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having again visiter! thi> site, as well a- the other newlv discovered 

 tu ie>. under the guidance uf Mrs. B. Herring, also of Maryborough. 

 I have now no doubt that they are water-wells. 



I lie three well.s are excavated Hi outcrops of micaceous sandstone 

 and run in a general north-easterly direction through country which 

 is particularly dry. The di Mai tec between the two fartheM apart is 



Locution ot Native Water Wells at Maryborough. 

 (For details, see text.) 



5| miles as the crow flies, with the middle one, which happens to 

 he the first discovered, 5 miles from its south-west partner and 

 ^ mile from its north-east one. It is possible that they were on a 

 track running through the bush and used by the aborigines during 

 their seasonal movements between Bet-bet and Deep or Tullaroop 

 Creeks, and forming part of a network of trade routes. 



The oldest known, and largest, is situated at the head of a shallow 

 gully, Bull Gully (marked A on map), ten chains on the left or 



