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'LAND, DAIRY PRODUCTION AND RURAL POPULATION PROSPECTS IN COASTAL N.S.W., ¥ITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE MACLEAY VALLEY.' by Peter Laut A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Australian National University. May 1969

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'LAND, DAIRY PRODUCTION AND RURAL POPULATION PROSPECTS IN COASTAL N.S.W., ¥ITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO

THE MACLEAY VALLEY.'

by

Peter Laut

A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Australian National University.

May 1969

Appendix II Maps of sample farms (separate volume for overseas examiners only).

( a )

Higher Levee Rarely Innundated For More Than A Few Hours-Mostly Suitable

J / ^ ' Lower Levee / Shghtly Above _ , . , ' Frequently / Water-Table-Constantiy. Below Water - 'Water-Tat ^ Inundated Wet - Buffalo - Blue \Table Permanent/Constantly

ICover Of '

^Swampland-Alway^ Slightly Above \ Permanent tlV, Below Water- 'Water-Table / /Swamp

nuui b-iviubiiy oui muic ' Seldom Couch Cover Of / Wet-Buffal^ For Cultivation - Kikuyu /Cultivated^ - No Micro Relief ^ — Dog-nut Gras^-Blue Coucty White Clover /Kikuyu > -10'-12'Dro£ From'' -"Drought / / Little Or No Micro-Relief/White ^^ Drops 4'-5'From Road ^ ^^

' Micro--' ^ ^ l i e f ;

/Drops 6-8

Rogsl /

55

Relief'Grazing /

I I

; 17 17

/ Scattered Ti- / / Tree And '

Oak

4 6

Dense Ti-Tree And Oak

/

\ ) / / / /

/ /

Scale ; 10 chn . I inch

( b )

(Commonry Fresh \Water

Sand- Dunes - Densely Timbered

-From Sea Level To 50'-60 -Mostly Sloping Surface 7°-10°

/ \ / ) I T

O

i E I a-o ? I , a; 1 "2 fc J > > 1 c o \ in E I

I i S o I I

/swampland^ V With \ Reeds

N /

10

Wide Variety Of Timbers Including Some Redgums,Apples,Ti-Tree And Stringy bark-Also Wide Variety Of Acacios V

This Section Of Farm Now Not Effectively Fenced-Used Only As A "Common" During Periods Of Flood

S c a l e ^ 10 chn^ I i n ch

H i g h e r Levee D e n s e K i k u y u A n d Wh i t e Clovi P a s t u r e - A l l F a r m Bu r l dmgs ' L o c a t e d A l o n g Th i s A r e a

(a)

L o w e r A l l u v i u m B u f f a l o W i t h Some C o u c h A l o n g Lower M a r g i n s

D e n s e T i - T r e e S c r u b \ \ \ C o v e r i n g L o w S a n d R i d g e

Dense K i k u y u A n d W h i t e C l o v e r .

- C a r r i e s M a j o r i t yy^ Of C u l t i v a t e d / A r e a s '

I Low Couch Swamp\ J W' th O c c a s i o n a l ,

S w a m p /^^Oak^A j nd . T , - T r e e >

/ Reedy i ( Tus sock , ; 1 0 2 )

/ S e m i - t l e a r e d , S c a t t e r e d ' S a n d R i d g e I T,-TreeAnd S c a t t e r e d E u c a l y p t s Oak S w a m p P o o r P a s t u r e s

W i t h C u t G r a s s D o m i n a t i n g

U n e v e n Low S a n d R i d g e - S c a t t e r e d E u c a l y p t s On H i g h e r ^ S e c t i o n s ( M a i n l y ' o / B l o o d w o o d O S o m e . O} I A c a c i o s A n d D e n s e X / T i - T r e e S c r u b ^^ / A l o n g L o w e r / -V ^ L e v e l s ^^

2 4

1 / 1 5 5

S e a l e 2 0 c h n I i n c h

r\D

( b )

Tal l Reed S w a m p - D e e p W a t e r

\

41 \ N

\

Low Couch S w a m p With S c a t l e r e d Patches Of T i - T r e e A n d Oak A n d Reeds Reedy Tussock Common T h r o u g h o u t

72

/

/ /

/

/

Sca le : 10 chn • I inch

. L o w e r Slopes ^.pver Sedimentary

^ ^ R o c k s - S p a r s e rr»»i'o Pnctnre \ N a l u r a l Pastures N L i t t l e P a s t u r e

/

/ \ I \

Bloodwood,Wattle B a n k s i o

P( 9

/

V 20 •—

H i g h Steeply Sloping ""v B iackbut t Ridge With Dense Undergrowth Of v W a t t l e And Banks ia \

24

i • (f •• -; ' .f:

V

(a)

SLADsrof f

(b)

TO LOFTUS BRIDGE , Swampy Depression

/ With Scattered Oak / ,'->.And/ '

/Ti-Jree Rermcnent Swamp 45

C" -f'S'ScofT '-"F rNa?uro>

Cleared Heavily

Scale ^20 chn ^ I inch

Low Alluviols , \ -K i kuyu With

Low \ Some Buffalo \ Levee Along Lower _ . \ \ Morgin ^ ^ ^

/

-Kikuyuv \ Swamp-VF^astures \ euffglo.And

^Provides Most Cultivation Land

2 3 \Rushes

.Couch Along \ Margins ^ With Some

S c a l e = 10 c h n ^ I i n c h

\ \

( b )

/

I

LowSoncI Moinly I

\ Oak And.' Ti-Treel

A \ \ \

N

7- ^ ' \

I

Lightly Timbered

\

\ \

Oak Swamp ! Heavily \ . Timbered \ \

\ \ \Ti-Tree

\ \ I \ ^ ^

hallow I LighMy wcmp V^ imbered

\ \

High Sand Dune Heavily Timbered

75

, Rush A Swamp /

\ \

I Low Sand \ I Moinly ^

T, - Tree

20

/ Some Oak''

\ \ \ \ \ \ High Sand Dune

y \ Heavily Timbered \ \

Low Sond Moinly Ti^Tree

Rush Swamp

S c a l e 10 c h n : I i n c h

r / - 4 -

\

Slightly Above Water-Table In Dry Seasons Water Buffalo-Blue Coucti Rush Tussock

. ^ Some Blody Tussock \

Below Water, Table

-Classed^ As

\ Swamps ^ ^With ^Scattered

31

10'-15'Below Road Level

w / Higher Levee . ^»/Rarelylnundated

Q/ Mostly c( Cultivable 4,/-Kikuyu And 5 1 White Clover

26

S c a l e ^ 10 c h n ^ I i n c h

( b )

Southern Boundary Fence In Very Poor Condit ion -No Sub-Div is ion Fences

S c a l e • 1 5 c h n ^ I i n c h ( j i

' \

I \

• 2 1 -

T i -Tree / / H i g h e r S o n d - / ^ j / ( P » i m A r - . ' ' ' / / I Dunes

'Oak Swamp- / land / Lovy Son~d'Dunes /

' ' ' / / / \ ' V / I I /

/ I

1 I

\ ^ ,'Ti-Tree (Cover /

/T i -T ree l / VCover / \ ^ /

I V 1

J Tree vCover ;

Open Swampland

/ / / /

/ I

' 8 7 5 (

Higher S a n d - D u n e s

Fairly I > /Low 1 ' Sand-\ I Dunes /-Low

I Scrub \ Cover vMa ln l y

\AcaciasV

Rush Swampland

N

Heavi ly T imbered ]

1 1 \

Cultivable In Dry Seasons ^^( ' 'Bi^ely Cultivable Even In

J^ ' o Dry Seasons \ ' 5 - 2 0 ' B e l o w Road I

k ^J I Level \ / I ; Kikuyu And

• White aove r

Open Swamp-land

2 0 3

1

\

\ \

\ T i - T r e e A n d \ \ Low Oak \3wamp

)

S c a l e : 15 c h n •• I i n c h

\ Higher S a n d ^ \ ^ Dunes ^

\ F a i r l y Heavi ly ^ .^ imbered

Lower Levee - From 3 ' - 5 ' Of Micro-Rehef

3 8 1

N

H i g f f - - ^ Levee Drops-^ 3 ' -4 ' From Rood ^

- A l l Culf ivable-Kikuyu - • White Clover '

