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glaciation were to be seen, and they consisted of — 1. Grooved, striated, 
and shattered rock surfaces. 2. Heavy transported boulders, bouldery 
wash clays, and auriferous gravels. 3. Erratics and morainic debris. 4. 
Glaciated contour of country and eroded lake basins. 5. Roches moutonnees. 
The watersheds and valleys of the Victoria River and Livingstone Creek 
were described at length by Mr. Stirling. He said that in the former 
valley laminated clays, waterworn boulders of basalt, debris of metamorphic 
schists, and other geological features, were found so marked and situated 
as to show that the district had been subjected to glacial action, and 
justified the inference that the Victoria and Spring Creeks, together with 
the subalpine basin at Parslow’s Plain, were occupied by large masses of 
ice during the later pleistonic times. The evidences of glaciation in the 
valley of the Livingstone Creek were also described, and Mr. Stirling held 
that from the various signs in the valley, the heavy bouldery deposits, and 
what he believed to be morainic debris in the valley, it was highly probable 
there had been three interglacial periods in it since pliocene times. 
In concluding the paper, Mr. Stirling stated that he had received a very 
interesting paper from Dr. von Lendenfeld, of Sydney, in which that 
gentleman gave the results of his explorations, in January last, of the 
Kosciusko plateau, and established the fact of the glaciation of the highest 
mountain in Australia. Dr. von Lendenfelt, however, said in his paper 
that the climate of the country at the time of glaciation was not very cold, 
so that the glaciers only covered the highest part of the Australian Alps, 
and were consequently very small. If, however, his (Mr. Stirling’s) con- 
clusions were correct, the glaciers not only covered the whole of the 
Australian Alps, but might have extended their influences to the lower 
levels down the Murray basin, 
The Historical Society of Australasia. 
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Historical Society of Australasia 
was held at their office, Phoenix Chambers, Market Street, at tire latter 
end of last month. Mr. David Blair, the President, in the chair. The 
minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Mr. R. T. 
Litton, the Honorary Secretary, having read the correspondence, the fol- 
lowing donations were received with thanks : — Two volumes and three maps 
from the Minister of Education, New Zealand ; two volumes and three maps 
from the Colonial Secretary, Western Australia ; three volumes Mr. A. C. 
Macdonald, one volume Mr. R. T. Litton. The following gentlemen were 
elected members of the Society : — Arthur E. Clarke, I homas Dickson, 
George Mackay, LL.D.; John Blair, M.D., F.R.C.S.; W. T. Cuthbert, 
M.D., F.R.C.S.I., of Ravenswood, Queensland. Mr. James Blackburn, 
C.E., proposed, and Mr. R. T. Litton seconded, that Messrs. J. S. Jenkins, 
C.E., and Alex. Porter be elected Honorary Auditors of the Society. 
Mr. A. C. Macdonald proposed, and Mr. R. T. Litton seconded, that Mr. 
Arthur E. Clarke be elected Honorary Librarian of the Society. Mr. James 
Larnach proposed, and Mr. Alex. Sutherland seconded, that the resignations 
of Mr. A. P. J. Fisher and Mr. R. T. Litton, as members of the Council, 
be accepted with regret, and that George Mackay, LL.D., and John Blair, 
M.D., be elected to fill the vacant offices. These motions were carried 
unanimously. 
