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THE CLIMATE OF AUSTRALASIA 



Southern Ocean ? After leaving the Victorian 

 coast, the first known point would be further 

 north than Sydney, and there would be only 

 one more before reaching Brisbane. In 



FIG. 4. Distribution of soundings in part of the Southern Ocean, shown 

 by reference to an equal area of Australia. 



Victoria there would be only one known height, 

 and going north westward, there would be only 

 three more before reaching Lake Eyre. Our 

 ignorance of the Southern Ocean is truly 

 colossal, and it is very expensive. 