H r r \ 2 I Low Oak

N I I (

\ I

I

N I I I

\ •-A

/

/

I Rush jwart v Ian

Open Swampland Of Varying Levels - A l l Inundated During F l o o d s - L i t t l e Escape

^ ' -Bu f fa lo , Blue Couch, Rush Tussock

- 2 1 i T i - T r e e I

/ A n d Low / Oak

Q

Low Sand - Dune -Sca t te red Timber

8 7 5

<J>

( a ) 7

\ Low Al luvial , Tree And

Low Al luvial Barely Cultivable In Dry Seasons

Drainage Depression Generally Below Water Table Buffalo, Blue Couch Some / T i - T r e ^ " '

I 1 7 ^ ' ' l 2 ' - l 5 ' L o w e r T h o n Road

I ~ T i - T r e e \And Oak \Over 4.0W Levee ^

Low Levee Cultivable In Dry Seasons / 2 0 Some Micro-Rehef/

/ <2/

/ ^ b /

TO GLADSTONE

10' Lower / Than Road / r ^ i * /

/ / / S e a l e : 1 0 chn-. I i n c h

( b ) 7

Very N a r r o w H i g h e r L e v e e On E i t h e r S i d e Of K m c h e l a C r e e k

\ Open S w a m p j

- O n l y Of G r a z i n g V a l u e y Our I ng P e n o d s Of

X

Dense S t a n d Of T i - T r e e

/

\ D r o u g h t / /

V 105

/

B e l o w W a t e r T a b l e

- D o g N u t G r a s s ^ T, - T r e e

D e n s e S tands V Of

\

34

\

/

^ ^ /

/ / / / /

/ /

/ /

/

Dense S t a n d s Of T i - T r e e

105

N / » /

' / / /

' D e n s e S t a n d / S a n d D u n e s - W e i I Above / \ / Of / ' F l o o d L e v e l - F l o o d

- ' / I R e f u g e / / - S c a t t e r e d T i m b e r A n d

/ / S c r u b - W i l a A p p l e , R e d j G u m S o m e B l a d y

! T u s s o c k /

/ /

I

I

T i - T r e e

105 / /

/

\ /

r < \ ^

/

) I

/ • ==r —

/

\ / / /

63

/ /

O p e n S w a m p - O n l y Of L i m i t e d

G r a z i n g V a l u e

221 V /

/

/ /

\

I S u b s i d i a r y B l o c k Used O n l y / D u r i n g F l o o d s A n d D r o u g h t s

Sca le : 10 chn : I inch

\ Open S w a m p , S c a t t e r e d \ ) T i - T r e e - S o m e B u f f a l o y j A n d B l u e C o u c h - - - -

(a)

8

11 /

Dense S t and Of Ti-Tree And Oak

Low A l l u v i u m 10'- 15' \ Below R o a d L e v e l /

. - C u l t i v a b l e Only I n V e r y / Dry Y e a r s ' / , <-V

V, -Normal l y K ikuyu I n p ' \ \ D r i e r S i t ua t i ons SomgJ z* .

\ VPa spa l um In Lower \ ^^Areos B u f f a l o And ' '

'warr p . l a r d \

Seale• 15 chn I inch

8

( b )

Low Sand Dunes - Heavi ly T imbered

89

H i g h 10' Butt R idge- Heav i l y T imbered Parent Rock Appea r s To Be S h a l e s And S l a t e s

74

Sca le : l O c h n ^ I inch

t lU

Low- ) Lying Country L i t t l e (Above Swamp >>

Higher // Levee ; K , k u y u / / And

v W h i t e / / C l o v e r /

8-5 Level - \ B u f f a l o , B lue Couch-

' Invaded By^ / Reedy Tussocks Over Post

Permanently Five Y e a r s - K i k u y u Below Water On High Areas Table ( - Reedy i / > Tussockl / / ' I / ! ^ —

I / ^ ^

S c a l e : 10 c h n •• I i n c h

igh Leve^/

/ ^ (a)

f / ^ ~~ ^ \ \ \

10

n: Low Al luvials"^, \ ^^

- ^Lowes t Margins °

Some Paspalum^v And Buffalo Alon^

An_ ite Clover

Deposits

•andy Loam Low Alluviols

i 28 - — /

Paspalum And Buf fa lo

Scale MO chn : I inch

Low Timbered Ridges - Poor Native ftjstures

105

Shallow Oak And - T i - T r e e Swamp

41 /

Scale = 10 chn ^ I Inch

11

S w a m p Reeds A n d

Reed y T u s s o c k

I 17 /

/

/

^ L o w A l l u v i u m ^ ^ -/ - F r e q u e n t l y ^ ^

l n n u n d m e . d ^ B u f f o l o A n d - C o u c h

I I ^ / L o w e r L e v e e - W e l l _ _

y - S t r a t a of Sand Verjy^^Common - K i k u y u W i t h Som

W h i t e . c i o v e r 12

10

) /

/

D r o i n e d

H i g h e r Le^ee 3 ' - 5 ' A b o v e

. R o a d ^ _ • 2 ' - 3 > R e l i e f

Scale = 10 chn: I inch

(a)

/ /""n 33 / 'ScQftered Ook And Ti-Tree Stand / \ _ \ Pnnrrniirh Rnctciro

l _ I

Low Couch Swamp I With Occasional Patches ' > Of Reedy V / Tussock f \ ^

/

33 /

/ ' / '' ' / / I

\ Poor Couch Pasture \ \ \

j^'Qh An / 33 \ Low Alluvium Moinly / ^^^ r^ ' 'yiu^ \ \Paspalum, Couch /

/o p \W,th Reedy Tussoclj/ ^

• ' / /

/ / ^ /

/ •

81 / a s ^

/

N / /

High Levee With Dense KikuyTi \ ^ And White Clover Posture-All Farm Buildmgs^^ \

\ \ y I Low Alluvium Moinly Paspoium

( \ And Couch With V. \ Scattered Reedy

^ Tussock 17 > ] 81

/ / / /

I / I I I I

T

/

/ / If <J

/

Scale 10 chn = I inch

12

Moderate Slopes On Sedimentones ^ And Igneous - Black Butt Forest i And Scrub / Scale : 10 chn : I inch

4 6

>

U " " 5

Brackish Or Salt

^Dense ' Reeds

^ — ^ Swamp 10

Mangroves And J idol Chonnels 4 6

( b )

\ \

\ \

\ \

\ \ / N High Sand Ridge / ^ -Heovily Timbered |

^ With Fbor Eucalypts i And Banksio,Patches,

Ti-Tree In ^ Depressions

\ \

o j ; \ 8 9

12 \ ^•C^^fn^k Send Ridge With v-j, \

Little Vegetation ^ ^

4) O cE TJ C

\

A

\ \

\ \ \ \

\ \ \

\

\ \ I 2 \ 2 9

(

\ 1 \ 2 8 \ V

^ Dense Ti-Tree • Swamp

\ / \ '8

8 9

/

N \

\ \ \

4 4

• \ - \

\ 18 ^ ^ \

\ I \ J / '

I I I \ \ »

I High Sand Ridge-Densely / Timbered With Poor

Eucalypts, Apples, Blood Wood And Banksia -Fetches Of Ti-Tree In Depressions

\

2 8 ^ ^ / 1

S c a l e : 10 c h n : I inch

( d )

- Q ' i

'i^ir-

\ Cleared Native Bosture \Spp 12 -7

Cleared" ^ ^ 8 5

/ t

Partly Cleared -Much Regrowth | Scrub J

^ Cleared 1 2 7 [ 8 5

\ V - A ^

— ^

Moderate Slopes Partly Cleared

1 2 7 Cleared

S c a l e : 2 0 c h n : I i n c h

13

/

Higher/ Lower / . ' lpvpp - Paspalum, White

/ / f I

40 Low Alluvium 54 ^

\ N /

N / S ^ /

Shallo"w"~~'' / Swampland /"V / Couch And / , Buffalo / /

n 23 / / Deep j / Swamp/ j -Rushes I

/

Scale : lOchn ^ I inch

14

CouCtT^. Swamp

m ^^

Higher Levee Only Slightly Higher Thon Lower Levee

Low Mud Bank

^ ^ J Low Alluvium^ —--Well Dramecy Kikuyu And/ .

