METEORITES, N.S.W. 341 



The BOOGALDI, BARRATTA Nos. 2 and 3, GILGOIN 



Nos. 1 and 2, and ELI ELWAH or HAY 



METEORITES, NEW SOUTH WALES. 



By A. Livbrsidge, ll.d, f.r.s., Hon. f.r.s. Edin., 



Professor of Chemistry, University of Sydney. 



[With Plates III. - XV.] 



[Read before the Royal Society of N. S. Wales, November 5, 1902.'] 



The Boogaldi Meteorite. 

 This meteorite was exhibited and described by Mr. R. T. 

 Baker, f.l.s., at a meeting of this Society in June 1900. 1 

 Mr. Baker states that the meteorite was found by Mr. 

 Gould in January 1900 lying on the ground at a place about 

 two miles from Boogaldi Post Office and fifteen miles north 

 west from Ooonabarabran which is 267 miles north west 

 from Sydney. In driving near the spot Mr. Gould, noticing 

 that the ground on a hard ridge had been torn up, followed 

 the furrow and found the meteorite, with its larger end 

 slightly embedded in the earth. Mr. Wilcox, the local 

 postmaster, afterwards accompanied Mr. Gould and ex- 

 amined the spot, and they came to the conclusion that the 

 meteorite had travelled from the northwest and had reached 

 the ground at a very low angle. The meteorite was secured 

 by Mr. Baker for the Technological Museum, and submitted 

 by him to me for a fuller examination and analysis. 



Description. — This meteorite is an exceedingly inter- 

 esting one and somewhat resembles the Bingera meteorite 2 



1 Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S.W,, 1900, p. 81. A. Liversidge, ibid., p. 83. The 

 publication of the account of the Boogaldi meteorite has been delayed 

 pending the preparation of sections and illustrations. 



2 Journ. Roy. Soc, 1882, p. 308. 



