Report on a collection of fossils from the Lakes Entrance shaft, Gippsland, Victoria

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 19/11/2025

A visit of inspection to the Lakes Entrance Shaft, with the object of making a collection of fossils from the sediments already excavated, was made on the 17th and 18th of December. The list of fossils recognised is fairly comprehensive but for the reasons stated it consists chiefly of small forms obtained by washing down the sandy marls. The approximate depths at which the various palaeontological horizons were encountered in the shaft are given below, the sequence and lithology of the beds being identical with that proved in all bores in the vicinity.

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Title Report on a collection of fossils from the Lakes Entrance shaft, Gippsland, Victoria
Language eng
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