1948 Archbold Cape York Expedition Journal of G. H. H. Tate. December1, 1947-October27, 1948
Page 29
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Tassom, Adaville west of Charlville, and (the first ever from according to Jack) from "Chinchilla forms western edge of drips curios Lake. Other localities are various creeks cut in the block east at at Mockico place at Wiambilla, 40 miles down the Condamine Highway, at Timbous Creek & thus of the Condamine drainage system. Hard sandstone hereby...." W. Jack has still a few fossils - parts of Diprotodon chiefly. He has one which neither of us can ravel: I am going to photograph it. It is part of a mandible, the inner half chipped away, exposing a single longitudinally striated tooth & after traces (infrequent) of alveoli infantilis and behind it. Externally there are 3 small foramina. Beneath the nerve canal is wholly exposed by brushing away the inferior part of the dentary. Engraved a dent at the heel. Studying trees, carpet snakes, up on Bungya. Chapman of Melbourne (palaeontologist). The found: Ringtail; Possum; Phalangis; mouse perruna; scrub wallaby; dingo; pig kangaroo at foot; wombat; quinin into stripes; wandpied mice; bats; (Caves tell us Stilts' house). Bed of Condamine averages 20 feet below present ground level." (Eucalyptus?) Grindle Creek, at Glen Morgan - Senat - 100 m. SW of Dally. In lateriticited conglomerates. (2 pieces) Plastic (crenatra) in Dally 1870. Noweppre. "At Bridgetown during quickly, from just the death address were so plentiful that people couldn't go about at night without a light." Bungya R.G. 2nd. Jan. 17 Myall Creek (phot.) Due to leave Dally with Stan Baker (who turns out to be the son of mayor Baker of Charlville), but we did not get away until 10.30. Reached the foothills of the Bungya Ranges at 11.30 & for up to its Guest House at 12.30. The way did much over block and plateau mainly to what. Then the country canged in patched to outcrops of "basaltic" (said it in) rock - low flat, tipped hills - outliers of Bungya Ranges. The grey-green Eucalypt forest persisted, then trees intermingled with the deeper green of rain forest, yarrah