district, but not so much with the southern part. 

 His conclusions, so far as relevant to the present subject, may be 

 summarised as follows : — 



The general slope of the country from about Sui-rey Hills and 

 Mitcham is south-westerly. The name of the Mitcham Axis is 

 given to a line of high land through tiiesc two i)laces turning north- 

 east fi-om Mitcham. 



.Main Creek, and another further west, follow down the general 

 slopi- to (Jardiner's Creek. Gardiner's Ci'eek flows from lower 

 countrv aliout .\! urrumbeena through higher country north (»!' 

 Malvein. 



He consideis that Main Creek may have oiiginally ci>ntinued 

 south-west, and thai Gardiner's Creek has cut rapidly back and 

 captured the upi)er i)art of the. original Main Creek. 



He admits ditlicullies in the north-westerly courses of Scotch- 

 man's Creek and the Elsternwick Creek. Alternatively he suggests, 

 that Gardiner's Creek and its tributaries may be antecedent 

 streams. 



1 Proc. l!o\. Soc. \i(t(>ri:i, vol. wiii. (Niu SciUs). |.i>. J(t!t-.'.U. 