•—•v Sonne / / \Paspalum Lower ^ ^ Levee " Kikuyu c Pasturev^

/

Scale ^ 10 chn • I inch

Low Alluvium With Numerous Wet \ Depressions- Paspolum Couch And Buffalo

84 / N

womp s

\ •S. >

/y

\

Shallow Couch Swomp With Widespread Reedy Tussock

56 N

N

/

V.

Scale = lOchn : I inch

16

i d a l M u i - F l a t 1 0

' - - ^ V o r V L o w ' A l l u v i u m

I Q ' S e l f T o l e r a n t G r a s s e s

1 N V I ^

M a n g r o v e S w a n n p

/

' 1 2 /

L o w ^ L e \ / e e -; M o s t | y ~ K 7 k j \ u ~

W h i t e C l o v e r

P a s r a l u m A n d /c- ' ^ W h i t e C l o v e r i o k C ®

' W e j c J e p r e s s l o n ^ W i t h " S c a t t e r e d

/ S w a m p O a k

60

- S c a t t e r e d R e e d y T u s s o c k

^ L o w D e p r e s s i o n B u f f a l o C o u c h

S c a t t e r e d ^ O a k \

D r a i n e d b y D r a m

\

T o v V e s t ^ \ / \

1 2 /

I /

/ - P a s p a l u m , B u f f a l o

A n d C o u c h

- S c a t t e r e d R e e d y T u s s o c k

0// D e p r e s s i o n u f f a l o A n d o u c h i

I

1 2 ;

/ I I I

\ \ \ \ ^ \

S c a l e : 1 0 c h n : I i n c h

I '

17

TO KEMPSEY

Scale 110 chn I inch

( a )

18

I s J '

r ~ T i do l M u d - F l a t ^ N 1 - S a l t Res is tont ) f Grasses y

V - — ^ / - - ^ ^

/ ^

\ \ I Mangrove S w a m p > \

X •TO J E R S E Y V I L L E

N 1 \

\

1 ^ ^ \ T i d a l M u d - F l o t ^ ^ N \

\ T ida l \ M u d - F l a t

\ N ^ \ \ \

\ w

- ^ \

\ J

r F N - - - I \

. 28 \ 2 \

T ida l M u d - ^ Low A l l u v i a l s F la t V ^ \ Paspa lum With Some i \ ^ Wh i te Clover And \ ! \ Y B u f f a l o In Depress ions

\ \ / "Swampy^ ^ De^r^ss ion

- Scat tered Reedy Tussock

A ' \

Vi \

\ N

^ \

\ \ \

V 28 \

. Low Levee ' - K i k u y u And I P a s p a l u m , \ Numerous Depressions \

\ - 4 ' - 5 ' 0 f M i c r o - R e l i e f \ A 1 I C u l t i v a t i o n

\ \ I

/ /

/

^ ^ ^ M a n g r o v e Swamp ^ ^

' V \

I

r \ \

~ J

'Lit

S c q l e : 1 0 c h n : I i n c h

( b )

18

/

Ti - T ree And Oak Swamp

40

N / \

Low G e n t l y - S l o p i n g R idge- Heavi ly T imbered

69

Sea le • 10 chn I mch

S teep ly-S lop ing ^^ R idge On Gran i t e n. Prev iously C lea red-Dens^ . Secondary Growth x

36

Steeply S loping Ridge On ^ G r a n i t e Ana Some^^^ S e d i m e n t a n e s ^ Densely Timbered

24 Steeply S lop ing- , .

(

iccpiy olU(Jiriy — Ridge- Mostly C learea ' ^ . N a t u r a l Pas tu re With

^ S o m e Paspa lum And B r a c k e n

24 !4 I S

Te rra ce ^ - . , , cp-^ Face-Steep ly^ 1 I 0< •e, \| Sloping ^^

19

Uj

ki

Scale ! 10chn = I inch

( a )

20

Mud-F la t , V /\ « N

Scale : 10 chn ^ I inch

(b)

] 1 4 0

\ \ \

T i d a l Mud - F l a t \ Low A l l u v i a l s \ Swamp \-Paspa lum, Wh;te\

\Clover \ \-Only Cultivable/ (Land \ I

Mangroves

Mangroves

/White Clover / \ / -Prov ides Only ' l 1

/ Cu l t i vab le ' / Land I y

/ I I \ / I I (Mangroves

! J 3 0 /

Mangroves

S c a l e : 1 0 c h n : I i n c h

CM

^Repress ions

I

, Salt Water ' \Much-Flat !

And \Swamp I

I I

I I I Low Al luv ium / Salt Water ' -Paspalum,Buf fa lo Mud-Flat

I And Coucn / And -Some Cultivable Tidal Swami

/ V •

Mangrove Swamp

I I I

- - I 0 7 Low Levee Alluviuri) Some Oak

5 0

Some Mangroves

\ \ \

\ \ \

y Low Alluvium \ Low Levee ^ ^ \ -W i th Numerous ^,^Paspalum

v^Some Kikuyu ^ ^ ^ 5 - 5

J^ng^roy/e

Levee -Paspalum And K ikuyu

Low Al luv ium - Numerous Depressions - Paspa lum,

> Couch , B u f f a l o - S c a t t e r e d Reedy Tussock

\ 1 0 7

5 1 - 5

Swamp-T ida l On ' Occasions-Salt Resistant ' Grasses

-Reedy Tussock Around Edge/

I

' ' Low Alluvium'

/ / — - iv.

Low Al luv ium -""Mamly Paspalum And B u f f a l o

- Large Area Cult ivable

Scale lOchn = I inch

V \

} /

\ High Sand Hil ls - Heavily Timbered -Bloodwoods, Messmates, Heath

1 0 5

I N .

VJ -Swomp - Couch B u f f a l o - Reedy Tussock •

c r .

V . X

/ /

/ /

\

\ /

\ I T, -T ree And Oak K \ Heavi ly I Swamp j \ T i m b e r e d /

2 3 I - B r a c k e n \ 1 0 5 ^ ' ' 1 V

-Enc

/ I Shallow Swamp ' - B u f f a l o , Couch /

/ -Reedy Tussock'^ / ^

1 - f - i / / ' ^ S h a l l o w Swamp' 1 -Buf fa lo And

1/

Low Wet A l luv ia ls .

- Couch And ^ Buf fa lo \

TO

Sand-Hil L ight ly Timbered

fNO r o

23

• •

: -

s" -

-Some Kikuyu, ' Pospa lum, iWh i te Clover B u f f a l o And iCouch

S c a t t e r e d Reedy

^ J u s s o c k / \ /

\

N

Forested - i R idge On / L o w Low / A l l u v i u m Dry A l l u v i u m ^ ' ' Low

/ ^ A l l u v i u m - W e t 7 Bu t Not True . — Swamp

3 4 Deep Swamp Couch, And Othe r Swamp Spec - Reeds And Open Water

3 4

/ Sha I low Swamp

/ S h a l l o w ^ I Swamp I I - B u f f a l o ' 'Couch And 'Widespreod

/ Keedy lussock

I f

S c a l e - l O c h n : I i n c h

Wet Depressions

/ I V

s. \

12

^-Oeep , - . . . Alluvium I I P^a^P Shallow

o- / Mainly Paspalurr.( I Swamo ^^ And White CloversJ

/ /'fcoTtered /

. Scattered

\ '/Mattered , I Dak • ^

\

63

-Buffafo And Couch Scattered

^ Reedy >.Tussock I 35

Deep / ) Shallow Swamp /

Aliuviurir ' ' 1 aj n I y ^

aspalum

1- y n — — — ^^Aijuvium / /bee^" ' I Swamp

'Scattered

^ 7

Scale : lOchn I inch

TO PACIFIC HIGHWAY

(b ) 25

- V

N

Semi-Cleared 452 /

"^v. \ Steep Slopes On \ ^ ^ J Sedimentary Rocks

c, ^ ^ -HardWood Forest > ^ ^ - . And Scrub - Spotted

s ^ ^ Gum IronBork,Grey \ ^ p \ Box Dn Better Soils

' 858

! Semi-Clearedy / 458

I « —

Uncleared

858 — .

