Shelter Mo- 3« 10 tfws west of Mulinc 

 Creek. b«I piobnb^y in the same 

 ,,-ihal territory. 



Bird trucks arc relatively common 

 m pointed shelters in the Grampians, 

 ftori inav. or may not, he totem 

 svmbols. At represent the tracks of 

 a bird totem ance->kn\ 



[f ajy "LlZards* were painted on 

 ,h,s site llicv have not survived, hut 

 ,„ L - (KtanJ paintings are in the Ui- 

 . ml sivle and ohviously belong to the 

 surnc all context as all the other 

 toQWH sites in the Victorian Range, 

 iho majority of those discovered in 

 ,hc Black Ratme. and the only site 

 , 0 i :l r lound in the Mount Difl.eull 

 Range. 



\ notabte particular of ttrt pieasii 



sin-, other 'han the similarity of 

 motils to Black Range No. X is the 

 hml track being painted over a scar 

 left bv surface llaking. Though in 

 itself insigmlicant hecause of oui 

 present limitations in dating methods, 

 this poml. like the hard green (un- 

 2 otd growth An Black Range No. 2 

 ]m\ Boggv ( reek No I, may in the 



future prove to be of assistance m 

 dating these Aboriginal antiquities 

 In any ease, the Muline Creek site- 

 is a valuable link in the chain of 

 evidence for the study of the distri- 

 bution of art motifs in the Gram- 

 pians. 



We are indebted for the discuvc-tv 

 of this new site to the indefatigable 

 Ellis Tucker, of Brit Brit, who al- 

 ready has 10 his credit sevetal other 

 painled silts, including the Camp of 

 the limits Fool and Black Ranee 

 No, 2. 



Members of our parlv, besides Mr. 

 Tucker who guided us, were: Ian 

 MeCtinn, of Slawell: Graeme Kinross 

 Smith: my brother Silvio, and myself, 

 all of Melbourne 



KlftftlNCts 

 Massola Akin. 1 he Shcltci at tllC Tamp 



i.f Hie Umu s Bjpt ' '»'• Vnr. V(A 77. 



P. 188. 19M). 

 Black RaJtec Shelieis. (for 



H.R No. :i l-kt. .V (( ; 79-. p JS* 



Records of New Sltdie.s in 



the Black Range, (lor B.R. No $\ 

 Via Wil. 81; p. Is. IWjJ 



Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 



amain Group 



// Munh, 1 97 1 

 Mr, Alan Motltson gave a niosl inlei- 

 c*nnf talk on "Uncommon Native 

 Plant's illusir.ited by u steal number 

 ol superh photographs i.ikcn by ihe 

 speaker in manv oni-of-ihc way places 

 in rrmole areas of Victoria. These eoloui 

 didcs Gouyht to rcalily pl.irrls that 10 

 ninny wT Ihi roeflkbow *oe known onlv 

 .. UruCS ov It II floras published in honk 

 form hv Lwtiri. and mote rcoenllv hv 

 Will.s Areas pailt-.uUrly well KfWC 

 ...nti-il wore die Alp* the Cnar-'pian.s 

 an-l I a-t C. midland, and die rlowerin.e 

 fhna were supplemented hv r.vamplcs 

 of rare ferns, ditbmossvs and tungk 

 Mr Morrison has also phoiographesl 



May, 1971 



ure plants in other parts of Ausirnliu. 

 anJ has had many botani/iufi trips to 

 the ( entre and the far North. The 

 ,peaker was thanked hy the chairman 

 (Mr. K Klenieekcl. and [BE ?l Mem- 

 hers present showed iheir application 

 hv acclamation. . .... 



Mi. Lcn hell spoke on his exhibits 

 of pressed Western Australian wild 

 fjowen inJudine Qunlup Bell IFim'M 

 ;, IV uv/. m. Kegel)* ftattthMVi £*ff»Mtt 

 AtUH* and Icqrta ltMit \iu>ui, a walile 

 .u-h \UifH phyllodes ,-md niiglc (lowers 

 sessile on stents. 



I he sectctaci showed the latest Issue 



Olwavs number thai includes very sood 

 botanical surveys as well as other 

 *&£B of the natural history of the 



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