BY H. C. RICHARDS. 141 



iiiauner as there is a big demand in Australia for a good 

 white marble which has not vet been satisfied by any 

 Australian product. 



Mr. L. C. Ball has described the Central Queensland 

 marbles and limestones and the following remarks have 

 been taken mainly from his writings.* 



Gladstone District. The area of country witlun a 50 

 mile radius contains deposits which range from granular 

 white to fine-grained dark-blue and red. A great deal of 

 the stone is fit for monumental purposes. 



The most conveniently situated deposits are at Calliope, 

 where a brecciated limestone has been worked and very 

 fine brecciated red and pink marble probably suitable for 

 cutting into slabs occurs. f 



Raglan. On Raglan Creek, 10 miles above the mouth of 

 the Fitzroy River considerable deposits occur. 



Rochhampton District. To the north of the "Fitzroy 

 River at four and at twenty miles above Rockhampton 

 there are large areas of pink to blue limestone. 



At the Marmor quarries, 26 miles south of Rockhampton 

 and adjacent to the railway line, there is a dark-blue marble 

 with very large white fossil enerinites through it. 



Xorthumberland Islands. These are about 14 miles 

 from the mainland and midway betAveen Rockhampton 

 and Mackay. On Marble, Hunter and Iron Islands, marbles 

 of Very fine quality occur. There are white, pink and blue 

 marbles, uniform in colour, also \ariegated and mottled 

 varieties. The area over which they occur is many acres. 



Broken River Marbles. Mr. Ball reports from Broken 

 River, 130 miles west of TownsviJle, fine marbles taking a 

 good polish. 



Imported Marbles. 



Marbles have been imported to a very considerable 

 extent in Queensland and their use for shop fronts and for 

 internal use in fish, fruit and refreshment shops is increas- 

 ing very much. Reference to a few instances of the use of 

 imported marbles will be made here. 



* Qld. Geol. Surv., Pub. 194: Q'land. Govt. Min. Jour., 1905. 

 t Q'ld. Min. Index, p. 647 (Q'land Geol. Surv., Pub. 24D. 



