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.

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. )

 

Local government areas close to Sydney (Sydney City is in within 14)

 

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.)

 

 

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

 

CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES A-C

 

ABBOTSFORD

AGNES BANKS

ALLANDALE

APPIN

ASHFIELD  

ASQUITH 

AWABA 

BADGERYS CREEK

BALMAIN

BAULKAM HILLS

BEECROFT

BENTS BASIN

BEROWRA HEIGHTS

BLACKTOWN

BLAKEHURST

BONDI

BOTANY BAY

BOW WOW GORGE

BOWRAL

BRINGELLY

BURWOOD

CAMELIA

CAMMERAY

CANADA BAY

CANOELANDS

CAMPERDOWN

CANTERBURY

CARLINGFORD

CARLTON

CASTLEREAGH (Upper Castlereagh)

CATTAI

CECIL PARK

CHATSWOOD

CHERRYBROOK

CLARENDON

COBBITTY

CONCORD

COWAN

CREMORNE

CROYDON

CROYDON PARK

 

 

 

CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES D-F

 

 

DALTON 

DARKES FOREST

DUFFYS FOREST

DURAL

EASTERN CREEK

EASTWOOD

EBENEZEER

EMU PLAINS to GLENBROOK

EMU PLAINS 

ERSKINE PARK

ETTREMA GORGE

FENNEL BAY (and Fassifern)

FAULCONBRIDGE

FIVEDOCK

FOREST GLEN

FOREST LODGE

FORRESTERS BEACH

 

 

 

CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES G-I

 

 

GLEBE

GLENORIE

GROSE VALE

GALSTON

GLENBROOK

GOSFORD

GOSFORD-WYONG

GRANVILLE

GUILDFORD

HABERFIELD

HOLROYD

HOLSWORTHY

HOMEBUSH BAY

HORNSBY

HORNSBY HEIGHTS 

HORSLEY PARK

HURLSTONE PARK

 

 

 

CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES J-L

 

JOADJA

KANANGRA WALLS

KATOOMBA

KELLYVILLE

KIAMA

KEMPS CREEK

KENTHURST

KULNURRA

LAKEMBA

LANE COVE

LA PEROUSE

LEURA

LITHGOW

LITTLE BAY

LIVERPOOL

LOCHINVAR

LONDONDERRY

LUDDENHAM

 

 

 

CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES M

 

 

MANLY

MARALAYA

MAROOTA

MAROOTA (south from, The Vale)

MARRICKVILLE

MARSDEN PARK

MEADLOW BATH

MENAI

MERRYLANDS

MERRYLANDS WEST

MINTO

MOOREBANK - CHIPPING NORTON

MOORFIELDS

MOUNT WHITE

MOUNTS TOMAH, WILSON AND IRVINE

MULGOA

 

 

 

CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES N-O

 

  

NEWNES PLATEAU

NEWTOWN

NORMANHURST

NORTH PARRAMATTA

NORTH SYDNEY

NORTH WAHROONGA

NORTHMEAD  (Northmead Gully or Quarry Branch Creek)

NULKALBA

OLD TOONGABBIE

ORCHARD HILLS

 

 

 

CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES P-R

 

 

PARRAMATTA

PEATS RIDGE

PENRITH

PENRITH, near (The Basin)

PICTON

PITT TOWN

PROSPECT

PUNCHBOWL

PYMBLE

PYRMONT

REGENTVILLE

RICHMOND

RIVERSTONE

ROUSE HILL

RYDE

 

 

 

CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES S

 

SHEARSBY'S WALLPAPER

SCHOFIELDS

SOMERSBY

ST. ALBANS - CENTRAL McDONALD

ST. IVES

ST. LEONARDS

ST. MARYS

ST. PETERS

SUMMER HILL

SURRY HILLS  

SWANSEA 

SYDNEY

SYDNEY (Middle Harbour)

 

 

 

CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES T-U

 

TEMPE

TERREY HILLS

THORNLEIGH

THORNTON

TURRAMURRA

ULLADULLA

 

 

 

 

CLICK HERE FOR LOCALITIES V-Z

 

 

VINEYARDS

WAHROONGA

WALLACIA

WARNERVILLE

WENTWORTH FALLS

WEST PENNANT HILLS

WETHERILL PARK

WILLOUGHBY

WINMALEE (YELLOW ROCK)

WINSTON HILLS

WOODFORD (South from - Tobys Glen)

WOLLEMI NATIONAL PARK

WYEE

 

 

 

 

B)  PERSONS AND INTERESTS

 

 

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".

 

 

 

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.