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10. Holey Hill

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:945685. Fourteen kilometres south-east of Rosedale.Sites of Geological & Geomorphological Significance - Figure 23
Sites 8221 - 7 to 11

Access:
Holey Hill Track off Limestone Quarry Road.

Ownership:
Crown Land (Holey Plains State Park).

Geology/Geomorphology:
Holey Hills is a narrow ridge trending east-north-east along the crest of the Baragwanath Anticline and is the most prominent of several ridges on the Holey Plains north of Merriman Creek. The topography here is of complex origin. The trend of the main ridges and drainage lines has been determined partly by tilting and erosion on the southern flank of the Baragwanath Anticline, and partly by deflation and aeolion deposition.

Significance:
Regional. The form and composition of the Holey Hill ridge of this site. Clear exposures of the material comprising the ridge would illustrate the complexity of origin of the relief.

Management:
Limited quarrying is compatible with maintaining the significance of this site. Clear exposures of the material comprising the ridge would illustrate the complexity of origin of the relief.

References:
Jenkin, J.J. 1968. The geomorphology and upper Cainozoic geology of south-east Gippsland, victoria. Mem. geol. Surv. Vict., 27.
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