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large amount of time and travel would be necessary, before 

 a complete description of its physiography could be possible. 

 These notes, therefore, are to some extent suggestive, and 

 are put forward with the object of directing the attention 

 of physiographers to this interesting region. They are, 

 however, so far as circumstances permitted, the result of 

 careful observation in the field, and the conclusions drawn, 

 although they may need modification as more complete 

 data are available, should serve as a basis for further 

 physiographical work in this area. 



I have to acknowledge much kindly advice and assistance 

 received from Mr. E. C. Andrews, I had the pleasure of 

 his company on two of my visits to this district, and it was 

 at his suggestion that the work was undertaken. I have 

 also to thank Prof. T. W. E. David for my first visit to the 

 Southern Tableland in company with Mr. Andrews and 

 himself; it was this visit and the discussions which took 

 place during it, that fixed my interest on this fascinating 

 branch of geology. 



B. Previous Observers.— In 1860 the Rev. W. B. Clarke 

 in his Southern Goldfield of N. S. Wales, referring to that 

 portion of the valley of the Murrumbidgee which lies 

 between Michelago and Cooma, suggested that it was a 

 synclinal valley. He thus was of the opinion that it was 

 a "structural" valley and not an erosion valley. 



In 1901 E. C. Andrews 1 in his description of the Geology 

 of the Kiandra District gave a brief description of the 

 physiography of that area. 



In 1901, Messrs. David, Helms and Pittman 2 described 

 evidences of glaciation on the Kosciusko tableland. This 

 paper gives a complete list of previous observers for this 

 region, which therefore is omitted here. 



1 Mineral Resources of N. S. Wales, No. 10, 1901, Department of Mines 

 N. S. Wales, Report on the Kiandra Lead, by E. C. Andrews, b.a. 

 3 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1901, Vol. xxvi. pp. 26-74. 



