DISCLAIMER: The information herein almost certainly does contain
errors. It is largely of DRAFT quality intended for private study, by
members of a cooperative for the study of the Lachlan/Sydney/Hunter
regions. If you would like to join this cooperation and/or contribute
information, please contact LachlanHunter at john.mail "at" ozemail.com.au
or telephone (Sydney) 02 9747 3701.
This collection of information on "interesting sites" comes from any and all sources (much of it unchecked). If you know of other places or can suggest corrections, please email.
So far the collection has been mainly building out from Sydney, with some Lachlan Foldbelt additions, and relatively little about the Hunter Valley. For the Hunter Valley the interested reader is referred to:
Amateur Geological Society of the Hunter Valley Inc - http://www.agshv.com
There is no connection between AGSHV (or Bob and Nancy's site as below) and the current site, or LachlanHunter, apart from a set of common interests.
The AGSHV, based in Newcastle, has been in existence since 1978 to pursue interests in Geology etc. (related interests include bushwalking, photography, etc.). In its more than thirty years of existence the AGSHV has organised visits to over 150 different places.
Enquiries - enquiries@agshv.com
There previously was an "Australian Field Geology Club" based in Sydney but it appears to have gone out of existence of does not have a website. It probably has given rise to preserved trip records though (current whereabouts unknown).
Also, more generally, see:
Bob and Nancy's Geotourism Site - http://ozgeotours.110mb.com
Available materials and copyright: Go to Bob and Nancy's website especially if interested in any of the places shown above in the left hand listing. You can download from there PDF documents about these places. Bob and Nancy make their materials freely available to individuals and organisations provided that it is not on-sold. What they appreciate in return is just acknowledgment for their intellectual contribution, and any publicity as may help them in this very praiseworthy undertaking. Their efforts are assisting the touring public with dissemination of information which can be otherwise quite difficult to obtain, and engendering an enhanced appreciation of nature and geology - very praiseworthy indeed, and one wishes there was more like this.
There is no copyright of any sort on LachlanHunter-compiled information (however the original sources of some information used may be unknown or lost. Any material that an original owner does NOT want used here will be removed, if notified.
Also see various interesting materials made available for Jenolan Caves by senior guide Ted Matthews who is very interested in geology - for this go to:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~john.mail@ozemail.com.au/TM-Jenolan/ted-matthews-jenolan.htm
A) THE SITES
( There is presently a majority of ones close to Sydney. Literature references are given at the end, in the V-Z webpage. )
A simple overview of LGAs (local government areas) around Sydney, and south to the Southern Highlands
(Wingecarribee LGA). For more detail and names of small inner suburban areas see the maps below.
Local government areas close to Sydney (Sydney City is in within 14). More
detailed boundary maps may be found at http://www.lg.elections.nsw.gov.au
Local government areas further out from Sydney.
(At www.greenwebsydney.net.au these council areas are interactive
and will lead inter alia to lists of reports and studies on plants and
animals in each area - Natural Heritage Trust. There is nothing
similar for finding rocks or exposures, howerer.)
To look for other contextural information on areas, try starting with the
NSW Natural Resources Atlas at http://nratlas.nsw.gov.au
which in turn was a development from the CANRI progam
(Community Access to Natural Resources Information)
at http://www.canri.nsw.gov.au
each area - Natur
ABBOTSFORD
AGNES BANKS
AIRLY MOUNTAIN
A
LLANDALEAPPIN
A
SHFIELDA
SQUITHA
WABABADGERYS CREEK
B
ALMAINBANKSIA
BAULKAM HILLS
BATHURST (REGIONAL listing only)
B
EECROFTBE
NTS BASINBE
ROWRA HEIGHTSB
LACKTOWNBLAKEHURST
BONDI
BOTANY BAY
BOW WOW GORGE
BOWRAL
BRINGELLY
BURRAGURRA (Near Wollombi)
BURWOOD
CAMELIA
CAMMERAY
CANADA BAY
CANOELANDS
CAMPERDOWN
CANTERBURY
CARLINGFORD
CARLTON
CASTLECRAG
CASTLEREAGH (Upper Castlereagh)
CATTAI
CECIL PARK
CHATSWOOD
CHERRYBROOK
CHULLORA
CHURCH POINT
CLARENDON
COBBITTY
CONCORD
COWAN
CREMORNE
CROYDON
CROYDON PARK
DALTON
DARKES FOREST
DOONSIDE
DUFFYS FOREST
DURAL
EASTERN CREEK
EASTWOOD
EBENEZEER
EMU PLAINS to GLENBROOK
EMU PLAINS
ENFIELD
ENGADINE
ERSKINE PARK
ETTREMA GORGE
FENNEL BAY (and Fassifern)
FAULCONBRIDGE
FIVEDOCK
FOREST GLEN
FOREST LODGE
FORRESTERS BEACH
FREEMANS REACH
GLADESVILLE
GLEBE
GLENORIE
GROSE VALE
GALSTON
G
LENBROOKGLENORIE
G
OSFORDGOSFORD
-WYONGG
RANVILLEGUILDFORD
GYMEA BAY
HABERFIELD
HOLROYD
HOLROYD-MERRYLANDS-SHERWOOD (ceramics/bricks/tiles unsorted)
HOLSWORTHY
HOMEBUSH BAY
HORNSBY
HOR
NSBY HEIGHTSHORSLEY PARK