Scale : 15 chn • I inch

f / Moderate Slopes On I Sedimentary Rocks /

^^ Semi-Cleared i 452

858

Scale ^ lOchn ^ I inch

( b )

Q

Q.

i fO

3 <T> \

Gentle To Moderate Slopes On Sedimentai^ Rocks

-Hardwood Forest And Scrub Some Black butt Along Northern Boundary Ridge

70

r\

k

~~ ^ Dense Ti -Tree Swamp 5

Gentle To Moderat'e Slopes On Sedimentary Rocks-Semi-Cleared

'^-Native Grasses \

Cleored \

10

\ \ 16

V -v.

/ /

/ / 3 I

I

/

/

\

\ Deep Swampland J - Reeds And Open

Water

X m S "D CO m -<

Scale lOchn ^ I inch

28

TO K I N C H E L A

( b ) S c a l e l O c h n ^ I i n c h

r — j Gentle Slopes ) / On Shales And / And Slates 2 5

^ Fully Cleared -Natural J^^

Pastures \ ^ /

h ' — 60

/ / I I

/ Low Alluvium / -Wet But Not Swamp

/- Couch,Buffalo As I \ — ^Well As

;Scattered I 'Reedy Tussoc

V

) _' '/SwompOak ) c / I

/11-Tree I On \ ' /Shallov^Tv. 1 /

Gentle Slopes-Heavily Timbered Swamp j 4 3 ^ —

S c a l e 2 0 c h n ^ 1 i n c h

Sholl^^Swamp

l y -Low Alluvium

-Wet Depressions -Buffalo,

Heavy Oak

-Ftaspalum, ? White

^ Cloya Semi-Cleared

LOW Depression , \ 5 ^ C o u c h

LovJ-Alluvium I

//Scottered Oak / t

Low Alluvium -Scattered Ook J n V M

• Kikuyu Paspolum

Scale -20 chn ^ I inch

Depressions Buffalo Rispalum

Terrace . | i Remnont L2 .

Shallow-Swamp Terrace

''Remnant

(g)

Gentle Slopes On Sedimentory Rocks -Por t l y Rlng-BarKed Hard-Wood Forest

Spotted Gum, Iron - Bark, Ti-Tree Scrub

/

(Cleared I /

^ — ^ \ \

/

/

\ Gentle Slopes On I Sedinnentary Rocks

/ -Cleared / -Nat ive Grasses

N

Scale lOchn • I inch

29

( a )

\

High Levee - No Relief 4-

-K ikuyu And .White Clover '

decent I ^Deposits Of

vSand y .Loom

Floods Upio 50 Yds

(\ \ \ \

a*. %

From, Road 6 V 2 y

w o

Lower Levee - L i t t l e Micro-Reiief \ J -Wel l Drained -Whole Holding Cultivable

57

N h r\

V O

^ ! n Ivy u iM

IV V

Scale : 10 chn ^ I inch

29

(b)

0

l i I O

/ /

Open Swampland • Patches Of Rushes

/ \

1 N

'•N E 3 >

< 1 /

I Low Al luvium-lnundated\ I During Floods-Cover Of \ I Buffalo And Blue Couch \ , With Scattered Patches \ I Of Reedy Tussock ^

I ' < I I

I / I I I

J / V.

/ ^ ' / / I

' I N I 'Fair ly Heavy \ I /S tand Of )

/ Ti-Tree And , ' / / / /

71

Open Swampland

194

\

N

/

Low Al luv ium / / Open Swamp I With Small . , Areas Of

Deep Water 20

Open Rush Swampland Used In Drought Period Only

100

/ / I Open \ Woter

Scale : lOchn = I inch

(C)

Gentle To Moderate Slopes On Sediments Partly Cleared In Gullies Hard-Wood Forest And Scrub

Scale = 20 chn = I inch

30

Wet Depress ion

TO K I N C H E L A

O'^'Wet Depress ion

Low Levee - A l l K i k u y u And

Whi te

Scale: 10 chn I inch

OJ

P a r t l y

ScQ I e . 4 0 chn •• I i nch

Gentle To , / ' 'x Moderate i Partly Cleared / Hard Wood / v o-Q,, Slopes-Hard i -Na t i ve Spp , Forest ' ^ • ' 5 ? o \ Wood Forest . Grasses Some Black Butt V 3 3 i i ' ^ ^

' V / \ V \ / \ ' \ \

\ \ ^

! \ o *

_ Q I '

"o, \

41 27 Ji c.

Partly Cleared 59

Scale 120 chn : I inch

( a )

32

S c a l e . lOchn : I inch

( b )

32

Deep S w a m p - R u s h e s A n d

Open Wafer

z' H i g h e r L e v e e D r a I n E x c a v a t on

// / I / / I 2

/ Very U)w , / / A l l u v i u m I I On 41 ( S h a l l o w \\ y S w a m p M

// / ^ ^ Levee// ' \

onstrucfed

V ^

Low A l l u v i u m - P a s p a l u m ,

C o u c h , B u f f a l o

S c a l e ; 10 c h n ! i n c h

32

( c )

Old Sand _

( ^ D u n e / y / Gent le Slope

( \ f

\ \

Steeper Slopes On Sed imentor j 's

Old Swamp / , ^ No Longer \ I 2 4 \ Salt Heo th

'g 'uV/™! I Scattered o O T imber \

On / .. JCUMllCI 'Sed imentar ies H e a v i l y

Swamp M a i n l y \ T , - T r e e 8 5

/

\ " V

- H e a v i l y F o r ^ t e d / /

/ \ •N

S c a l e : 20chn ^ I inch

( d )

\

\

/Open 7 1 Swamp/

I Denser,-Tree / \ Swamp ^ LiL.

\ ' I I I /

V.

G e n t l e S l o p e s On S e d i m e n t a n es

- S e m i - C l e a r e d - N a t i v e P a s t u r e

G r a s s e s

G e n t l e S lopes ^

On \ S e d i m e n t a r i e s C l e a r e d I

! " ^ N

1 4 5

1 4 \ Dense "^J, - Tree

P a s t u r e 2 1 Grossesj

•^Oak Swamp ^^

S c a l e : 2 0 c h n I i n c h

33

(a)

» / ' •

Low Alluvium-Paspalum POJ With Couch And Buffalo, ' / c f ^ In Depressions Scattered Reedy Tussock

.<22. / ; / ' /V,

/ PV' ' i ' c^/ > ^

' r

.TO UPPER KINCHELA

Scale : 10 chn : I inch

Raised Beach - Low Heath And Scrub

68

24 X Brackish Swampland , \ -Rushes And Sonne i •^• - l i r j ree

^

Moderate Slopes On Sedimentory And Igneous RocKs - Some Areas Of Send

-Hard Wood Forest And Ti-Tree Scrub-Blood Woods, f \

-Acocios Etc / ^ ^ O u a r r y

•n 1

58

Scale : 10 chn = I inch

34

Scale : lOchn : I inch

o

( b ) o

\

Fores ted Low N A l l u v i a l s

Some Oak A l o n g \ N o r f h e r n Edges

/ / / L o w Levee/

/ - K i k u y u / "And

/^^Fores^ed | | Low Levee \

N. - K i k u y u And \ PospQlum

\

Low A l l u v i u m Ki kuyu, Paspolum

- B u f f a l o And Couch In Depressions

Scale : lOchn ^ I inch

34

( C )

\ Deep

I NSwomp'^Vein

; ; l^Oak [ \ R i d g e \

^ 2 \ I L

S h a 1 low S w a m p - Couch And

B u f f a l o

36

S c a l e : 10 c h n : I i n c h

35

I TO G L A D S T O N E High Levee K ikuyu 4

Low Levee 5 -K ikuyu And White Clover,.

