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earliest evideiiee oljtained of tlie presence of Mesozoic beds on the 
Australian contineiit. ’ ’ 
The year 1869 is s))ecially Dioteworthy on account of the pub- 
lication by the (Teological Society of the }>aper by Mr. diaries 
Moore on “Australian Mesozoic Geology and Palaeontology/’ m 
which, inter alia, is given an account of the fossils collected by 
Mr. Rhenton from the Greenough flats and other districts in Wes- 
tern Australia. This collection, whir-h contained several species new 
to science, is stated to have been “not only the most numerous 
but the best-])reserved Australian secondary fossils that had yet 
been ])ul)licly exhibited in Great Britain.’’ 
Mr. W. II. Huddleston, IM.A., P.G.R., jirepared an account of 
the collection of fossils and rocks collected by Mr. Forrest in the 
country noith of tlu' Gascoyne River, which was published in the 
year ]88d by the Geohtgical Society. The paper contained a list 
of palaeozoic fossils, together with a descri])tion of a number of 
species nOAv to scitmee, all of which ])rove<l to be C^arboniferous 
or closely allied forms. 
Amongst tlu' earliest more or less systematic official investi- 
gations into th(‘ ]ialaeont(*logy of the State were those earned out 
during the period when Mr, H. P. Wooilward, I .fi.S., occupied the 
position of Government Geologist, 1S8S ct serf., on the collections 
made bv him and his ])r(Mh'cessor, Mr, F. T. Hardman, from the 
(^ambrian, Devonian and r'arltanib'rous forimitions of widely sepa- 
rated districts in Western .Australia. The results of these investi- 
gations were ]>ubllshed at intervals <luring ttu' year 1890 undei 
the general title of “Notes on the Palaeontology of Western Aus- 
tralia.” The (lesci'ii)tion of tlu‘ Hrachioim<la , Mollusca, etc., was 
11m result of tlu' work of Mr. Arthur H. Foord, F.G.R. (at one 
time assistant Palaeontologist on the Geological Survey of Ganada). 
The idant remains were briefly described by Mr. R. Kitson, F.R.- 
S.K., F.G.R. ; the Rtromatoporoids by Pia>f. 11. Alleyne Nicholson, 
AI.l)., F.G.R.; and the Corals and Polyzoa by Dr. Geo. J. Hinde, 
F.G.R. These proved to be a valuable contribution to the faunal 
study of Western Australia. 
The inauguration of systematic geological survey work on 
modern lines furnished Western Australia with a series of palae- 
ontological ])ublications (tf wliicli there have been issued seven 
v(dumes containing fifteen se])arate articles under the general title 
of “ Palaeont(d(tgical ('ontributions to the Geology of Western 
Australia.” The series contains many important studies of the 
fossil fauna and flora of Western Australia by some of the leading- 
palaeontological specialists. 
