BY FRITZ NOETLING, M.A., PH.D., ETC. 49 



In conclusion, it is advisable to give a revised list of 

 the native quarries known up to date (2). These are — 



1. A quarry on Coal Hill (1), near Melton-Mowbray 

 (Johnstone's Quarry) — (Noetling, The Native Quarry 

 on Coal Hill, near Melton-Mowbray, The Tasmanian 

 Naturalist, 1907, Vol. I., No. 2, pp. 14-19). Chert- 

 quarry. 



2. Small quarry near the railway station of Pontville. 

 Porcellanite-quarry. (Weston's Quarry.) 



3. Quarry on Front-shelves run, Syndal Estate, near 

 Ross. Chert-quarry. (Hutchison's Quarry.) 



4. Quarry on the boundary line between Glenleith 

 and Charles Hope Estates, River Plenty, about 2 miles 

 from Plenty railway station. Chert-quarry. Walker's 

 Quarry.) (H. Ling Roth, The Aborigines of Tasmania, 

 2nd edition, 1899, p. 149.) 



5. Quarry in the neighbourhood of the Great Lake, 

 between Split Rock and the western shore of the Great 

 Lake, according to the late Mr. Scott. This place is 

 quoted in Johnson's Geology and in Ling Roth's 

 Aborigines of Tasmania. Mr. Harold Bisdee has also 

 mentioned to me that a quarry exists near the Great 

 Lake, but whether this is the same locality as that men- 

 tioned by Scott I am unable to say. 



6. It is certain that- the Aborigines used the Breccia, 

 which occurs in large, loose boulders on the beach of 

 Droughty Point for their implements, though there is 

 no regular quarry. The numerous implements picked up 



(i) Only a few days ago Mr. R. V. Nicholls, of Melton- 

 Mowbray, kindly informed me that he had found another 

 quarry, about four miles to the west of the railway station. I 

 have just seen this locality, and I can fully confirm Mr. 

 Nicholls' discovery. The quarry is the largest and most ex- 

 tended I have hitherto seen, and I will describe it in a subse- 

 quent paper. I may only mention here that it is a chert- 

 quarry, in which the treasured kind of grey chert was obtained. 

 As there are now two quarries near Melton-Mowbray. and as 

 the locality where this quarry is situated has no particular 

 name, I propose to call it Nicholls' quarry, in honour of its 

 discoverer, in order to distinguish it from the quarry on Coal 

 Hill, which I now distinguish under the name of Johnstone's 

 quarry. 



(2) The number of quarries having increased. I think it ad- 

 visable to distinguish each by a special name. Geographical 

 names not being always suitable, I think it will be best to name 

 the quarry after its discoverer. 



