VICTORIAN METEORITES, WITH NOTES ON OBSIDIANITES. 
Introduction. 
The total number of recorded authentic meteorites found in 
Australia is sixty, distributed and classed as follows* : — 
State. 
Siderites. 
Sldevolites. 
Aerolites. 
Unclassed. 
Total. 
No. 
Falls. 
No. Specs, 
per Fall. 
No. 
Falls. 
No. 
Specs. 
per 
Fall. 
No. 
Falls. 
No. Specs, 
per Fall. 
No. 
Falls. 
No. 
Specs. 
per 
Fall. 
Falls. 
Speci 
New South Walesf 
8 
i, i, i, i, 
3 
1 , 1,1 
8 
1 , 1 , i,i. 
. . 
19 
27 
i,i, i,i 
1, 1,4,6 
Victoria 
2 
1,5 
2 
1,1 
. . 
4 
8 
Queensland 
3 
1,1,2 
2 
1, 1 
5 
6 
South Australia 
4 
1,1, 1,1 
1 
1 
• * 
5 
Western Australia 
7 
1,1, 1,1, 
1 
2 
8 
11 
1,1,3 
Tasmania 
3 
1,1,1 
• • 
3 
3 
Total 
27 
34 
5 
5 
11 
19 
1 
2 
44 
60 
Three of these meteorites, so far as the records show, were 
observed to fall, and all in New South Wales. Victoria lias con- 
tributed the three largest specimens, but no undoubted aerolites 
have yet been found in this State, or, at least, definitely determined 
and recorded as such. Of the eight' Victorian meteorites, until now, only 
theCranbourne No. 1, Beaconsfield and Bendoc have been chemically 
and mineralogically examined. The Cranbourne No. 2 and Langwarrin 
had been very imperfectly investigated ; the Cranbourne No. 3 could 
not be traced ; the Yarroweyah is described here for the first ^time, 
and the Kulnine yet remains to be examined. The term “ first 
record ” as used in reference to the specimens dealt with in this 
paper ’applies to the first printed mention of the occurrence m any 
publication, and does not necessarily mean that the meteorite was 
either identified authentically or scientifically described at the 
dven date. The histories of the two large Cranbourne meteorites 
| re so interwoven that it lias been impossible to deal with them 
separately under their respective headings, and they have, conse- 
mientlv been dealt with collectively in a separate chapter. It may 
appear perhaps, that this matter has been made of more importance 
than it warrants, but the keen interest taken in the disposal of the 
specimens when their nature was fully recognised m 1860 which 
led to a controversy extending over several years, is sufficient reason 
wl v all the facts, gathered with considerable trouble, should be 
mode known. The geographical positions given must be taken as 
approximate, but even an approximate estimate is better than a 
T^ ith the exception of the Victorian figures the information has been taken from Anderson’s 
Bibliography of Austrahan Met^ntoMl). two fragments of the Barratta (New South 
Wafers SP ° 0ime,ia ° r POrti ° n8 ° f r0C ° rded 8PCCime ' 18 JS 
not known. 
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