PLOT c/6A5Q-55 · version 1 of 1

The writer reports sandy shell-beds near the Williamstown Racecourse, made of shells of living species and laid by wind and tide, as evidence that the shore was building out.

The author discussed the occurrence of the sandy shell-beds exposed near the Williamstown Racecourse, on the Altona Bay railway line, which have been regarded as evidence of an elevated sea-bottom, but he pointed out that the evidence of the surround- ing locality showed that a gradual reclamation of the sea shore was taking place, and that the origin of the beds was no doubt wind and tide, and that they were geologically of Recent age. This was shown by the fact of their being almost entirely com- posed of the shells of living species.Historical passage

About Williamstown

Kind

Reported by source

Who said it

Reported by community

Period

1909

Checked

Reviewed (step 3 of 4): PLOT checked the claim against its source. This is not independent verification.

Open questions

None open

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Where it says so

The Victorian naturalist, v.26, 1909-1910 (on archive.org) (Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria) · View in PLOT — p. 15, victoriannatural26fiel, leaf 29, printed page 15

How they know

accounts-core@0.1.0: screen_passage@1, extract_passage@1 (claude-opus-5-5 (Claude Code session)); locator victoriannatural26fiel, leaf 29, printed page 15

Limitations

A writer's account: context and a reason to look again, never a measurement. The writer's words for the place are kept; silence elsewhere is not absence.

Framework targets

none linked

Editions

october-26th-release

Cite as: PLOT record c/6A5Q-55 v1, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria (1909), reported by source

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