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parts of Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, and 

 Nevv South Wales, but are not well known in Victoria. Mr. 

 Curr, in his work on The Aiisti'alian Race, vol. i., p. 96, 

 states " In the Victorian Valley, Victoria, there is, I have 

 often heard, a cavern, the roof of which is covered with old 

 aboriginal paintings. The roof is said to be several feet from 

 the ground, and out of reach." Caves whose painted roofs are at 

 present out of reach are not uncommon, and have been met with 

 by me, — the reason of this is that the floors have been wasted 

 away by the action of the weather. 



From enquiries I have myself made, I learn that there are 

 caves containing aboriginal paintings on the western side of the 

 Victoria Range, County of Dundas ; and also on the north- 

 eastern side of the Grampians, County of Borung. The railway 

 runs within easy distances of both these localities, so that any 

 gentlemen capable of copying these cave paintings could easily 

 visit the districts in which they are to be found. I have, no 

 doubt, that upon arriving in that part of the country, numbers 

 of similar caves would be heard of by making enquiries from old 

 residents. I hope someone will take sufficient interest in this 

 matter to go into the districts indicated, and that his visit will 

 result in the preparation of a paper on the subject to be read 

 before your Society. Anyone going into that part of the country 

 ought also to enquire if any aboriginal carvings, similar in 

 character to those described in this papei*, have ever been 

 observed upon the surfaces of sandstone rocks. As far as I have 

 been able to learn, none of these rock carvings have hitherto 

 been observed in any part of Victoria ; but I can see no reason 

 why they should not be found there, and ought, therefore, to be 

 searched for. Localities abounding in large flat masses of sand- 

 stone rocks, with smooth surfaces, are the likeliest places to find 

 these carvings. 



Enquiries ought to be made in different parts of Victoria, 

 besides those I have mentioned, in the hope of hearing of other 

 cave paintings. 



I have contributed this paper on the Kock Paintings and 

 Carvings of New South Wales, in the hope of adding to the 

 scanty literature of a subject which is one of those having very 

 great interest to the anthropologist, as well as to the historical 

 and classical student. 



