LISMORE
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BROWNS WATERHOLES
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BROWNS WATERHOLES
CROSS SECTION OF
UNDERLYING ROCKS
You are standing where Browns Waterholes
creek has cut a channel through to a bedrock of
NOT TO SCALE
granite 360 million years old (Devonian Era).
You can see this rock in boulders downstream
and in the highway cutting to the east. It erodes
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to form sand.
BOOMERANG
RIDGE
The high ground immediately to the west is
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formed from sedimentary rock, a laterite, laid
down 30 million years ago (Tertiary Era). This
ridge of rock, the Boomerang Ridge, was once a
tree covered area in a fairly treeless plain. You
can see this rock in cuttings at the Lismore end
of the Skipton road.
Towards Derrinallum, lava flows of plains basalt
(1-2 Million years ago) and stony rises basalt
(about 20 thousand years ago) formed the
western plains, and eroded to form the soils of a
rich farming area extending to the South
Australian border. The underlying basalt rock
was called ‘bluestone’ and used for building.
The crossing at the creek and the nearby
Boomerang Ridge made this an enticing place
to settle. John Brown became the first white
A Granite
B Tertiary Laterite
C Plains Basalt
D Stony Rises Basalt
settler in 1840, staying longer than expected
when the axle of his bullock dray broke in the
creek. In 1861 the settlement of Browns
Waterholes was proclaimed the town of Lismore.