Low Al luv ium Kikuyu, Paspalum And White Clover

-Scat tered Reedy Tussock

-Much Cuiti voted

3 2

)

Shallow Swamp Couch And Buf fa lo Much Reedy Tu ssoc k

/^Low Al luvium / / - Paspalum /

/ A L i t t l e / / Kikuyu / I - - / \ 3 2 /

' oak I And / TI-Tree

Swamp

Scale = 10 chn = I inch

f a )

36

Shal low S w a m - C o u c h A n d B u f f a l o

/ \ V I

\ I

I bha l l ow T l - T r e e

I S w a m p

\

/ /

/ / Low A l l u v i u m - Wet In Patches,

-3Q C u l t i v a b l e In O t h e r s - P a s p a l u m W i t h White Clover

B u f f a l o And Couch

Scale : 10 chn • I inch

( b )

S h a l l o w S w a m p Couch And B u f f a l o Much Reedy Tussock

2 7 LOW A l l u v i u m - S o m e P a s p a l u m

Scale ^ lOchn = I inch

I

( a )

/n ign Low : Low Alluvium - KIkuyu Replaced N / / / b^y^^ ' \ By Paspalum And White Clover ^ / / / K^Kuyu K i l ^yu \ Couch In Depressions

7 r GLADSTONE /

I I

TO GLADSTONE ( b )

"T /

Low Alluvium , Shallow Scattered / Ftospolum,White / Oak Swamp / Clover , • Some Reedy ' ^ Tussock I /

I / ' I

14 I 14 \

\

Scale ^ 10 chn : I inch

-Scattered Reedy Tussock I •^'Jsnes

31

( C )

Low Alluvium

20

Out

Sca le : 10Chn ^ I inch

Scale lOchn I inch

Paspalum White Clover

CD r > o CO H o 2 m

V 1 2 H i g h ^ n L o w

Levee - C o m p l e t e l y

/ I / I

Low A l l u v i u m - C u l t i v a t e d In Rotation - M a m i y K ikuyu And

Pn^nnlnm

88 Low Al luv ium

-Not Cultivated - M a i n l y Ptaspalum

And White Clover Except Where Badly Overun With Reedy TussocK

' / \ /LowAlluvium Scattered

/ -Wet I Oak Swamp / Couch \

/ And BuffoIcK

^ Shallow / Swamp

/ Couch And Buffolcy /

S c a l e : 1 0 c h n ^ 1 i n c h

, 88 1 Low Alluvium V \ - W e t

\ - C o u c h And Buffalo ( - W i t h Some Paspalum \

1 /

Scattered Oak Swamp

/ Dense Oak Swornp

(a)

39

I-U

I

\

i v

to Q.

UJ

/ s

II

\ / \

A /Old Dunes I Timbered

/ I Timbered

I

//•Old Dunes

1.1 b

I I

\Old Dunes -Timbered V 15 J /

/ Deeper Swamp ' - S c a t t e r e d

/ Oak

/ 1

/ 33

/ St ia l low Swamp /

- Couch And B u f f a l o / / / /

69 I /

/ / /

/ /

\ /

Old Dune\ -<^I5-Timbere_d

/ / / /

/ " V

/ /

/ /

y

36 Deep Open Swamp

/ /

/

I Rushes

/

Low A l l u v i u m Paspa lum With Scattered Reedy Tussock Mostly C u l t i v a b l e

32

S c a l e ' 1 0 c h n ^ I i n c h

(b)

39

\ Low A l l u v r u m \ - P a s p a l u m A n d \ W h i t e C l o v e r

2 1

\ \ \

\

\ \ \ S c a r t e r e d O a k S w a m p

\

59 67 ^ ^ V - B u f f a l o \ - D e e p V e i n

\ C o u c h ^ ^ \ \ \ \ \ \

\ \

X

59 - B u f f a l o

A n d \ C o u c h

\ \

V

67

O p e n S w a m p

67

- Rushes

14

B u f f a l o A n d Couch

59

Scale = lOchn I inch

^ Gent le Slopes On S u b s i d i a r y Rocks

- C l e a r e d \ N a t i v e \ Sem i - Cleared B l a c k b u t t sPas tures \ A n d O t h e r E u c a l y p t s

15 \

Gen t l e S lopes On S e d i m e n t a r y R o c k s - S e m i - C l e a r e d M u c h Seconda ry G r o w t h - E u c a l y p t s Ana S c r u b H e a t h

Sca le ^ l O c h n ^ I inch

Scattered Oak Swamp * Low Levee

"•^^. -Couch And Buffalo \ Paspal

" '

Low Al luv ium _ _ -Cul t ivable In Dry Seasons Only

Paspolum, Bu f fa l o

39 /

I V

> I y

\LOW Levee \ -K i kuyu , /

Paspalum And \Whrte Clover ^rvT^

Scattered Oak Swamp Couch And Buffalo

Dram

^^ 38 Scattered Oak

\ Swomp \ -Couch And

\ Buf fa lo \ \ \ \

/ / / \ Low Al luv ium fT

-Might Almost Be / Classed As \

Scale : 10 chn I inch

(b )

-TO KEl P^ "

Scale ' 10 chn ; I inch

41

Scale • lOchn ^ I inch

4 2

N

7 9 ^ ^ ^ m p y Depressions

" " " " • ^ C o u c h And ^ ^ u f f ^ l a , .

/ Low A l l u v i u n n / - P a s p o l u m Some

Ki ku yu

\

S c a t t e r e d Oak • Low A l l u v i u m On Sha l l ow

S w a m p - P a s p o l u m , C o u c h , B u f f a l o

95

Low A l l u v i u m - P a s p o l u m

146

I ,, \Oak Stand )

_ Sha l low Swamp \ - ^ q ^ — - ^ - C o u c h , B u f f a l o

' - E x t e n s i v e Reedy ^ T u s s o c k

J

s/eid

S c a t t e r e d Oak - Low A l l u v i u m On

S h a l l o w Swamp - P a s p a l u m , Couch

B u f f a l o 95

Scale : 10 chn ^ I inch

Shallow Swamp •^Buffalo And Couch -Heavy Concenrration Of Reedy Tussock

32

\

] Wer Low 1 , Alluvium/ / /

TO KEMPSEY

Scale : 10 chn ^ I inch

( b )

S c a l e : l O c h n = I i n c h

/

/

Heavi ly T imbered ' R i d g e - Sedlmentanes 1

I

f S e m i - C l e o r e d \ ( S lopes \

Na t i ve Pa s tu r e s I

TI - Tree I Swamp

/ 2

\

/ I

V

\ /

P - l I

f a )

>1

Sha l l ow Swamp (

15 ; . Scattered

^ ^ ^ / Oak Swamp

Low A l l u v i u m N i ^

Mn I n n r n m \

y \

26>2

Sha l low Swamp - Bu f f a l o , Couch \ - Reedy Tussock Widespread ^

Low A l l u v i u m - M a i n l y Paspa lum A n d

Wh i t e Clover Reedy Tussock A l ong

\ L owe r Depress ions

X

Sca t t e red Oak Swamp With Deeper Vems

13

\

rvv

1

/

I I

V

5 0

/

n

UJ to a 5

S c a l e : 10 c h n ^ I i n c h

45

> -LU (/) CL S UJ

\ / ^ Shollow Swamp

^ Buffalo,Couch, l -Reedy Tussock

Widespread/

Deeper Swo mp With / S c a t t e r e d Oak , B u f f a l o ' And Couch, Reed T u s s o c k On H igher Ground /

- R u s h e s Widespread / /

I I

S c a l e : l O c h n ^ I i n c h

46

( a )

TO K E M P S E y -

\

And SomeRdspalum And White Clover

r \ 8 \

Low Alluvium -Fbspalum With

Buffalo And Couch In Depressions

30

V Scattered Oak Swamp

Deep Swamp - Rushes 29

"^-Some Buffalo And Couch_ ^ ^•sSome Saltation

\

( \ \Oak \

a 8 /

i .

