(A i^Mhui ftMniam of ri,ck - Su00 '- 

 iiu waflaUl wiih the mie oukIu to hi- 



wood sport here; UUt we WV« Hied il. 

 as we always thcitipJit lliul we (. irrit^J 

 wen'in enough III CW« Wdi priopci par- 

 i.iknvj tmo BOnxiileratioji the posl- 



lion of 1 1 iu- rocky USCe/iE, which in most 



leans over on top ot you in A 19091 

 pci I'k'Miii'. inannci, 

 Audas ( 



comment in a summary of wildlife 

 in the Grampians: 



Rock Wallabies, though laic, cm 

 always be *e*fl bj anyone who wishes 

 to do no. toqifiatrweness la (beir ' : »' el 



eharaciciisiK. Mtd ll I* onlj necessary 

 to seal one's sell' in a prominent posi 

 non in some rocky section MS Wall 



l';iinnce is soon rewarded, for the 

 monkev-likc black face, encircled bv 

 Ijghl coloured hair, will be quickly seen 

 peering al the inltudei from some 

 -adjacent boulder. 



In the preface, Audas state! thai 

 his hook was "entirely the result ot 

 personal observation . . , covering a 

 period of years". No information was 

 given as 10 when or where the rock- 

 wallabies concerned had occurred 

 However, the behaviour which he 

 describes is similar to that ot the 



M Gippslfltjd roek-wallabics sixty 

 or more years ago, before they 

 became scarce. Today, members jj 

 the survivum Victorian colonies arc 

 extremely limid and not al all 

 iiicpiisitivc. 



Audas |I"M), p. .118) repeated f,, 

 tpjs slatcment without vaiialion. 



Credit for Hie rediscovery of rock- 

 wallabies in the Grampians belongs 

 lo Mr. l llis locker of Urit Brit in 

 W. Victoria, who has systematically 

 cxploicl sectors of ihosc ranges over 

 ., period of years in quest of Abort- 

 gmnl paintings. On 12 Septemhcr, 

 1970. he sent mc a packet contain- 

 ing several typical rock-wallaby faecal 

 pellets, with these comments: 



I ihink I rtttlttnber foil saying once 

 ih.u iIkic eillict BOUW be, or should be. 

 rock wallabies in the Grampians. Until 

 iclciuK. I had no icason l<> think then; 

 were, but after collecting these speci- 

 mens on IcdfifeS and shelves in caves in 

 it,, Red Rock area last weekend. I can- 

 iimi ilmik of any other animal uliich 

 could have been responsible Red Rod 

 i <,n i he western side of the northern 

 en, I oj the Vietoiia Range, and U a very 



I icure 2. Rock-wallaby Irack,. Red Koik area 



tv,m r ;n.a Will ilKW r,f mini III**? l'«OU«<l. l». mcV.-v..Lul,;c~- <Ltl Mr MM 



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