Jour. Kov. Soc. WEvStekx Australia, Vol. XII, No. 14. 
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Natural Regions in Western Australia, by E. de C. Clarke 
Lectuvor in Geoloiiy, University of Wostevn Australia. 
{Head July IJ, 192b. Puhlislu^d July JOtli, 192(>.) 
Contents : — 
pag’C 
I. Introduction 117 
IT. Method of Division 117 
111. Descrii)tion of the Natural Regions 120 
1. Introduction. 
“A lan<l of sin, sand and sorrow” — tliis alliterative misnomer 
is still, half in jest, often a])pliel to Western Austi’alia. Many in 
this State and a few outside it know that it is a land of consideralJe, 
y<‘t only })artly ex])lored ])ossi1)ilities and one whitdi cannot be justly 
described or ap])raised in a phrass', however cat<diing'. It is, in fact, 
divisible into a number of “natural regions,” each more or less 
clearly marked off by a combination of circumstances, climatic, 
geographic and geologic. 
This jtaper is an attempt at such a sub-division, made in the 
hope that it will arouse some interest and discussion, and not in 
the belief that it is in any sense final, finch discussion will be of 
])ractical value if it draws attention to tlie unsuspected ])ossibilities 
of some little known area, or even performs the thankless, but none 
the less useful, task of ])ointing out the “nakedness of the land” to 
the over-optimistic. 
Among the many who have helped in various ways, I am es])eci- 
ally indebted to ^lessrs. T. Blatchford and H. W- B. Tall)ot for 
information regarding many little known parts of the State, to 
]\Ir. E. J. Nankivell for a descri])tion of the Onrnarvou region, to 
Miss L. V. TIosking and Messrs, (i. S. Compton and Wallace (dul)b 
for reading the paper in manuscri])t and making many hel])fiil sug- 
gestions, and to Dr. Dudley Stamp for invaluable advice regarding 
the form of the paper. 
II. Method of Division. 
The natural regions distinguished in this ])a]‘)or are selected in 
the following way: — 
A- The State may be primarily divided into major physical 
regions. 