/ / / 1 \

S c a l e • l O c h n ^ 1 i n c h

( b )

46

A Scattered Oak Swamp

\ 35

\

\

Deep Swamp- Almost Completely Covered With Rushes

175

Scale : lOchn ^ I inch

( C )

Low Oak And T i - T r e e Swamp

I / I

28 / 1 2 8 I I \ 3 3 /

Shallow Swamp Couch,Buf fa lo-^

/Low \ OakAnd^^

i T i - T r e e \Swamp I 2 8 ^

/ /

Shallow Swamplands-Reeds

N,

/

I ^ ^

/ ^ / Open Water/ Very Low

__ -Sno l low / A l luv ium ' / -Paspalum

j ^ Buf fa lo 3 3 / 3 6 / 12

/ / / / ( ^ /

\ \

\

Open Water - Deep

/ /

/

Dense Reeds

2 9

/

/

T /

Scale l O c h n I inch

47

-A o

High Levee - K i k u y u ^ —

Low Levee _ - K i k u y u , SomePaspalum,

- ^ n d Whi te C l o v ^ - '

12

Scat tered Oak Swamp

- S o m e B u f f a l o And Couch

I 9 ' / 2

— S h o l l o w \ S w a m p /

M a r k e d / Sa l t a f lon On Dr i e r H i l l o cks

\ Low A l l u v i u m / \ - Paspa lum

With B u f f a l o And Couch 'n" / -

^ Depressions

\ h

a \

\

OPEN WATER

10

S c a l e ^ 1 0 c h n : I i n c h

48

Scale : 10 chn. I inch

(b) 48

N

Dense Ti-Tree

/ {

\

, Dense \ Oak

N Dense T i - T r e e Swamp-L i t f l e Permanent Water

206

Cleared Terrace

/ \ 3 ;

II II

//

^ ^ ^ Dense Reed Growth —.

Swamp With 3 5 Couch And Scattered

^ R e e d s

J!

Shallow Swamp i — — — - -A-Moinly Scattered/ \

// A Reeds Couch And / 'J *|Some Buf fa lo /

X ' ) I / 2 5 7 '' Dense T i - T ree j

S l ight ly Deep^"~-~. Swamp Channel

1 . I

/

206

Low A l luv ia l s -B iT t fa lo " Low Al luvia Is - • Couch, Pospalum

I

- v .

V.

/ v 3 / /

206 >e "rei

_ le Water

/ V • - ^ ^ ' ' " r N \ Dense

Vimbered, T i -Tree Swamp I Terrace I L i t t le Permanent

N

B lackbut t Forest Ridge Heav i l y T i m b e r e d - P o o r Native Pasture Spp.

-Parent Rock Appears To Be Shales And S la tes

591

Dense T i - T r e e ^

/

Scale 20 chn I inch

Low A l l u v i u m ' •vK I k u y u , Paspa lu m A n d W h i t e C love r \

L o w , W e t A l l u v i u m " \ ] | D r a i n e d By ^

\ D r a i n / 2 3 "

S h a l l o w I S w a m p - M a i n l y f B u f f a l o

A n a Couch „

5 I

/ / / / Low Wet A l l u v i u m

/ P a s p a l u m , B u f f a l o y A n d S o m e Couch

A n d W h i t e C l o v e r /

Sca le : l O c h n : I inch

( b )

M o d e r a t e S lopes O n O l d / ' ~ " ' T e r r a c e G r a v e l s A n d I S e d i m e n t a n e s - ^ ^ ^ ^ G e n t l e

S l o p e s . Open S w d r n p U S h a l l o w On

S w a m p S e d i m e n t a r i e s

Sca le l O c h n : I inch

50

Low Alluvium - Paspalum, Kikuyu

26

TO KEMPSEY

Scale ! 10 chn : I inch

(a)

Wet Low Al luvium - Pospalum And VvTiite Clover-Couch And Buffalo In Depressrons

-Cultivable In Dry Seasons

\ ' Low Alluvium

W r y -

/ ' ' - Kikuyu.Pbspalum ; / With Whitetloverin \ [ y / Dry Seosons

I % I I

I

Shallow Swamp

Scale ^ 10 chn ^ I inch

( b )

- - ~ ' V /

Shallow Swamp With Deeper Depressions

28

^ Oak Swamp- ^ - ' ^ Scattered in ^ ^ '.Places /

! I Gentle Sloping Terrace Remnants 22 > I

1 \ / \

Scale 10 chn^ 1 inch

52

(a )

/ Low Levee 3 / - K i k u y u 2 0

/

I \

I

/ V V

• Low A l l u v i u m

- K i k u y u , Pas pal um

( b )

Scale : lOchn I inch

Lost To R ive r / /

/

/ / ^ / , A

Scale ^ 10 chn I inch

53

H V * /

Scale: lOchn ^ I inch

Slope' Old Terrace Materia

- K ikuy

Scale lOchn •• I inch

V -A-

High Levee -Kikuyu / Low Levee / -KiKuyu f

14

/ 7 / -- /

'SnP/-^ I LOW Alluvium

Scale ^ lOchn = I inch

( c )

Low Alluvium - Raspalum With Some Kikuyu

48

/ I / /

/ / / /

/ / 6 / ''

/ /

/ ^ / Low Alluvium / cj- / -Kikuyu

^ /

TO KEMPSEY

Scale: 10 chn ^ I inch

cr

(a)

L o w A l l u v i u m - K i k u y u P a s p a l u m

W h i t e C l o v e r

I / •

/ ' ' ^ / L o w L e v e e I H i g h / ^ ^ ,

/ - K i k u y u ' L e v e e / - ' L o w G r a v e l T e r r a c e A / K i k u y u /

/ 6 / 5 / 9 / < ( /

S c a l e : l O c h n ; I i n c h

e n a i

( b )

/

Gentle Slopes On Sediments -Cleared Light ReGrowth Of

Hard Woods IronBark,Grey Gum Spotted Gum And Scrub

• Motive Grass Spp

133

\

Hard Wood Forest [

30 \ Hard Wood Forest

30

Scale : 10 chn ^ I inch

^Ixw Alluvium /tKikuyu And Fbspalum

KEMPSEY

^r.Qle: lOchn = I inch

(b)

Scale: 10 chniijnch_

57

( a )

Low Levee Kikuyu 2 4 -

Low Al luvium - Kikuyu.Fbspalum

White C^lover / c \ ' Shallow Swamp

22 \ Depressions

/ — ^ } Buffalo,Couch I 3 9

GLADSTONE

( b ) S c a l e : l O c h n = I i n c h

Cleared Native Grasses

; \ 4 0 Semi-Cleared / \

169

Gentle Slopes On Sedimentanes

-Hardwood Forest And Scrub

S c a l e ^ l O c h n ^ I i n c h

\

r x \ \ \ - - Ca^s \ '

• \ 6 \

( a )

Low Alluvium •Kikuyu With Paspalum Towards Rear Of Property

54

Scale 10 chn : I inch

Scale • 20 chn: I inch

58

(d)

Deep Swomp-Reeds

68

Shallow ' Swamp

Low Alluvium 41 //

And Swampy ) Depressions i

/

t I Deeper Swomplonc ' And Open^er / /

/ >

U// ^ /../

i / 0 Shallow Swarrplond' // ^

27 S-i

/ ' i JII / 'V ' /

Scale !20chn •• I inch

/ 56

\ \ Gentle Slopes On \ Sedimentaries

Cleared,Notive Pastures

128 ( e )

v Ti - Tree And OaK Swamp

/ f •

tn u Q f

o 1 C/1 1 1 s 1 1 Q 1 1 3 •D \ O \ , O

^ S ^ S 1J3-

Open Wtoter

I Shallow j. (Swamptanc

I I Scale: lOchn : I inch

Scale .-20 chnH inch

(a) 59

High Alluvium With Occasional Wet Depressions

-Kikuyu And White Clever

MACLEAY RIVER

(T)

o o zr 3

n r> IT

59

( c )

Scale : 10 chn •• I inch

ro

Scale: 10 chn ; I inch

to

Te r r a c e ^ Remnant /

-Kikuyu /

Low A l l u v i um - W e t - Paspalum,White

C lover , Bu f f a l o And Couch

(a)

\

/ I 2 2 Shal low

Swa m p\j - Bu f f a l o

Couch N.

\ N

S \

\

Low Alluviun^> - Dry ^^ - K i kuyu ,Paspa lum

And White Clover^

\ \

Scale : 10 chn = I inch

60

*

(b)

' N / V /

i Low A l l u v i u m 1 \ \ .

