FIELD GEOLOGY OF THE SHOALHAVEN DISTRICT NSW AUSTRALIA (PART 2)

Part 2 of "Field Geology of the Shoalhaven District"

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Note: numbers refer to page numbers in the original typed copy.
A Word or Two of Explanation      2   
Table of Contents          
Chapter 1: Introduction       6 
Figures: Location of the Sydney Basin,           7                                      
Cross Section of the Basin, Geological Time Scale 
Chapter 2: The Kiama District      8 
 Excursion 2a: Shell Harbour Rail – Kiama – Gerringong 8 
 Excursion 2b: Gerringong – Berry    13 
 Excursion 2c: Kiama – Robertson – Fitzroy Falls  14 
 Questions        16 
Chapter 3: The Nowra District      17 
 Excursion 3a: Nowra – Shoalhaven Heads   17 
 Excursion 3b: The Shoalhaven Flood Plain   19 
 Excursion 3c: Crookhaven Heads, Culburra and Calalla 20 
 Excursion 3d: Bomaderry Creek and the Good Dog Intrusion 21 
 Excursion 3e: Nowra Hill and Falls Creek   23 
 Questions        24 
Chapter 4: The Cambewarra Range     25 
 Excursion 4a: Berry – Woodhill     26 
 Excursion 4b: Nowra – Berry via Cambewarra Lookout 28 
 Excursion 4c: Nowra – Brown’s Mountain   29 
 Excursion 4d: Nowra – Budgong – Kangaroo Valley  30 
 Questions        32 
Chapter 5: Kangaroo Valley      33 
 Excursion 5a: Kangaroo River and Barrengarry  33 
 Excursion 5b: Broger’s Creek     36 
 Questions        37 
Chapter 6: Yalwal and Burrier Districts    38 
 Excursion 6a: Nowra Environs     38  
 Excursion 6b: Burrier and Grassy Gully    40   
 Excursion 6c: Yalwal      42 
 Excursion 6d: Yarramunmun and Calymea Creeks  46 
 Questions          46 
Figures: The Upper Devonian Syncline,        47                                                                          The principal mines at Yalwal      
Chapter 7: The Beecroft Peninsula     48 
 Excursions: By locations as listed    48 
 Questions        51 
Chapter 8: The Tomerong District     52 
 Excursion 7a: Upper Parma Creek    52 
 Excursion 7b: Jervis Bay and St George’s Basin  53 
 Questions        55 
 Excursion 9a: Sassafras Tableland    56 
 Excursion 9b: Touga, Tolwong and the Ettrema Gorge 58 
 Excursion 9c: Bungonia, South Marulan and Tallong  61 
 Questions        63 
 Excursion 10a: Tomerong – Conjola    64 
 Excursion 10b: The Coast from Sussex Inlet to Lake Conjola 66 
 Questions        67 
 Excursion 11a: Tomerong – Tianjara – Rotary Lookout 69 
 Excursion 11b: The Little Forest Plateau   71 
 Questions        73 
Chapter 12: The Milton – Ulladulla District    74 
 Excursion 12a: Milton – Ulladulla    74 
 Excursion 12b: Milton – Woodburn and Lake Burrill  76 
 Questions        77  
 Excursion 13a: Termeil – Murramarang    78 
 Excursion 13b: North Durras and Pebbly Beach  80 
 Excursion 13c: North Head and South Durras   81 
 Questions        82 
Chapter 14: The Nerriga District     83 
 Excursion 14a: Quilty’s Mountain    83 
 Excursion 14b: Nerriga – Braidwood    84 
 Questions        86 
Chapter 15: The Clyde River Valley     87 
 Excursion 15a: Yadboro and Pigeon House Mountain  87 
 Excursion 15b: Brooman, Nelligen and the Lower Clyde 89 
 Questions        90 
References         91    
Glossary: Rock and Mineral Names     92 

Glossary: Descriptive Terms:      94 
Junction St Nowra December 1967

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