Cave Shelters and the Aborigines of Tasmania

Abstract

I HAVE just received news from Mr. J. B. Walker, of Hobart, of the discovery of some interesting relics of the aborigines of Tasmania. Mr. Walker accompanied Mr. R. M. Johnston, the Government Geologist, on an expedition in search of some remains of Tasmanians, and the party were rewarded by finding a hitherto unknown so-called quarry where the natives manufactured some stone implements, also a cave which showed considerable evidence of having been used by the aborigines, as well as a tree notched by them for climbing purposes. The sandstone cave or rock shelter i situated in Hutton Park, near Lovely Banks. The quarry is situated at Coal Hill, two miles north of Melton Mowbray, about 40 miles N.N.W. of Hobart, and 1100 feet above the sea-level.