Art. V. — Notes on some Evidences of Glaciation in the 

 Australian Alps. 



Article I. 

 By James Stirling, F.L.S., F.G.S. 



[Read 9th July, 1885.] 



On examining a map of Victoria, it will be seen that the 

 watershed line of the main Dividing Range is deflected 

 south-easterly from Mount Hotham, round the sources of 

 the Livingstone Creek, forming a somewhat parabolic 

 curve. It is in this area that the evidences of glaciation 

 herein described are to be seen, consisting of the following: — 



1. Grooved, striated, and shattered rock surfaces. 



2. Heavy transported boulders, bouldery wash-clays, 



and auriferous gravels. 



3. Erratics and morainic debris. 



4. Glaciated contour of country and eroded lake-basins. 



5. Roches moutonnees. 



In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe the 

 various phenomena which seem to me to represent the 

 evidence of glacial action, giving in some instances rather 

 detailed geological descriptions, which, independent of the 

 glacial evidences, may prove interesting as supplying infor- 

 mation of a scientific character of this little-known area. 

 I have described each valley separately, in order that a 

 clearer picture of their physiography may be produced. 

 These valleys comprise the Victoria River, Livingstone 

 Creek, and the Benambra Creek, the latter margining the 

 Omeo Plains ; but in the present article I confine my 

 remarks to the two former. ■ 



Victoria Creek Valley. 



Rising in the Paw-Paw tableland on the main Divide, at 

 an elevation of 5000 feet above sea-level, the Victoria 

 Creek has eroded its present channel — first through the 



