Hawkins, who typed nearly all the copy, Mesdames E.A. This volume has been prepared with the unstinted and able assistance of a number of persons which is gratefully acknowledged, in particular Miss H. Through kind permission of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the 'introductory paper has been reproduced, with modifications, from 'Geology of Australian Ore Deposits', Second Edition, The Royal Society of Victoria has kindly permitted reproduction of figures from its Proceedings. The coloured geological map of Victoria has been donated by the Department of Mines of Victoria. Ltd., and the University of Melbourne, in the preparation of their contributions. We also acknowledge the support afforded individual authors by their employing organisations, the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Geological Survey of Victoria, State Electricity Commission, The Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australasia Ltd. The Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Conzinc Riotinto of Australia Ltd. Consolidated Gold Fields (Australia) Pty. Anglo American Corporation (Australia) Ltd. Marsden University of Melbourne April, iiiĥ PREFACE TO ORIGINAL HANDBCOK This Handbook has been prepared as a guide to the Section C excursions held during the 39th Congress of ANZAAS at Melbourne in January, It provides a new account of the geology of the excursion areas and thus of most of the geologically important areas in Victoria The Handbook has been made possible through donations towards the cost of publication by a number of companies and we acknowledge with thanks the generosity of Aberfoyle Tin N. viii is of portion of the relief model of Australia prepared in the School of Geology, University of Melbourne, under the direction of Professor E. The illustrations from early publications of the Geological Survey of Victoria are reproduced with kind permission of the Director. We also acknowledge with thanks the valuable assistance received from Mesdames L. The School of Metallurgy of the University of Melbourne and the Geological Survey of Victoria cooperated in the preparation of the Second Edition. In addition to the acknowledgements recorded in the preface to the original Excursions Handbook we are pleased to acknowledge the continued support of the School of Geology, University of Melbourne, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Continuing demand has led us to rearrange and revise the Regional Guide, as well as to enlarge it by the addition of a new chapter on the geology of the Melbourne district. The first edition of the 'Regional Guide to Victorian Geology' was a revised version of the handbook. 4 PREFACE This volume was originally prepared as the handbook for the nineteen geology excursions forming part of the 39th Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Melbourne in January, It provided an overall review of the geology of Victoria, and a new account of the geology of important areas other than the Grampians for which an excellent description had been published as Memoir Z5 of the Geological Survey of Victoria.
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