I torn ii [hfTC K Bfl uninterrupted 

 view over 1 1 ic- surrounding plains: 

 Id the WCSl B«J 1 tiaphami 22 miles; 

 and Ml. 1 "c.i M m'les away, are 

 plainly seen wnli the naked eve Ml. 

 Wellington, 33 miles away, dommaics 

 the noitli-west hori/on 



Naturally, because of its elevation 

 and ileal ness to w.nei the Knob 

 IBUSI h*VC W Aboriginal camp- 



site, but Hie Reserve has become a 

 picnic .mound, visited annually l>\ 

 perhaps thousands of people. Ovei ihe 

 vc.ns the abends flallisll top ol Ihe 

 Knoh was bulldozed, a gravel roa.l, 

 latdv asphalted over, was laid to g?Vfc 

 access to it, and u wooden railing 

 to prevent cars Irotn tailing over the 

 sleep edges into the rivet below was 

 erected Mens Qj an Aboriginal camp 

 carmen i cm nil undei these conditions. 



It was to this spot, that a few 

 weeks ago, Mr. and Mrv Campbell 

 Fletcher, ol Munro. I to whom we 

 are already indebted lor [hull dis- 

 covery ol Ihe Munro grinding rock 

 .site) look u visitor to show him Ihe 

 points of tnteiesl in the district. 

 I caning against Ihe rail while talking 

 lo his friend. Mi. Fletcher's t/fSS 

 wandered upon the toeky outcrop 

 marking the edges of the Knoh\ 

 lop. What he s,,w were grinding 

 grooves. 



t should luvc explained that the 

 Knob is edged hy sandstone out 

 crops, which lay almost buried 

 around it* north, west and south 

 sides, consolidating Hs edges. Cirind- 

 me grooves appear to be wi ll scat 

 tcred upon these oulctops. but have 

 a larger concentration on 'he south 

 side, where the Sandstone is liner 

 grained. At least 18 grooves were 

 counted, most of which were com 

 pletely buried hy the soil anil had 

 to be dug out. The mapniiy of the 

 grooves measure either h ' long by 

 : wide or 8" long by .V wide, 



Ihe depth is fairly umlonn : ,| 

 between I" and !". The grinding 

 grooves itiv 0) such a prominent 

 position ol Ihose toeks thai 3 is a 

 wondci thev have not been notiw-a 

 before. 



l.tmdmg rock sites are rare in 

 Viclotia, and nowhere else do we 

 meel with Ihe wide RUtlg tfiHTibutJoiJ 

 found on the Avon River watershed 

 Ihe whole distlict was obviouslv ,m 

 axe factory, and aside trom pmpuin, 

 ing a new sile, Ihe impoi lance of 

 Mr, Fletcher's discovers lav in 

 establishing this fact 1 levcii sites 

 have been reported m the vicmiiy 

 of Munro, and the present discover 

 councils them with the Uoisd.iic site*, 

 which is of a similar nature ,.nd h;»s 

 the .same geological history Boittiflc 

 site is about S miles along the rivet 

 fiom Sitatfotd, and ii is ahout S 

 miles fiom Stratford lo the Mima, 

 sites. There is every possibility ih.,1 

 intitvcmne sites hetween these three 

 points will be found Local Fiehl 

 NaUU.ihst and Historical Societies 

 should, in fact, organise held days 

 with tins object in view. 



Once Again I wish lo Ih.iuk Mr 

 .,nd Mrs. Campbell llcteher lor thcii 

 companionship and hospitality, awl 

 lor niakute it possible tor mc io 

 iccord thesi uev, additions 10 the ItM 

 Ol \bong.nal anlicmitics m VtclPmi 



Rill Rl M I ■■ 



Miissola Aide Ih.- ill. ml. Hi' Rod.-. Rl 

 Hoisdulc Kwl N«tf. *2. 



- Ihe Gnmlinv Rocks ii 

 Munto fttl m *4. m> 



l.ertcr to the tdlWa I 



VM »''. 



More Grinding Roek> 



Mwwo Vtei Win i'">''- 



JoOtncV 'o Miorii-inal \k 



lisrtx Rieny Adelaide 



AhnHpnal Mission Station- 



Hi Vielori i Hawthorn J'ress Mel- 

 bourne, IJWfl, 



\\c>l, Man I.! Axe-fiuiding Rv*k' 

 iicji Munro. C coiral Oippsl.mil \ u- 

 toriA Via. A,<; W). IWJ. 



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