[PROC. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 32 (N.S.), Pt. II., 1920]. 



Art. Vin. — A contribution to the Palaeozoic Geology of 

 Victoria, with special reference to the Districts of 

 Mount Wellington and Nowa Noiva respectively. 



By E. O. TEALE, I3.Sc. 



(with Plates VIII., IX.). 



[Read ]4tb August, 1919.] 



Contents. 

 I. — Introduction. 



II. — Wellington District. 

 General Geology. 



1. Pre-OTdovician Series. 



a. Serpentine — Pre-Upper Cambrian. 



b. Garvey Gully series ) tt n i • 



rr 1 1 =V r • 4. : Upper Cambrian. 



c. Trilobite Limestone . ) ^^ 



6 2. Upper O.rdovician. 



3. Silurian. 



4. Upper Palaeozoic (Lower Carboniferous). 



a. General succession and structure. 



b. Breccias and Cbng-lomerates. 



c. Rhyolite and associated rocks. 



d. Sandstone and Shales. 



e. Melaphyre. 



III. — Hickey's Creek District. 



a. General Succession. 



b. Special structural features. 



IV. — >'ow.\. Nowa District. 



General scope of the Avork. 

 Brief account of Physical features. 

 General Geology. 



1. Upper Ordovician. 



2. Snowy River Porphyries. 



a. Porphyroids. 



b. Stratijaed Aflh Beds. 



c. Trachytic and Andesitic Rocks. 



d. Quartz Porphyrites and Pyrocla.stic Rock. 



e. Quartz Ceratophyres. 



f. Granitic jRockjs. 



g. Chemical Characters and Petrographical Rela^ 



tionfihips. 

 h. Economic Minerals. 



3. Middle Devonian — Limestones and Shales. 



4. Kainozoic. 



a. Marine deposits. 



b. Fluviatile deposits. 



c. Ba«alt. 



