Show V t sav 1 itz f P c i I 1 1 I 1 I 1 the wellington baes these eaves caves the earli earliest pst discor in A australia cW are rem remarkable for er 0 tt large number of fossil rein remalda aing of m animals found la them the to ex of dt wellington new south wals wales in t vicinity of which the eaves caves are situ giro abo d ed cd Is on the western urie line about att d mues miles from sydney y the eaves caves wo wm 0 discovered in 1830 by sir Th thomas oraas 1 4 mitchell Ml the colonial surveyor genberg general 0 while engaged in making exploration t for a road to open up the country tk valley valey in which the eaves caves are sitoa teai Is bounded oneace on each side by hills bills of libat lin 1 stone rock rising to a height beight of abou abom feet on the eastern side arii and consid drably higher on the other the lin stone presents a naked and rugged nr p of face composed of pointed weather weather blocks between which for worn are san crevices lending leading to eaves caves and fi fissure td um the great cave is a approached proa ebed by 11 steep and rugged entrance and aoi consist I 1 e of a spacious um and lofty vaulted eba chaa her ber ornamented by an ini immense mense tal 1 I tite about eighty feet to the west wes of I 1 the great cave is the breccia cave oa of the most important and inheres inte vida b from a scientific point of view yet da 4 covered in australia it is a kin kind d of ja deep pit or well and from it its sze size and the difficulty of aes access is ig at to much frequented by visitors vi 4 berari era d ir krefft who for several years was wag cum tor of the sydney museum took much interest in the work of exploring th he 10 breccia cave and under hi lal suwan 11 T many hundreds of fon foil rg re t mains were recovered d curiously friou 1 y h elou enough 7 h no bones of birds hav have ret r e t h been found the country nn 4 und we ling lington tn has yet to 1 be 1 zi ally alk ps 1 elored when this is done it is 1 probable that further discover will ta be made not only of fossils hm al also or of gold for it was in this beig that mcgregor a sha arl nl AI obtained I 1 the auriferous metal ltaif ion before the 0 finds at ophir had bad altru aed d pub public ic attention in new south walta walt alt alez A |