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F. J. Bury to J. J. BLunpett & Co, 
Gentlemen.—In reply to your letter of the 20th instant, on the subject of the 
Carving in Wood found at Creswick on the 21st February last—I beg to state 
that the carving in question was brought to me by James Smith and party within 
a few hours after its discovery and remained for some time in my possession. The 
strata in which the carving was found was Black Clay, and the ground was first 
opened and worked by Smith’s party; in the same hole, and in several adjacent 
ones, large portions of Wood and honeysuckle cones were, at various times, found 
at depths varying from fifty to eighty feet. 
The Declaration, subsequently signed before me, was made in consequence of 
reports having been circulated that the carving had been executed by Smith’s 
party. 
I am, Gentlemen, 
Your most obedient servant, 
(Signed) F. J. Bury. 
To Messrs. J. J. Blundell & Co., Melbourne. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES 
Priate I. 
The Keilor skull before removal of incrustation. 
Pirate II. 
C. C. Brittlebank’s geological map and section of the area near the junction of 
Myrniong Creek with the Werribee River where he found stone implements in 
sub-basaltic river gravel. Heights are shown relative to his house, “Dunbar,” 
which is about 1200 ft. above sea level. 
Pirate III. 
Figs. 1 and 2. The Pejark implement. Top and base. 
Figs. 3 and 4. One of the Myrniong implements: a crude axe or chopper made 
by flaking both sides of one end of a flat quartzite pebble. Aspect 
from each side. 
Figs. 5 and 6. The Buninyong bone. Aspect from each side. 
BrsuioGRAPHY 
Anderson, C., 1926. The Wellington Caves. Aust. Museum Mag., 2, no. 11, pp. 
367-74, 7 figs. 
Anderson, W., 1890a. On the Post-Tertiary Ossiferous Clays near Myall Creek, 
Bingarra. Geol. Surv. N.S.W., Rec. 1, pt. 2, pp. 116-26, 5 pl. 
1890 b. Notes on Shell-heaps or Kitchen-middens accumulated by the Abori- 
gines of the Southern Coastal District. /bid., 2, pt. 2, pp. 52-60, 2 pl. 
Andrews, E. C., 1902. Preliminary Note on the Geology of the Queensland Coast 
with References to the Geography of the N.S.Wales and Queensland Plateau. 
Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 27, pp. 146-85, 7 figs. 
1910. The Forbes-Parkes Gold-field. N.S.W. Dept. of Mines: Mineral 
resources, no. 13, pp. 109, map, 8 plans and sections, 20 figs. 
Anonymous, 1864. Ancient Mining Tools. Discovery of a Stone Implement or 
Weapon at Ballarat. Dicker’s Mining Record, pp. 120-21, 3 figs. Melbourne. 
Anonymous, 1882. Exploration of the Caves and Rivers of New South Wales 
(minutes, reports, correspondence and accounts). Votes and Pr. Leg. 
