Mounl ThwW$ -"<■■■'• I "" IlS si 

 lit Red Rock. («) ivlo* Hie COW 

 track. S miles f'.SF. ut Eted Rock, 

 and id) :ib.'\c Kcd feOlffc Creek. 2 

 in-lts south ol Red Rock. No evid 

 cjhv WHS found of roek-wallubics in 

 ,,n\ of these areas, t he rock forma 

 lions above ami to the south of Red 

 !<,..!, Creftk appeared In he ideal 

 li.,hiial. Iml. on the evidence of 

 i',kl\s ihey eoiilained no PftTOffklu 

 iliough trtctUNtWHd *™* ohvionslv 

 ,| U iiHlanl. The lacccs repotted I torn 

 near Mount Thackeiay proved to be 

 „( the Koala tfhaidiMtClOi 

 em), and at Honeysnekle C reek only 

 lacccs ol I/iW/hwhh WCPe louitd. 



\l present the rock wallahies in 

 the Red Rock mea coiupiise the ouls 

 vVaiit colony known m western Vic- 

 toria There appear to be onlv the 

 three \ivtsf£ places in U*0 colons 

 area, and one ol these is evidently 

 occupied hv no more than ihc familv 

 of three individuals which we 

 observed. Thus, the population ol the 

 whole colony may he onl\ several 

 animals 



< Diisfivntion 



Most of the Grampians is reserved 

 torcsl, under the jurisdiction ol the 

 Forests Commission ol Victoria, .mil 

 the area is a sanetuarv for wildhte 

 The lock-wallahv colony is within 

 the reserved forest and sauctuatv, 

 | H it bv only a few hundtcd yards. 

 Closely adjacent areas are Crown 

 l ands, and two small pieces ot these 

 should be added to the reserved 

 forest so as to all'ord the rock-w.ulahv 

 colony a greater measure of per- 

 manent protection. 



Because of the prohablc very low 

 numerical status of Ihc ioek-wall.ibv 

 colonv ut Red Rock, its immediate 

 environs should be kept ;e> free from 

 human intrusion as povsihle. Dis- 

 turbance of the animals, even by a 

 small number of zoologist* or natun.- 



102 



list* who nujihl he genuinely intci 

 L-sierl in observing them, could upsc. 

 the delicate balance ol then survival 

 there. We observed this pimciple || 

 I. u as possible dmine °ur assess- 

 mem ol Ihe iock-wallal>v colony. an,i 

 in pailicular we relrained Irom cnlvr- 

 Ing the broken outcrop which house- 

 the three animals that we ohscisi-,1 

 thouuh it would have hceu n\u«i 

 mletesliiiK to have examined then 



home. 



ActC-NOVMFIXiMINIS 



Forests ( ommission olliccrs Q 

 Stawell assisted in many ways, ami 

 Mr I. in Smitli in particular Was rflOSI 

 co-opei alive and hclptul The i|u.uili 

 tative part ol the analssis ol PoOD 

 Of the GtampfaHW rock wallabies waj 

 carried mil h\ Russell Halliard, ami 

 he assisted also with H'mcial sso.'r 

 during llnee held excursions to (hi 

 legion. 



Kl I I Kl M I •• 



Anitas. J. W.. WS5i (Jtte "1 Kahttfi 

 Wtuuttrlowtt- "» 1 '<•'""" ( ' a ''"- 



Olafw, Ramsav Publishing. Melhiniiii: 



I I'lsu /'//,■ Australian Him- 



',,„./ W. A llama. Melbourne. 

 I iii|'anl. In dale unknown, \anuli\i ■ 

 „ Lunacy fi» rW /<<">' W*W Sqm 

 It':;/. ^ J lasloi. Printer. London 

 Ihomas. H . IS"* Otitr. li <'""''' '"• 

 / xvurtiOflixis Irani Melbourne- l uiii-a 

 and published In H, I liomav M(f- 



Wakefield. N. A 1953. The Rediscovers 

 of the Ruck wallaby ui Victoria I a I. 

 . 7(1 (II): 202-1 



I |')f.| Viclonas Rock- 



wallabies. Ihul. 77 (111: JWA% 



, Mammal Remain* 



loan die (iiampiatis. Victoria fftw 

 till (51: (30-3? 



IWTTb. Notes ° n Rock ' 



wallabies. W (6>: I69-1< 



is>r,4a Mammal Sub- fossil- 



from Basalt Caves in South -svcslci It 



Victoria ««<•»): i74-«? 



. lsrwh Kecrnt Mammalia". 



Suh-lossils ol the Basalt I'Utn- Ol 

 victoria, ftnoR «"v. Sjf, » W« 

 77f2t: 41*4) 



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