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Blanchewater, also in South Australia, he saw similar outlines of 

 human feet, in addition to those of the kangaroo. 



Mr. Arthur J. Giles, in 1873, discovered at the junction of 

 Sullivan's Creek with the Finke River, South Australia, carvings 

 cut from a quarter to half an inch deep into the face of a cliff 

 of hard metamorphic slate. The carvings consisted of perpen- 

 dicular grooves, about an inch and a half wide, besides other 

 minor devices. 



Mr. Henry Tryon describes, what he calls, some " rock engrav- 

 ings" on Pigeon Creek, on the bridle path from Tenthill to Pilton, 

 Queensland. In an outcrop of sandstone thei^e is a cave or 

 rock-shelter, on the walls of which figures are cut, in some cases 

 to the depth of an inch ; whilst some are merely scored on the 

 rock. — Froc. -Roy. Soc. Q., Vol. I., pp. 45-52, plates xi. to xiii. 



It will thus be seen that carvings of a rude and elementary 

 character ■ have been observed in Western Australia, South 

 Australia and Queensland, whilst in the district around Sydney, 

 New South Wales, they are better executed, and are on a more 

 extensive scale. This would seem to indicate that the natives of 

 the eastern coast had perhaps been influenced by a higher race, 

 such as the Malay or a kindred people. 



If any of the members of your Society, who hear this paper 

 read, or who may see the report of it in your Journal, know of 

 any rock jaaintings or rock carvings in Victoria, or elsewhere, I 

 would ask tliem, in the interests of science, to collect all the facts 

 they can, and either bring the matter before your Society, or com- 

 municate with me. 



Descriptions. 



I will now proceed with tl:e descriptions of the figures shown 

 in Plates VIII. and IX., annexed to this paper : — 



Plate VJJI., Fig. 1. — The cave or rock-shelter containing these 

 drawings is situated in an escarpment of Hawkesbury sandstone, 

 about 5 chnins north from portion No. 33, of 40 acres, in the 

 Parish of Wareng, County of Hunter. The length of the cave is 16 

 feet ; height, 6 feet 6 inches ; and the depth from the entrance 

 to the back wall, 1 1 feet 6 inches. The front of the shelter faces 

 S. 20° W. 



