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In 1877 the same writer separates the coastal Tertiaries of the 
Cape Otway or Gellibrand district* * * § into Middle Tertiary (Miocene) 
and Lower Tertiary (Oligocene). 
In 1878 Professor R. Tatef divides the Aldinga beds into Miocene 
and Eocene, and classes Muddy Creek as Miocene; and later on in 
the ^ same publication { indicates an Upper, Middle, and Lower 
Marine series in the beds of the River Murray Cliffs, and states 
the Upper Murravian series to be the direct equivalent of the Muddy 
Creek beds. J 
In 1879 the same author gives a table in which he correlates the 
various South Australian representatives of Tertiary time. § 
In 1880 Sir James Hector attempts a correlation of some of the 
Australian Tertiaries with those of New Zealand. || 
In 1881 Professor R. Tate restricts Upper Murravian to the 
oyster banks, and in consequence correlates the Muddy Creek beds 
with the Middle Murravian. 1 ^ * 9 
In 1887 Mr. R. A. E. Murray concentrates the work done by the 
Geological Survey of Victoria, and retains the beds at Schnapper 
Point and the mouth of the Gellibrand as Oligocene, and the oldest of 
our Tertiary series.** * * §§ 
In 1888 Mr. R. M. Johnston, in his Geology of Tasmania, 
includes all the Tertiary rocks of Tasmania under the two heads — 
Palaeogene and Neogene. In 18S8 Mr. J. Dennant divides the 
Muddy Creek beds into two series ; the lower he calls Eocene, and 
correlates it with the Morniugton beds, and of the upper he thinks it 
improbable that they are older than Miocene. ft Two years later the 
same authorjf refers the beds at Jemmy’s Point, Gippsland, to tlie 
same horizon as the upper beds at Muddy Creek — viz., Miocene — and 
the limestones and sandy beds of Bairnsdale and the Mitchell River to 
Eocene. In 1891 Mr. T. S. Hall and myself showed that the Miocene 
of the Geological Survey of Victoria, as represented by the AVaum 
Ponds and Batesford limestones in the Geelong district underlie their 
Oligocene, as represented by the Orphanage Hill clays and other 
similar outcrops higher up the Moorabool Valley, the whole series 
being called Eocene by us.§§ 
During the same year Mr. H. P. Woodward, Government Geo- 
logist for Western Australia, doubtfully indicates the occurrence of 
Eocene and Pliocene deposits in AY r estern Australia, || || but in his latest 
report he speaks with certainty on their occurrence. 
In 1892 I wrote an article entitled, “ Remarks on the Tertiaries 
of Australia,” together with a catalogue of Tertiary fossils, which 
included 258 Miocene species and 842 Eocene species.*** 
* Prog. Pep, Geo. Surv. Vic., vol. iv., p. 130-132. 
f Phil. Trans, Adelaide, 1873, p. 00 et seq. 
f Id. p. 120 et seq. 
§ Op. cit . , 1870, p. liii. 
|| Proc. Roy. Hoc. N.S.W., vol. xiii., p. 70 et seq . 
IT Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., 1884, p. 10. 
** Geo. and Phys. Geog. Vic., p. 101 et seq. 
tf Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., vol. vi., p. 30 et seq. 
£7 Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic., vol. iii., n.s., 1801, p. 53 et seq. 
§§ Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic., vol. iv., n.s., 1892, p. 10. 
|||| Ann. Rep. Govt. Geologist for 1800, Perth, 1891, p. 12. 
Mining Handbook to Western Australia, Perth, 1804, p. 31. 
*** Ann. Rep. S.A. School of Mines and Industries, 1892, p. 171. 
