. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 29 may 11 July / A >y27rnay qX) , V---,',, isp 15jur .1 -AoV 20 nia} layV. 7july, A^^Âshhu^on 22° The explorations carried out in recent years by the Challenger and other vessels have determined with tolerable accuracy the submarine bed on which Australia stands, and which may be geologically regarded as forming with the mainland a partly up- heaved continental mass. In the north New Guinea, with the clusters and chains of adjacent islands, such as the Louisiades and Aru, all rest on the com- mon pedestal, being united with Australia by the reefs dotted
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 29 may 11 July / A >y27rnay qX) , V---,',, isp 15jur .1 -AoV 20 nia} layV. 7july, A^^Âshhu^on 22° The explorations carried out in recent years by the Challenger and other vessels have determined with tolerable accuracy the submarine bed on which Australia stands, and which may be geologically regarded as forming with the mainland a partly up- heaved continental mass. In the north New Guinea, with the clusters and chains of adjacent islands, such as the Louisiades and Aru, all rest on the com- mon pedestal, being united with Australia by the reefs dotted over Torres Strait and neigh- bouring waters. The Gulf of Carpentaria and the north- western seas nearly as far as Timor belong to the same sub- marine bank, which in the south stretches far seawards, and in the south-east develops a long submerged peninsula, above which rises Tasmania, and which advances over 900 miles into deep water. On the east side the New South Wales seaboard is washed by abysses of over 2,000 fathoms, while the north-east coast is fringed by the Great Barrier Reef, which is connected by a sill less than 1,000 fathoms deep with Norfolk Island and the north-west peninsula of New Zealand. This connecting line between the continent and its most remote geological depen- dencies is disposed towards the south-east in the same direction as New Caledonia, the Loyalty, and New Hebrides groups, and other upraised lands in this section of the South Sea. It is noteworthy that in this vast aggregate of Australasian lands the continent itself presents the least diversity of relief. Even the loftiest Australian ranges are of secondary importance compared with the New Guinea and
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