HUNTERS HILL
HURLSTONE PARK
JANNALI
JENOLAN CAVES
JOADJA
KANANGRA WALLS
KATOOMBA
K
ELLYVILLEK
IAMAKEMPS CREEK
KENTHURST
KINGSROVE
KIRRAWEE
KURRAJONG
K
ULNURRAKU-RING-GAI CHASE NP (WEST HEAD)
LAKEMBA
LA
NE COVELA PEROUSE
LEURA
LITHGOW
LITTLE BAY
LIVERPOOL
LOCHINVAR
LONDONDERRY
LONG REEF
LONGUEVILLE
LUCAS HEIGHTS
LUDDENHAM
CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES Ma-Mk
MANLY
MARALAYA
MAROOTA
MAROOTA (south from, The Vale)
MARRICKVILLE
MARSDEN PARK
MEADLOW BATH
MENAI
MENANGLE
MERRYLANDS
MERRYLANDS WEST
- (see also HOLROYD-MERRYLANDS-SHERWOOD, ceramics/bricks/tiles unsorted)
MINTO
MITTAGONG
CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES Ml-Mz
MONA VALE
MOOREBANK - CHIPPING NORTON
MOORFIELDS
MOSS VALE
MOUNT WHITE
MOUNTS TOMAH, WILSON AND IRVINE
MULBRING
MULGOA
NARRABEEN
NELSON
NEWNES PLATEAU
NEWTOWN
NORMANHURST
NORTH PARRAMATTA
NORTH SYDNEY
NORTH WAHROONGA
NORTHMEAD (Northmead Gully or Quarry Branch Creek)
NULKALBA
OLD TOONGABBIE
ORCHARD HILLS
PARRAMATTA
PEATS RIDGE
PENRITH
PENRITH, near (The Basin)
PICTON
PITT TOWN
PROSPECT
PUNCHBOWL
PYMBLE
PYRMONT
REGENTVILLE
RICHMOND
RIVERSTONE
ROOKWOOD
ROUSE HILL
RYDE
SHEARSBY'S WALLPAPER
SHERWOOD (See under: HOLROYD-MERRYLANDS-SHERWOOD, ceramics/bricks/tiles unsorted)
SCHOFIELDS
SEFTON
SHEA'S CREEK (See St Peters)
SOMERSBY
ST. ALBANS - CENTRAL McDONALD
ST. IVES
ST. LEONARDS
ST. MARYS
ST. PETERS
STRATHFIELD
SUMMER HILL
SURRY HILLS
S
WANSEASYDNEY
SYDNEY (Middle Harbour)
T-U
TEMPE
TERREY HILLS
THORNLEIGH
THORNTON
TURRAMURRA
ULLADULLA
VINEYARDS
WAHROONGA
WALLACIA
WARNERVILLE
WENTWORTH FALLS
WENTWORTHVILLE
WEST PENNANT HILLS
WETHERILL PARK
WILLOUGHBY
WINMALEE (YELLOW ROCK)
WINGECARRIBEE SHIRE
WINSTON HILLS
WOODFORD (South from - Tobys Glen)
WOLLEMI NATIONAL PARK
WOY WOY
WYEE
B) COMMODITES / THEMES
Distribution of main sand sources around Sydney. (Geological Survery data, GS2001/086)
Google Earth: Locations KMZ file - click on below image
To use the KMZ file link, you must have Google Earth installed on your computer. This is available from:
Google-Earth Download website.
If clicking on the link doesn't automatically start Google Earth, then right mouse-click the link to save the file to your hard disk, then double-click the saved file to open and run it.
C) PERSONS AND INTERESTS
BOB and NANCY (See their website link at top of this page)
Bob and Nancy visiting Cameron Corner
(The intersection point of thre States - New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland).
Bob and Nancy are career geologists with combined professional experience totalling more than 45 years. Bob has worked throughout New South Wales as a geological and mineral deposit mapper and researcher. He was also involved in research relating to the origin of sapphires in eastern Australia. Bob is a very keen outdoors person and gardener with a passion for nature and particularly geology.
Nancy has worked for the exploration industry in Western Australia and has been involved in geological mapping and research in New South Wales. Her doctorate was awarded for research into a gold deposit in central Western Australia. Nancy is also a very keen outdoors person, photographer and gardener with a love for everything natural.
Bob and Nancy will try to answer any questions about the localities included at their website (q.v. http://ozgeotours.110mb.com )
You can contact Bob and Nancy by e-mail: Bob and Nancy ---- brownr "@" isage.net.au
LARRY BARRON
BARRON, Lawrence ("Larry"), Murray.
[Other nicknames .. "The Barron"]
Contact: barronjandl "at" optusnet.com.au
Interests: Geology and chemistry. Rocks of all sorts, world travel, various minerals and commodities, but above all DIAMONDS (e.g. mineral inclusions to determine P/T of formation, and Raman spectroscopy). He is particularly interested in diamonds from NSW, and from Kalimantan in Indonesia - and in comparisons with modes of occurrence in other countries. List of publications.
Larry retired from government service as Principal Research Scientist (Petrologist), and continues work on the rock collection of the Australian Museum. He has almost certainly seen seen more rocks from New South Wales under the microscope than any other living person. His Ph.D. (McGill University, Montreal) was on "Thermodynamic Multicomponent Silicate Equilibrium Phase Calculations".
TESSA CORKILL
CORKILL, Tessa.
Contact-1: tessa.corkill "at" ozemail.com.au
Contact-2: Maroota Sands project - http://maroota.sands.googlepages.com
email 2archaeics "at" gmail.com
Interests: Geoarchaeology (The identification of stone raw materials from archaeologcial sites; sourcing stone from the Sydney region - the links between stone sources and Aboriginal archaeological sites - including the sourcing of the more than 300 stone hatchets that have been found in the Sydney region; red-yellow-and-black, colour and heat in archaeological stone; The use of geological maps in archaeological research); Special rock types - silcrete; Geological formations - The Tertiary Maroota Sand, at Maroota, NW of Sydney.
