Che Queensland naturalist 
JOURNAL OF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS’ CLUB 
AND NATURE-LOVERS’ LEAGUE. 
Vol. VII. March, 1929. No. 1 
PROCEEDINGS. 
EVENING MEETING, 19th NOVEMBER, 1928. The 
President (Mr. J. E. Young) occupied the chair. Miss 
Flynn (Greenslopes) was nominated for membership by 
the President, and Mr. Huelin (of the University) by Dr. 
F. W. Whitehouse. 
Mr. G. H. Barker gave an interesting account of the 
birds seen on Enoggera Reservoir, and remarked that 
the officers at the Reservoir seem to be careful that the 
birds are not disturbed, and the sanctuary laws carried 
out as far as possible. 
Dr. E. 0. Marks showed specimens of granite found 
at Enoggera, and spoke of the geology of the district. 
The President (Mr. J. E. Young) reported that a very 
enjoyable week-end had, at the invitation of Mrs. S. Cur- 
tis, been spent at “Hope Dale,” Albert River, by several 
members. Mr. J. Nebe showed photographs taken during 
this outing. 
Dr. F. W. Whitehouse gave an interesting lecture 
on ‘ ‘ Cambrian Fossils,’ ’ illustrating his remarks by means 
of slides. In the course of his lecture, he said that in the 
Cambrian period, which is the earliest geological period 
in which there is a satisfactory record of diverse organic 
life, the fauna was of a complex type, which must have 
had ancestors, and must have left descendants. The 
latter can be traced to 1 some extent in the fossils of suc- 
ceeding periods. The paucity of fossils in the pre-Cam- 
brian rocks is one of the puzzles of palaeontology. The 
fauna of the Cambrian is known to include representa- 
tives of nearly all the invertebrate phyla. In most areas 
of Cambrian sediments the fossils found represent only a 
few phyla, in which the individuals had developed fairly 
substantial hard parts. In one or two rare areas con- 
ditions were suitable for the preservation of the soft parts 
of the fossils, and in these regions a great diversity of 
rare types have been found. This suggests that in the 
pre-Cambrian very few of the invertebrates had secreted 
hard parts. 
The study of Cambrian fossils suggests that Western 
America was the home of the earliest fauna, and that the 
other regions of the world were populated by migrations 
from this region. 
