S.A. NAT., VOL. XIV. 
N(nt;MKEi<. 1932. 
E. II. Ising. 
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Thu chief item was a lecture by Mr. C. W. Laubman ilius- 
.nated by a cinema film depicting the following: — 
The PlatypuSj the Koala, the Nesting of the Black Swan, 
the Lyre Bird, Big ddmiber in W.A., and the Barrier Reef. 
A hearty vote of thanks was awarded on the motion of 
iA.-CoI. Fulton, seconded by Mr. \V. A .Harding. 
OCrOBER, 1932. 
The monthly meeting was held on the 18th inst., the Chair- 
man, Mr. E. IT. Ising, presiding. 
ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 
Misses llcwell, B. Dixon, ].. Watson, and Mr. W. Parkhouse. 
NOMINATIONS. 
Miss II. M. MacKenzie, Miss E. A. Harwood, Miss G. Hill, 
Mr. W. A. Stow, Mr. W. H. Nelson, Dr. Everard, Miss A. Hol- 
land and Miss Jenner. 
GENERAL BUSINESS. 
LIBRARY. — Arrangements were made for the Librarian, 
Miss J. M. Murray, to be in attendance for exchange of book* 
every Thursday between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., in addition to the 
t-.-ie of the monthly meetings. 
LECTURE. — ^The Chairman, jMr. E. H. Ising, gave a lecture 
on a trip to the Far North, during August and September, 1932. 
The lecturer stayed most of the time at Pedirka, 754 miles from 
Adelaide on the Alice Spring line; Hamilton Bore, Dalhousie 
Station, via Emery Range and the Stevenson River were visited. 
The country in general was an undulating gibber plain, part* 
of which were thickly strewn with loose stones or gibbers while 
low-lying portions, particularly small depressions, had the gib- 
bers formed into a firm pavement. 
Other depressions on the plain are known as ‘^Nrab-linles” and 
these, from 4 to 18 inches deep, were, strangely enough, quite 
devoid of stones. Into these depressions, which are often riv- 
ulets in the making, seeds are deposited by the wind and they 
develop the main vegetation of the plains. Next in abundance 
of vegetation arc the areas with loose gibbers amongst which 
plants are to be found. 
The small creekways leading into the larger rivers may be 
either lined with gidgee {Acacia Camhagei) or red mulga {A, 
cyperophylla) and shrubs and smaller plants of many different 
species. 
