The prevailing rock was talc-schiste, alternating with layers of psammite. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845] Reference
Under this sandstone (old red sandstone) we find black transition limestone and the grauwack (quartzose psammite) of Florence.). From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
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