- D r y 1 \ ^ \ - P a s p a l u m A n d / \ / y

W h i t e C l o v e r / \ / —

A l l u v i u m - Wef - S o m e P a s p a l u m B u t M a i n l y Couch a n d B u f f a l o

4 6

\ r ^ N \ \ \

- ' \ )

^ y

N J

Scale: 10 chn I inch

15 Low Alluvium

-Dry -Kikuyu

/ / ''LOW Alfev^um-Wet

-^-Kikuyu V / /And

jp/ __ yPQspalum

'^evee / 'Low Alluvium

TO SMITHTOWN

S c a l e : 10 c h n ; I i n c h

62

(a)

High A l l u v i u m K Ik uy u

Low A l l u v i u m - Dry - Some Ki k u y u

W i t h M a m l y P a s p a l u m

\ _ ^

f N \ \ ) « ^ Low A l l u v i u m

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62

(b)

M o d e r a t e S lopes On S e d i m e n t a r y Rocks H a r d w o o d F o r e s t I r o n b a r k s , S p o t t e d Gum, S t n n g y - B a r k , Some B o x , Some B l a c k b u t t On H i g h e s t P e n t

1 1 7

Scale : 10 chn r I inch

63

\ \

Low Alluvium K ikuyu , Paspalum And White Clover

Scale ! 10 chn : I inch

\ Deep Swomp-Some Rushes

N J N

Shollow Swamp-Couch v — ^NBuf fa lo^- j , ' Y

/ ' 10

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Scale: 10 chn ; | inch

^ Deeper Swamp Vem - Frequently With Deep ,

\ Surface Woter /

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Scale : 10 chn : I inch

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( b )

Low Alluvium -Paspalum

7 \ Shallow Swamp,''

/ Buffalo,Couch/'^ /

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Shallow Swamp-Buffalo And Couch V f c ' ^

23

Shollow Swamp / -Buffalo, Couch ,

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Deep Swamp With Numerous Areas Of Open Water

I I

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( a )

Sca le :20chn : I inch

(b)

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I I I ' / ; I / 1 / \ s V

( C )

Dense Ook Swamp 68

/ \ / 1 / \

gentle Slopes On edimentaries 12

Scale : 20 chn ^ I inch

.—<, 56

Gentle Slopes On Sedimentahes -Cleared Native Grass Spp rs \ \ 1 ^

421

I Semi-Cleared t Hard WoodForesf; • V On Gentle SlQpeSf « / ^ Spotted Gums-V y bo N iron Barks, \ \Some Box

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421

Scale:20 Chn^ I inch

\ t o . \ -n \

Moderate To Steep Slopes \ - J o \ On Sedi mentorles n ' i T ^ Kikuyu, Ftaspalum v ^ \ I

V

Dense Oak Swamp 74

Regrowth Oak Swomp

50

I J , Gentle To Moderate Slopes ' \ On Sedimentaries ' ' Klkuyu,Paspalum

/ / / /

/ /

/ ^

/ *

84

' ' I / I \ Dense Oak Swamp

/ i^O / _ 74

N \ \ s

Scale: lOchn •. I inch

I Steep Slopes On Sed

Scale: lOchn : I inch

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71

V X^^cf'lx^ I Heavily \ ! Timbered N \ ' Steep Slopes Gentle Slopes \ \ i On * ^ > Sedimentanes* ^ -Paspalum And' » ^ Kikuyu 44

TO KEMPSEY

Scale : 10 chn •• I inch

•gentle / /SlopesOn/ Bananas" /Sedimentories 2/2 / I

Steep Slopes-Uncleared - Hard Wood Forest - BlacK Butt

50

Bononos _26 _

Moderate-Steep Slopes-Uncleared, c n Hard Wood Forest ^ ^

\ > 0

S c a l e : 10 c h n : I i n c h

74

Scale: 10 chn . I inch

Shallow Swomp I >

\ \ '"^w Low Alluvium / ; \.«-Wet \-Paspalum, / \ Couch \BuW( / Low Alluvium-Dry-Kikuyu / Ftaspalum

/ 100

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jentle Slopes On Sedlmentories cottered Timber

(a)

Terrace Surface On , Sedimentary Rock Semi-CI eared Native TOsture Flood Refuge

8

Low Alluvium-Paspalum .With White Clover-Some 'K ikuyu

II

Scale : 10 chn : I inch

(b)

Low Alluvium -Kikuyu And White Clover

35

TOFREDERICKTON

Scale = 10 chn = I inch

77

Low Alluvium-KikuyuAnd Paspalum

' ' Lower Levee S <V/ -K tkuyu

/ / . S / 13 ' V t /

S c a l e : 10 c h n •• I i n c h

79

Scales 10 chn : I inch

Scaler 10chn : l inch

Low Alluvium-Paspalum,Couch,Buffalo -Cultivated In Dry Seasons

82

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High AlluviumSlopingGently ^^ -TowordsCreek-Kikuyu-Ftispalum \ \

1 0 ^ \ \ 82

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Gentle To Moderate Slopes On Old Terroce Remnant

-Cleared

-Kikuyu, Fbspalum

II

Vctv l^w Wet Alluvium Witn Depressions

l\ I \ / \

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/ / 18

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Low Alluvium - Kikuyu,Ftospalum

33

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Scale: 10 chn : I inch

(b )

Low Levee Kikuyu

/

/H,gh ' Levee •Some Lost To 4 River

Scale:IOchn:linch

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/ / / ' '

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Gpnfle Moderate » / Very u>w Wet Slopes On Old i Alluvium wft^ / Terrace Remnant i , Depressions /

• S ' t ^ ' ^ ^ o , ! -Pospolum, / c5 -Kikuyu.Pospolum j , Couc^h / ' ' I I / 8 /

TO KEMPSEY ,

Low Al luv ium - K ikuyu , Pospalum

/ / / /

/ / / /

/ /

(b)

TO KEMPSEY

Scale: 10 chn r I inch

f 'Shallow Swomp ' -nd Low Alluvium

TO KEMPSEY

Scale : 10 chn 1 inch

Ver Low

4 Wet

Low Alluvium

TO KEMPSEY

Deep Swamp \ J 95

\ Al luvium C/eorew

I 2 7 , . - ' I ' 'Cleared 1 Dense Ook

l ^ J ! 2 8 7 4 / c l e a r e d Slopes

( C )

Scale : 10 chn ; I inch

Gentle Slopes On Sedimentaries -Semi Cleared Or Rmgbarked

9 9 I ~ \

Cleored ; 2 8

\

Scale : 20chn : l inch

4 -Gentle To Moderate/ \ Slopes On Old I N

Terrace Remnant ' ^^

\ ^ ^ 9 r ^ 2 7 \

"Pasp^lum LowAlluvmm \

Very Low Wet Alluvium / With Depressions v

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Low Alluvium Kikuyu, Pospalum ^

27 L_

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Low Levee QI, 'High Levee o /2 /Some Lost 1 -KiKuyu

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S c a l e : 10 c h n : I i n c h

m- 84

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\Terroce

Scale: 10 chn inch

85

(a) . \ Sloping Terrace \ V Remnant / s l \ \ y^L-

Scale: 10 chn: I inch

CO n Q (T)

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( c )

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Gentle Slopes On Sedimentary Rocks

I \ \

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• Some Scattered / Euojlypts And Heath ^^ / Poor Natural Pasture ^ ^ /

116

7 6 / /

/ /

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\ I \

/ \ \

Semi-Cleared With \ I Scattered Eucalypts \ i JAnd Heath With Fbor \ ' "Native Pastures

/ . , / • " ^^ I Densely Timbered - Eucalypts I Acacias, Heath - Very Lit t le Fbsture

I I 116

Scale: 10 chn : I inch

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25

; High Alluvium

- Kikuyu

25

Gentle Slopes On Sedimentanes Some Paspalum Mostly Native Gross Spp

10

TO K E M P S E Y

Scale : 10 chn ; I inch

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87

TO KEMPSEY

Scale = 10 chn : I inch

(a)

TO KEMPSEY

Gentle To Moderate n Slopes On Terroce ^ Remnant-RedBrown ' Forest Soils / - " x j

-F tspa lum i

27

Scales 10 chn : I inch

( b )

