Some geographical notes on a model of the National park at Mt. Field, Tasmania

Abstract

Early in February, 1919, I had the pleasure of visiting the Tasmanian National Park with a party organised by the Hon. Secretary to the Park Board. The whole journey was filled with interest to the geographer, especially as my suspicions of a glacial topography were abundantly verified by the fine examples of cirques, moraines, erratics, and glacial lakes which I identified on the plateau. I collected topographic data sufficient to construct a rough contour map (Plate XXIX.), using the reconnaissance survey of Mr. Propsting and others as a basis. From this on my return I constructed the model which is illustrated in Plate XXX. Owing to the pressure of other research, I was unable to complete a memoir on the glacial features, and these have since been worked out with great care and success by Mr. A. N. Lewis, M.C. There are a few aspects of the problem which do not appear in his lengthy memoir, and I feel that the geographical literature of Tasmania is so scanty that these brief notes may not be out of place.