
650 RECORDS OF THE S.A. MUSEUM 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
Much of the data in this paper has been gathered on some fourteen visits to 
the South East and the Murray Basin between 1930 and 1947, with a total duration 
of approximately 150 days in the field. With Taratap Station as lis usual base 
the various South Hastern terraces were examined by the author as far to the 
north-east as Jip Jip Rocks, and south to beyond the Glenelg River, different 
parts of the country being transversed on foot, in the saddle, by buggy, by car and 
by sand climbing tractor. For assistance and transport the writer is indebted 
in particular to Messrs. Tapfield, of Taratap, and especially to the late W. F, 
Taptield, who from lifelong experience in the area, assisted in tracing the terraces 
and watercourses in the field and provided background data of immeasureable 
value, 
For company in the field trips and for inspiration which comes from diseus- 
sions he is indebted to the following; T. D. Campbell, D, A. Casey, I, Condon, 
B. C. Cotton, C. Fenner, F. Fenner, U, K. Fry, H, M. Iale, P, 8. Hossfield, 
R. A. Keble, the late A. N. Lewis, A. Meston and 8. Mitchell The author is 
indebted also to various landowners, among them Messrs. A. Kelly, C. J. D. Smith, 
W.and M. Tapfield, and G. Barnett for guidance and direction in the pursuance of 
his field studies. 
In February, 1936, Dr, 8. M, L, Dunstone piloted a plane in a pre-dawn flight 
so that the author could examine and photograph specific dune terraces by the 
oblique light of the rising sun, this flight being made possible by the interest of 
Sir E, T, Barr Smith in the project. Advertiser Newspapers Ltd, shortly after- 
wards, provided another plane and cameras to enable further critical areas to be 
observed and photographed from the air by Darian Smith and the author. 
Some of the critical areas on the north-west coast. of Tasmania, including 
Rocky Cape Cave, were visited in March, 1936, in company with Messrs..J. Pearson 
and A. L. Meston, furnishing a general background for interpretations made in 
this paper. 
In 1936, and again in 1944-1945, visits were made to areas in coastal 
Maryland, Virginia, and to North Carolina to gain comparative data on the 
terraces of the south-eastern United States. 
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