Antarctic Expedition.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4402, 24 April 1909, Page 3

Antarctic Expedition.

TOE COAL MEASURES. A FORMER MIGRATORY CENTRE. Sydney, April 21. Speaking at the University welcome to the Antarctic explorers, Professor David said the Southern regions were found particularly rich in radiolarian rocks between Bathurst and Harden.

One of the reasons that prompted him to join the expedition was a desire to work out a theory in connection with the coal beds of New South Wales, which were presumed to be of the glacial age. and, although the biologist and palaeontologist of the expedition had not yet perfected their researches, in his judgment strong support was adduced of the correctness of the theory. There appeared to be distinct relations between Antarctic life and the fossil forms of the coal measures. Speaking further of the similarity of both plant and animal life in Australia to that of South America, the Professor said Antarctica was possibly the centre of migration for plants and animals to both continents, now so far apart.