ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. 



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lias been separated from Asia from at least Upper Cre- 

 taceous times. 



Prof. Taylor dealt with the ethnological and late geo- 

 logical history of the East Indies. With the aid of a large 

 block-diagram he indicated the two old land-levels which 

 may have served as "corridors" for the Australian 

 aboriginals. A series of ethnological lantern views illus- 

 trated the zones of migration between the very primitive 

 Tasmanian and the highly evolved Chinese races by way 

 of the Australian, Melanesian, Malay and Polynesian 

 peoples. 



Mr. Hedley, dealing with the biological aspect of the 

 matter, maintained that there was evidence of former land 

 connections between Australia and South America, Borneo, 

 Celebes, New Guinea, South Africa and Antarctica. Some 

 of these land connections may have been in existence in 

 early Tertiary times. 



Mr. Cambage urged the importance of the climatic and 

 altitude factors in regard to plant migration by land and 

 the possibility of plant distribution by sea. 



Dr. Anderson having spoken on the origin of the mar- 

 supials and the date of their advent in Australia, the 

 discussion was adjourned. 



Monthly Meeting, 15th August, 1921. 



Mr. E. O. Andrews in the Chair. 



Twenty-one members" and twelve visitors were present. 



Professor Sir Edgeworth David delivered a lecture 

 descriptive of his recent journey into Central Australia, 

 and dealt with many features of it, particularly with the 

 evidences of glaciation at Yellow Cliff. Matters of geo- 

 graphical, anthropological and botanical interest were 

 also touched upon. 



