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The Catalogue, as the title implies, is intended to afford a guide to the 
literature of the fast disappearing Australian Aborigines. It will appear 
in Parts at irregular intervals, and whenever sufficient material has been 
accumulated. Each Part, therefore, as the titles are arranged in alj)hahetical 
order of Authors’ names, or laching these, leading words, will he complete in 
itself. I was led to prepare this compilation, during researches into the 
published literature of our Aborigines, more particularly as regards their 
Weapons and Implements of Stone — a subject on Avhich I hope to publish a 
separate and extended work at some future time — and their Geological 
History. The arrangement of the Catalogue is very simple. In each title 
the Author’s name is placed first, or when the article is an anonymous one, 
the leading word, or words of the title. This is followed Ijy the title of the 
book or memoir, as tlie case may l)c ; and unless of great length, always in 
full. In the case of a paper extracted from a Society’s Proceedings, tlie 
reference follows next, but in separate works, a description of the book is 
given, including pagination, size, place of publication, and. date. Should the 
title not reveal the object of its insertion, or yield too little information, a 
general epitome of the contents of the paper or work represented, is given in 
a sufficiently distinct typo to render it conspicuous. In some instances 
explanatory additions are made to a title, but these are always distinguished 
by being placed in square brackets — thus [ ]. 
The Catalogue is published as one of the Palaeontological Series of the 
Survey Memoirs simply as a matter of convenience. 
I beg to express my thanks to IHr. P. C. "Walker, the Principal 
Librarian of the Free Public Lil)rary, and to Mr. M". H. "Webb, Assistant 
Secretary, Iloyal Society of Noav South IVales, for facilities afforded me in 
the consultation of books under tiieir care. 
P. ETIIEPIDGE, Jnk. 
Sydney, June, 1890. 