TO KEMPSEY Lower A l luv ium Depressions

Scale; 10 chn= I inch

88

TO K E M P S E Y

Scale: 10 chn : I inch

Gentle Slopes On Sedimentary Rocks

-Na t i ve Grass Spp

100

'/ V / / » Deeper Swampland / ^ - Seldom Reglly Cfy

^^ - Couch,Buffofo,Rushes

\ 96

\ /

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/ Shallow Swamplond Inundoted In Wet Seasons - Couch,Buffolo With Heavy Infestat ion Of Reedy Tussock

60

Scale MOchn; I inch

90

Scale 15 c h r M i n c h

( b )

90

Old High Alluvial Flat Above The Highest Flood Levels -Kikuyu, Pcspolum

28

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90

( c )

Very Broken Low Alluviols And Shmgle

Scale : 10 chn -.1 inch

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12

V / / / ^ ^ ^ / Bodly Broken

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( b )

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31

/ / / 9', «t Hioher River 4)1 Al luvium ^-F looded In Most ^ Floods ^i-Cult ivated

',-Kikuyu

31

Low Alluvium -Kikuyu

Scale = 10 chn : I inch

TO KEMPSEY

112 ScQler lOchn: ! inch

92

( c )

310

Gentle To Moderate Slopes On Sedimentary Rocks Fyeviousiy Cleared, Now Covered With Dense Regrowth Of Hordwood Forest And Scrub

310

Sco le:IOchn: l inch

Gentle Tc Steep Slopes On Sedimentarv Rocks - Dense Stands Of Hard Wood Forest With Small Patches Of Cleared And Ranged Land - Iron-BarKs,Spotted Gums, Stringy Barks,Some Ti-Tree And Acacio

356

Steep Slopes On Sedimentary Rocks - Dense Herd Wood Forest And Scrub-Some Black Butt On Highest Ridges 356

Scale • 15 chn I inch

1 i

Scrub / S t e e p Forest / Slopes

/ On ' Limestone

' -Cleared I -Lontana

5 /

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Very Steep Slopes \ On Limestone

- Dense Hard Wood Forest \ ^Lorgely Block Butt v

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/

19

\ 50

\

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^ n d Native Grass Spp

76

Scale: IOchn:l inch

95

TO KEMPSE

( b )

; Very Steep Slopes N Very Steep Slopes ; On Limestone And ^ ^ On L imestone / Other Sedimentary \ -C lea red / Rocks \ - S c a t t e r e d Lantona /

- Dense Hardwood Forest ^-lsolated Clumps Of ' pepoupera»e Rom ^ \ Forest \

110 y-Native Gross Spp N \ I /

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\

156

156^

/ / Hardwood

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/ Dense Lantano •

% 112 j 156

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/ / /

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Steep Slopes

On Sedimentary

Rocks Hardwood

• 110

Dense Lon'ana With Scattered Fbtches Of ^Jatlve Grass Spp

112

Scale ••20 chn ; I inch

Forest

(c)

95

Deeper Swamp - Reeds, Rushes With Some Open Water

65

Shallow Swamplands - Couch, Bu f fa lo

43

Scale : IOchn: I inch

/ , Deeper Swamp \ - Reeds And Open Water

\ \ 65

\ N

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/ / ' / ' ! ! I

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' Shallow Scattered , Oak Swamp /

/ 8

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Reedy Tussock / " O

/ / 1

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'Poor Hard Wood ^ Forest \

-Mainly SpottedGurr.,\ IQ i ronBark *

^ p h M o d e r a t e Slopes On .cTe'crTd'^tary Rocks - Scrub And Some

Scottered Hord Woods - N a t i v e Grass Spp

Scale 10 chn I inch

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98

(a)

TO K F M P S E Y 4

S t e o p S l o p e s On S e d i m e n t a r y Roc k s

- D e n s e Cover Of Poor H a r d w o o d F o r e s * And S c r u b /

M o d e r a t e To Steep Slopes On S e d i m e n t a r y R o c k s

• C l e o r e d P a s p a l u m In G u l h e s A n d Lower S l o p e s - S o m e K i k u y u W h e r e W a t e r e d N e a r B a i l s

• M o s t l y N a t i v e Gross Spp

^ower A l l u v i a l F l a t , F l o o d e d In Most F l o o d s K i k u y u

39

MACLEAY RIVER

Scale 10 chn^ I inch

(b)

98

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98

( c )

M o d e r a t e S l o p e s On S e d i m e n t a r y R o c k s O c c a s i o n a l S c a t t e r e d T i m b e r A n d S c r u b

- Nat I v e G r a s s Spp S o m e P a s p a l u m A l o n g C r e e k

TO K E M P S E Y

Sea le : 2 0 c h n : I inch

(a)

99

Sca le 10 c h n : I inch

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Low A l l u v i u m Paspa lum Wh i t e Clover C u l t i v a t e d

3 6

tj3w Levee - K i k u y u pQspolum

C u l t i v a t e d

N 3 7

H igh Levee - K i k u y u

1 9

8 Sh ing le ,Sand ,Oak :

S c a l e •• 1 0 c h n : I i n c h

100

Gentle To Mcxlerate Slopes On Sedimentary Rocks

-Cleared,Occasionol Scattered Hard Woods

-Widespread Heath Spp - Poor Cover Of Native

Grass Spp

85

( b )

Scale lOchn: I inch

100

TO KEMPSEY

Scale ^ 10 chn •• I inch

Moderate Slopes -Cleared -Notive Grass Spp

108

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Very Steep Slopes On ^ Sedimentary Rocks

' -Dense Hardwood Forest

\

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Gentle To Moderate Slopes On Sedimentary Rocks

-Cleared -Native Grass Spp

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/ Moderate To Steep Slopes

- Port ly Cleared - Hard Wood Forest Some Black But t On Highest Ridges Nat ive Grass Spp

43

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Scrub Forest I ~ ~ - - H - B r u s h B o x

I I Figs,Vines etc i. I

18 .

Moderate To Steep Slopes

182 }

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( ScrubFore^'*

Scale 10 chn ^ I inch

(a)

Cleared

O OJ

Scale 10 chn ; I inch

103

Scale = 10 chn • I inch

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-Hardwood ForesK '

22 Gentle Slopes On Sedimentary Rocks

-C leared -Not ive Grass Spp

Scale = 10 chn • I inch

43

- TO K E M P S E Y

105

TO KEMPSEY

Scale 20chn = I inch

106

Scale 10 chn I inch

Scale : 10 chn ^ I inch

o

108

Scale . 15 chn : !mch

Scale •• 10 chn I inch

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\ Lower Alluvium \ Inundated In \ Most Floods-

\Pgspqlum \Cu i t i va f^

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425

54 / 54 Hard Wood Forest

i - l a ^ W o a f l w e s t / ^ - " ~ ~ - ^

54

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112

Steep Slopes On Sedimentary Rocks-Cleared - Dense RegrowthOf Young Hard Wood Saplings

I I I

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146

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I 18 I

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Steep Slopes On Sedimentary /s Rocks / \ -Cleared ' / ^^ I ^ -Cleared

* / r • N 9 8 <> -Widespread Regrowth W V s, i-/ ^^ \ Lantana And P racken

\

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Steep Slope On SedinnentarV ^ — Rocks

Dense Forest Regrowth

2 4

\

Moderate Slopes On Sedimentary Rocks

-Cleared -Mamly Native Grass Spp

119

Scale 10 chn I inch OJ

Moderate To Steep Slopes On Sedimentary Rocks -Scattered Hard Woods lative Grasses <

/ Moderote .ToSteep

, ; VSIopes

/Forest 4 / i c 2 9

leep Alluvium A / . . - Cleared-

Paspalum

Alluvial Creek Flat

7

High Alluviol Terrace-Cleared

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I I

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66 / /

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Previously Cfeared \ Rum^

Now Covered By A i Oense Forest i iegrowth And Scrub

115

Scale : lOchn: I inch

Scale '20chn = I inch

116

Scale • 10 chn I inch

Scale ^ 10 chn • I inch

I / \

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148 ' I

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-Cleared -Nat ive Grass Spp

2 9 6 /

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118

Very Low Broken A l J u v i u m Z ^

Scale ^ 15 chn : I inch TO KEMPSEY