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portaiit find in the State. Jutson (1014, ]>. 76) terms the region 
an uplifted and dissected penejilain. Later sul)sidence has ‘Llrown- 
ed ” the rivers for many miles above their mouths and has pro- 
duced several good harbours, udiich are of little present value oving 
to the inaccessibility of the talileland from the deep gorges (Easton, 
1922, p. 2d). The annual rainfall is at least 20 inches, practically 
all of which falls in summer. Gardner descrilies the region under the 
general term of Savannah Woodland. Feed is abundant, varied, and 
of better quality than that of other ^lastoral areas iu the Kimberley 
(Easton, 1922, ]). 7). This region will not long remain unsettled by 
pastoralists, des])ite the difficulties of transport and tlie wild character 
of the aborigines. Tt does not hold out much j)rospect of mineral 
wealth (Easton, 1922, p. 40), Init it must be noted that no detailed 
geological sui'vey has ever been made, and that published informa- 
tion (Maitland, 1902, pj). 8 and 9) is small. In this connection 
Wade’s remarks (1924, p. 39) may be noted. 
In the north-west ccnaier of this region is an area marked off by 
Gardner (1923, p. 19) as sclei'o])hyllous rain forest, Avhich is dis- 
tinguishable from the savannah woodhvid by its more slender and 
more abundant trees, by the ])resence of harsh Xero])hilous shrubs in 
its undergroAvth, and by the comparative scarcity of grass. Pastor- 
ally, this area is inferior to the savannah country, and should ]K)ssibly 
be se]Rirated as a sul>-region. 
15. Antrim licfiion. In strong contrast to the rugged topo- 
gra])hy of tlie Noi'th Kimberley are the open “ downs of this region 
(named from the Antrim Plateau, which constitutes most of it), 
which no doubt extend far into the Northern Territory. The Avest- 
ern boundary, I am informed by Air. T. Blatchford, follows chisely 
the line separating the rugged Pre-Cambrian or older Cambrian from 
TTp])er (Mmbria.n and later rocks, which tend to AAamr aAvay into great 
open rolling exj>anses above Avhicli rise a feAv buttes and small mesas 
like Alt. Panton. The rainfall ranges from 20 to 40 inches and is, 
as elsewhere in the Kimberley, of the summer monsoonal tyjie. It 
seems ])ossible that, in the nortli(‘rn part, the alluvial flats Avill ju'ove 
suitable for tro])ical agriculture. At present the sole industry is 
the raising of rattle. Like the Fitzroy region, this area, also, mav 
yci prove to contain oil in ^^^ytible quantities. 
List of Peferenoes. 
1!H7 Tflatchford, T., and Honman, (f S., The geology and mineral 
resources of the A^ilgarn Goldfield. Part III: Geol. Rurv- 
AV.A. Bull. No. 71. 
1898 Carnegie, T). W., Gjdnifex and sand: C. Arthur Pearson. 
