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Middle Miocene limestone from Cape Barren Island, Furneaux Group, Bass Strait

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 19/11/2025

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In 1935 Mr. F. Blake of the Geological Survey of Tasmania visited Cape Barren Island in connection with the underground water supply at Franklin Village which is situated on Sanford Bay in the northwest part of the island. He collected a small sample of fossiliferous limestone which he forwarded to the late Mr. F. Chapman who was then Commonwealth Palaeontologist. No examination of the material was made at the time. Recently it came under the notice of the writer who has made a detailed microscopic examination of it. The results of the examination are recorded in this report.

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Title Middle Miocene limestone from Cape Barren Island, Furneaux Group, Bass Strait
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/f0a8d7cb-73f9-4624-aec7-10bc6a99bc32
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Reference Period 17/11/2025
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Middle Miocene limestone from Cape Barren Island, Furneaux Group, Bass Strait". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/middle-miocene-limestone-from-cape-barren-island-furneaux-group-bass-strait