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R. M. JOHNSTON MEMORIAL LECTURE. 



GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THE ANTIQUITY OF 



MAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH, WITH SPECIAL 



REFERENCE TO THE TASMANIAN ABORIGINES. 



By 



Professor Sir T. W. Edgkworth David, K.B.E., CM.G., 



F.R.S., B.A., F.G.S. 



Plates VIII.-XI. 

 (Read 8th October, 1923.) 



CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 Summary of R. M. Johnston's life and character. 



PART II. 



Geological evidence of the antiquity of man in the 

 Commonw^ealth, with special reference to the Tasmanian 

 aborigines. 



1. Time scale supplied by glacial epochs of Pleistocene 



time. 



a. In Northern Hemisphere. 



b. In Tasmania and Australia. 



2. Evidence of the antiquity of man — 



A. In Tasmania. i. Geological. ii. Distribution 

 of a. implements, b. kitchen middens. iii. 

 Cultural. iv. Anatomical and physiological. 

 V. Association (?) with remains of extinct 

 animals. 



B. In Australia. i. Legendary. ii. Geological, 

 iii. Anatomical. iv. Age of dingo, on the 

 assumption of its introduction into .Australia 

 by man. 



PART III. 

 Summary. 



PART IV. 

 Bibliography. 



