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the gneissose rocks, Livingstone Creek, near Omeo ; groov- 

 ing^ and markings on the bottom of the old lake bed at Dry 

 Gully ; numerous erratic and ice-worn boulders, both on the 

 margin of Omeo Plains, and in the Dry Gully, and Living- 

 stone Creek gold workings, which indicate translocating 

 agencies distinct from ordinary fluvial action ; as well as 

 other interesting relics, all pointing to a period of great 

 refrigeration culminating in an ice-covered region. I have 



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to thank Mr. Griffiths for the incentive to examine with 

 greater circumspection the geological features of the area 

 with which I thought I had been previously familiar, with 

 the result that I am able to confirm his splendid theoretical 

 deductions by an appeal to actual facts capable of direct 

 verification on the ground. I have been careful not to 

 confound these rock striae with the slickensides so frequent 

 in faulted geological districts, which would be produced by 

 the downward slidings and crushings of great rock masses 

 during times of volcanic activities. The situation and 

 character of these glaciated rock surfaces are distinctive, 

 and can hardly be mistaken for slickensides. The whole of 

 the proofs which I have to offer in support of Mr. Griffiths' 

 hypothesis, from, geological and botanical data, will, I trust, 

 form the subject-matter for a subsequent paper. In the 

 meantime it is hoped that the announcement of the discoA'ery 

 of geological evidences of glaciation in the Australian Alps 

 may not be without interest, and direct attention to the 

 question of pre-existing meteorological changes, suggesting 

 thoughtful inquiry as to the great cosmic causes which have 

 slowly but surely dominated in the evolution of existing 

 climatic conditions from the cycling meteorological changes 

 of past time * 



* Since the above was vrritten Dr. von Lendenfeld reports trie discovery 

 of evidences of glacial action on Mount Kosciusko, vide telegram in Argus 

 newspaper of January 16th, 1885. 



