7. Black Swamp

This information has been developed from the publications:

Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in Central Gippsland (1981) by Neville Rosengren, M.S McRae-Williams and S.M Kraemers,
Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay and in the Catchment of Westernport Bay (1984, 88) by Neville Rosengren.
Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the South Gippsland Marine and Coastal Parks (1989) by Neville Rosengren.

Geological heritage sites, including sites of geomorphological interest and volcanic heritage sites, are under regular revision by the Geological Society of Australia, especially in the assessment of significance and values. Reference should be made to the most recent reports. See the Earth Science Heritage (external link) section of the Geological Society of Australia website for details of geological heritage reports, and a bibliography.

Location:	050705. Adjacent to South Gippsland Highway nine kilometres south of Longford.	Sites 8321-7 8
Access:	South Gippsland Highway.
Ownership:	Private Land
Geology/Geomorphology:	Black Swamp is one of a group of lakes and swamps that form the headwaters of Boundary Creek. The swamps drain from a shallow headwater basin partly enclosed by older barrier dunes, but the valley near Black Swamp is incised into more consolidated Tertiary sediments.
Significance:	Local. The swamps show the impact on the drainage system of the movement of the Baragwanath Anticline and Rosedale Monocline.
Management:	Further draining of the wetlands would not reduce the geomorphological significance of the area as it is the form and dimension of the depressions that is of interest.

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