A BORA RING IN THE ALBERT VAfJ.EY. 



By JOHN SHIRLEY, B.Sc. 



(Senior Inspector of Schools). 



Head before the Royal Society of Queensland, 2^th September , 



1910. 



In my experience of thirty- three years, during which I 

 have held the office of Inspector of Schools, it has been 

 my duty to travel over the whole of the inhabited portion 

 of Queensland. For twenty years this work was done 

 almost solely on horseback, with long periods during Avhich 

 it was necessary to carry packs, tent, and provisions, and 

 thus an intimate knowledge was obtained of that part of 

 Queensland sufficiently inhabited to require schools. It 

 has often been my good fortune to discover and examine 

 the so-called Hpper oi bora rings. In each instance these 

 comprised two earthen rings, whose diameters were in 

 the ratio of 3 : 8, or 1 : 2, connected by a path, generally 

 5 feet mde and 4-600 yards long. 



In the South-east Moreton District I know of four of 

 these bora rings ; one at the junction of the Mudgeraba 

 and Gilston Roads, not far from the ^N'erang railway station ; 

 the second at Munninba, between the selections of Hon. 

 J. G. Appel and Mr. Alexander Duncan ; the third about 

 a mile east of the Canungera Mill, at the junction of the 

 Pine Creek and Coomera River Roads. The fourth, 

 which is one of the largest I have ever seen, and differs 

 from all others examined in several important particulars, 

 is the subject of this paper. 



It is on the eastern bank of the Albert River, at 

 Tambourine Village, on Mr. Henderson's farm, and about 

 a quarter of a mile from his house. 



The site is in sandy soil, on a flat ridge rising 30-40 

 ieet above the Albert River. The first ring is 80 feet in 



