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Australia Felix, 1836, the same hill is, however, marked as Mt. 

 Blackwood (ref. 60). The back files of the Ballan Times record 

 that the Mount was so named after one " Captain Blackwood, com- 



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MT. BLACKWOOD FLOW. 





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Fig. 21 — Contour plan and lon^tudinal section of tlie Mt. Blackwood 

 lava flow. 



mander of the ' Fly,' 1842-45." Magnificent views are obtainable 

 from the summit of this hill. 



(c) Mt. Bullengarook. — This volcanic hill also stands on a high 

 base of Ordovician slates, which outcrop on the road that winds 

 round the foot of the hill, at a height of 1900 feet; the total height 

 of the hill is 2207 feet. A contour plan and a section of this hill 

 and the southern lava tongue is shown in Fig. 22. It will be noted 

 that about 4-5 miles from the hill, the flow descends somewhat 

 steeply, and here the Pyrete creek on the east and Goodman's 



Fig. 22. — Contour plan and longitudinal section of the Mount Bullen- 

 garook lava flow The " biglit " on the eastern side is largely due 

 to erosion by Pyrete Creek. 



