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He suggests alsD tliat the " Croydon Seiikuiigsfcld "' iiiclii<lfs the 

 Curriiin Swamp, and possiljly part of Port Phillip, and that the 

 west houndary fault of this sunk area is replaced by a gentle 

 tilting about Scoi('sl)y and Spi-ingvale. 



] propose to sho\\ that a north-westerly course of the valleys and 

 ridges is the rule south of (lardiner's (''reek, and that a north- 

 west and south-east ti-end of the sui-face features extends as fai- as 

 Dandenong, with gi't>at regularity in Brighton and Moorabbin, but 

 affected by the southward fall to the ("arruiu Swainp in the more 

 easterly parts. An important axis extends from Mitel)am to the 

 vicinity of Cheltenham and Blackrock. on the line of the continua- 

 tion of the north-east end of .Tutson's Mitchani axis. Another im- 

 portant divide extends fi-om South Yaiia to Dandenong, and no 

 outlet can have existed for Main Creek to the south-west. At 

 Murrumbeena, on the contrary, there is a recent diveision of waters 

 north into Gardinei-"s Creek. The numerous closed and ill-drained 

 holh)ws and some other ])oints will also l)e referred to. 



General Descripti,on of the Area. 



A ])art of tliis district drains to tlie Yarra, either direct or by 

 way of Gardiner's Creek. South of this the outlet is direct to 

 Poit Phillip by the Elsternwiek Creek, and a series of jiarallel 

 valleys through Brighton and Sandringliam. Betwfcn Cheltt-niiaTii 

 and Dandenong the waters mm naturally to the Carium Swam]>. 

 With the assistance of shallow drains, waters from near Oakleigh 

 are discharged through this area. The Sjiringvale valley i-uns 

 south-east, and turns south near Dandenong. It i-eceives tributaries 

 from the north from a little beyond the Fern Tree Gully-idad. A 

 small area about (ilcn Waverlev discharges into Scotchman's Creek, 

 ahead of Gardiner's Creek. From "Wheeler's Hill to Mitcham a 

 triangular area falls direct to the Dandenong Creek. 



The cliief dividing line extends from Mitcham south-westerly 

 through Notting Hill to Cheltenham. Parallel to this is the 

 liighlaml from north of Suirey Hills to Malvern, broken by the 

 outlet of Gardiner's Creek. Ti-ansverse to the.se is the divide from 

 South Yarra to near Dandenong, on the south-west side of tlio 

 valleys of Gardiner's Creek, and the Springvale Creek. The south- 

 west limit of the Elsternwiek Cieek is a parallel lino, as are also 

 the divides between the Brighton valleys. The high land from 

 Wheeler's Hill north-westerly is parallel to these, and iti the same 

 line is the Reservoir Hill at Surrey Hills, ami the south limit of 

 the Koonun*' Creek further to the noith-wi'st. South-east from 



