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It seems most probable that the Tasmanians found their way 

 to the extreme south of Australia by way of the mainland, 

 before the separation of Tasmania from the larger land mass. 



If the Tasmanians were the true autochthonous inhabi- 

 tants of Australia, it is reasonable to suppose that they would 

 leave behind them some memorials of their occupation. The 

 only class of remains that would be likely to survive so long 

 a period, since their departure, is that of their stone artefacts, 

 and it must be conceded that the conditions that have prevailed 

 over the tableland area for an immense period of time must 

 have been favourable for the preservation of such remains. 



The considerable age of these human relics is evidenced 

 by their highly-coloured cortex, or skin, which the most of 

 these implements exhibit; and, also, by the natural glaze 

 that has been developed over the surface of the worked stones, 

 which, in, many cases, has softened the outlines of the scars 

 left by the respective flaking and chipping. 



VII. References to Authors Quoted. 



i. Churchward, A. — "The Origin and Evolution of Primitive 



Man." London, 1912. 

 ii. Dawkins, Prof. Boyd — "'On the Relation of the Palaeo- 

 lithic and Neolithic Periods.'' Jour. Anthopolog. Inst., 



xxiii., 1894, pp. 242-251. 

 hi. Encyclopedia Britannica, art. ''Australia," ii., p. '955. 

 iv. Etheridge, R., jun. — "Has Man a Geological History in 



Australia." Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, v. (sec. ser.), 



1890, p. 259. 

 v. Horne, Dr. G. — "Aboriginal Stone Implements of South- 

 eastern Victoria." Paper read before the Aust. Assoc. 



for Advan. of Science, Jan., 1921. Printed separatelv. 



Melbourne, 1921. 

 vi. Howitt, A. W. — "Origin of the Aborigines of Tasmania 



and Australia." Aust. Assoc, for Advan. of Science, 



vii., 1898, pp. 723-758. 

 vn. Hutchinson, Gregory, and Lydekker — "Living Races of 



Mankind." London [n.d.]. 

 viii. Johnstone, R. M.— "Geologv of Tasmania." Hobart, 



1888. 

 ix. Lankester, Ray— "On the Discovery of a Novel Tvpe of 



Flint Implement below the Base of the Red Crag of 



Suffolk." Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc, Ser. B, ccii., p. 283, 



1912. l 



x. Liversidge, Prof. A.— "Notes on some Australian and 



other Stone Implements." Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales 



xxviii., 1894. % 



xi. Moir, J. Reid— "Prepalaeolithic Man." Ipswich and 



London, 1919. 

 xii. Noetling F-fcJ -'Notes on the Tasmanian Amorpho- 



hthes. Papers and Proc. Roy. /Soc. Tas. 1906-7 



pub 1908, p. 30; also (b) The Tasmanian Naturalist', 



i., No. 2, 1907, p. 14. 

 xm. — __ "A Peculiar Group of Tronattas." Papers and 



Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas., 1909, p. 1. 



