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Title: The Victorian naturalist
Year: 1884 (1880s)

Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas  (1853–1936)
Alternative names	A.H.S.Lucas; Arthur Henry Shakespeare Luras; A. H. S. Lucas
Description	British botanist and entomologist
Date of birth/death	7 May 1853	10 June 1936
Location of birth/death	Stratford-upon-Avon	Albury
Authority file	: Q2865141 VIAF: 3802231 ISNI: 0000000084178738 LCCN: n81111921 Botanist: A.H.S.Lucas Open Library: OL4506631A WorldCat

Francis George Allman Barnard  (1857–1932)
	Alternative names	Birth name: Francis George Allman Barnard; Barnard; F. G. A. ‎Barnard; Francis Barnard
	Description	Australian-British naturalist, pharmacist, politician, editor and cricketer
	Date of birth/death	1857 / 26 December 1857	1932 / 2 June 1932 / 1 June 1932
	Location of birth/death	Melbourne	Melbourne
	Authority file	: Q3081456 VIAF: 40699264 LCCN: n81089221 NLA: 36356473 WorldCat

Subjects: Natural history Natural history
Publisher: (Melbourne) Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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icle fills a gap in the popu-lar literature of the geology of greaterMelbourne, however, if a more de-tailed scientific account is required thereader is referred to Kenley, 1967,Tertiary in Geology of the MelbourneDistrict Bull. geol. Surv. Vict. 59. As in the previous article onlyminor corrections have been made toPritchards text in order to ensureclarity and accuracy of stratigraphicterminology. Introduction From the earliest times in the his-tory of our state fossils have beenknown to occur in the shore line rocksat the locality known variously asnear Mordialloc, or near Moorab-bin, or near Brighton, or as it isbetter known and more accuratelyplaced at a later date as Beaumaris.The cHffs of Beaumaris are very richin fossil remains and have been avery popular hunting ground for manyyears. Who has not heard of fossil sharksteeth from this locality? There is nomanner of doubt that one of the chiefattractions to a very large number of * National Museum of Victoria. 4 Vicf. Nat. Vol. 93
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school boys and others for this spotwas the ease with which such remainscould be gathered. Frequently com-petitions would run high in the en-deavour to be the one who could findthe largest number of teeth in a dayor an afternoon as the case might be.One old fossicker who used to be avery frequent visitor to this localityhad a large Colemans Mustard Boxfull to the brim of these relics. It usedto be a favourite boast of my own thatI never paid a visit to this localitywithout finding at least one tooth, butfor many reasons the crop nowadaysis not so great as in former times forone had only to wade along the shore-line at low tide to be rewarded withmany specimens. Then by more care-ful search and investigation the actualbed from which all these specimenshad been washed and distributed couldbe opened out and carefully examined,and making a rough calculation onseveral occasions it usually happenedthat at least one tooth would turn outfrom each square foot examined. Fre-quently however you

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