Journal and Proceedings of
The Royal Society of New South Wales
Volume 131 Parts 3 and 4 {Issued December, 1998}
CONTENTS
AUTHORS & TITLES
Lindoy, L.F. New Molecular Receptors for Small Molecules and Ions
[Liversidge Lecture, 1998]
Neef, G. Early Cretaceous-Recent Landscape Evolution of the Copper Mine Range
and Adjacent Areas Far West New South Wales
Elvy, S.B., Gray, N.D., McAndrew, J., Wills, P.A. & French, D.R. Unnamed Palladium
Telluride Minerals from Broken Hill, New South Wales
Birch, W.D. The Broken Hill Meteorite, New South Wales, Australia
Organ, M. “... a small fish in a small pond ...”. The Reverend W.B. Clarke (1798-1878):
200 Years On. (Part I)
Theses Abstracts
[Not reproduced on this page, but available in full here]
Baada, I.A., Thesis Abstract: Survival Analysis Diagnostics
Chopin, L.K. Thesis Abstract: Some Cardiovascular Morphological Specialisations and
Aspects of Cardiovascular Control in the Lower Vertebrates, Carcharhinus melanopterus,
Rhinobatos typus, Neoceratodus forsteri and Arius graeffei..
Hockings, G.I. Thesis Abstract: Neuroendocrine Studies on the Function of the
Normal and Abnormal Human Hypothalamic – Pituitary – Adrenal Axis
Lanspeary, P.V. Thesis Abstract: Establishing Very Low Speed, Disturbance-free Flow
for Anemometry in Turbulent Boundary
Vickery, K.A. Thesis Abstract: Molecular Recognition between DNA and CHIRAL
Intercalative Metalloprobes
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v. 131 pts 3-4, pp. 65-75.
New Molecular Receptors for Small Molecules and Ions
[31st Liversidge Research Lecture delivered before the Royal Society of New South Wales at
Sydney University, 1st July 1998].
Leonard F. Lindoy
Abstract. New macrocyclic and cage-like receptors have been synthesised. The host-guest
complexation behaviour of these species with metal cations and, in one instance, organic guests
has been investigated using a range of physical and computational techniques. Emphasis in these
studies has been given to the development of systems showing selective host-guest complexation
behaviour.
Keywords: heavy metal, selectivity, host-guest, macrocycle, cage.
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v. 131 pts 3-4, pp. 77-84.
Early Cretaceous-Recent Landscape Evolution of the Copper Mine Range and
Adjacent Areas Far West New South Wales
G. Neef
Abstract. The Copper Mine Range, comprising Emsian-Eifelian (Devonian) strata of the Mulga
Downs Group, lies 40 km west of the small settlement of White Cliffs in far west New South
Wales, Australia. Its summit is an exhumed dissected surface, gently tilted southeast, which
formerly lay beneath strata of the Early Cretaceous Rolling Downs Group. At three localities on
the tilted surface there are small sarsen boulders of silcrete which are probably Oligocene in age.
At the margin of the range there are a few localities where alluvial sandstones of the Eyre
Formation, Paleocene- mid Eocene in age, unconformably overlie Devonian strata. More distant
from the range silcrete, of Oligocene age, locally overlies strata of the Eyre Formation. These
facts are consistent with the following geological history: (1) post-Early Cretaceous uplift/gentle
folding followed by extensive erosion to form a landscape of plateaux and plains; (2) deposition
of the Eyre Formation on the plains part of this landscape; (3) removal, by erosion, of much of
the Eyre Formation during Late Eocene time and (4) Formation of silcrete caps (on the plains
and the plateaux) during Oligocene time. Since Oligocene time there has been a further ~20 m
of denudation of the plains part of the landscape whereas there has been only minor erosion of
the plateaux.
Keywords: Landscape evolution, ?Mid Cretaceous folding, Eyre Formation, Cordillo Surface,
denudation.
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v. 131 pts 3-4, pp.85-93.
Unnamed Palladium Telluride Minerals from Broken Hill, New South Wales
Shane B. Elvy, Neil D. Gray, John McAndrew, Peter A. Williams & David R. French
Abstract: Two groups of unnamed palladium tellurides are present in several deposits near
Broken Hill, New South Wales. The first corresponds to bismuthian Pd8Te3. A mercurian
analogue has also been found at Mulga Springs. The second corresponds to bismuthian P20Te7.
Both phases are known synthetically, but have not yet been described as valid species. Their
relation to similar phases is discussed and the appropriate portion of the Pd-Te-Bi phase diagram
reinterpreted in the light of naturally occurring species and recent synthetic studies.
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v. 131 pts 3-4, pp. 95-99.
The Broken Hill Meteorite, New South Wales, Australia
William D. Birch (Communicated by D.F. Branagan)
Abstract: The Broken Hill meteorite is a newly described L6 chondrite found in 1994 near the
town of Broken Hill, in western New South Wales, Australia. It is a single stone, of mass 84 kg
when found, and with a thin surface film of iron hydroxide and calcrete. The meteorite contains
abundant chondrules, mainly of olivine-orthopyroxene in a coherent matrix of olivine,
orthopyroxene and oligoclase. Troilite is the main opaque mineral, with only minor amounts of
taenite and kamacite, and rare chromite. Electron probe microanalysis of the main minerals gave
compositions typical of L5 chondrites. The Broken Hill meteorite shows no evidence of shock
features and is moderately low on the scale of weathering. It is considered to be a distinct find,
unrelated to similar meteorites found in the region.
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v. 131 pts 3-4, pp. 101-112.
“ ...a small fish in a small pond...” The Reverend W.B. Clarke (1798-1878): 200
Years on (Part I)
Michael Organ (Communicated by D.F. Branagan)
Abstract: The Reverend W.B. Clarke remains an enigma in the annals of Australian science,
despite the publication of numerous books and articles on his life and times. This is due to the
deficiencies of previous researchers in addressing the full gamut of the Reverend gentleman’s
work. Though the basic details of Clarke’s life are well known, numerous significant gaps exist in
the surviving archive. For example, his personal collection of rocks and fossils, along with
geological maps and library, were all destroyed in the Garden Palace fire of 1882. Furthermore,
the large corpus of published mork which appeared in Australian newspapers between 1839-78
has only recently been identified, and his personal correspondence awaits ‘translation’ and
publication. Until these primary sources are studied in detail, the jury must remain out as to
whether W.B. Clarke deserves the title of ‘Father of Australian Geology’ or any similar accolade.
The paper is continued in Vol 132 pts 1-2
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