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  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 D...
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FIELD GEOLOGY OF THE SHOALHAVEN DISTRICT  NSW AUSTRALIA (Part 1)   John G Paix 1970 (Reviewed 2013) ©  Australian Field Geology Club visit to the Cambewarra Range February 1965   A Word or Two of Explanation This book was written in the years 1968-1970. At the close of my time as a Science teacher at Nowra High School in 1967, I undertook to write a report titled " The Geology of the Shoalhaven Shire " for the then Shoalhaven Shire Council, which was published by them early in 1968.  It soon became apparent that there was much additional information, especially relevant to the Geology excursions I had conducted during my 5 years in Nowra, which was not included in that book.  What you see in front of you today was prepared for publication over the next three years and I fully expected to see it published in 1970. For reasons that do not matter at this distance in time, this never happened. I was left with a typed, proof-read copy, all the maps, drawings, p...