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159. Jeetho - Mesozoic Sections

This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:

  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Westernport Bay Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Western Region of Melbourne (1986) by Neville Rosengren
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay (1988) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Environmental Significance in the Flood Plain of the Upper Yarra Valley Region (1983) by Neville Rosengren, Douglas Frood and Kim Lowe (as part of a study of Sites of Environmental Significance by the University of Melbourne for the then Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Authority).
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 section of the Geological Society of Australia website (external link) for details of geological heritage reports, and a bibliography.


Location:
Jeetho - 898490. Railway cuttings 81, 82, 90 on the South Eastern Railway 1.5 kilometres north-west of Bena.

Image: Sites of Significance Port Phillip Bay
Mudstone bed containing plant fossils, South Eastern Railway at Jeetho.

Access:
Walk along railway line from railway crossing at Jeetho.

Ownership:
Crown Land.

Geology:
Details of the Mesozoic rocks exposed by the cuttings were recorded by James Stirling (1890) shortly after the construction of the railway. His diagrams show faulted sandstone beds and record many with abundant plant remains. In cutting 82 is a 'Root and portion of trunk of tree 3 ft. diameter (inverted) probably deposited on sloping sandbank (Stirling 1892). The cuttings are now partly obscured by slumping, weathering of the beds and vegetation growth.

Significance:
Regional. This is one of several plant fossil locations known in cuttings on the South Gippsland Railway. The existence of detailed section drawings showing the interpretation of the structures in the nineteenth century is of interest for present comparison.

Management:
Class 1. No artificial stabilisation of the cuttings should be undertaken.
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