The Surface Geology of Racecourse Rd.

To prevent the homogenising of the landscape and to make landscapes distinctive, George Seddon argues that the geology should be understood and "displayed where possible" (Seddon, 1979, p. 67). In looking at the mapping, the lands of Flemington and Kensington coincides with three boundaries of Tullamarine Basalt to the west, Red Bluff Sandstone to the north and Coode Island Silt towards the eastern end of site. This geology tells the story of the Moonee Ponds creek which passes through the Western end of site and has deposited silt, clay and marine fossils along the basalt plains that covers a vast majority of the west of Melbourne. The basalt plains are a part of the newer volcanics of central and western Victoria and are seen through the city thanks to the quarrying of the stones for construction since invasion. Beneath these plains of basalt sits the Werribee formation that covers a vast majority of Melbourne’s west, above this there lies a more recent flow of the Tullamarine basalt which is indicated here (Chandler, 1992). The Werribee formation is rarely surfaced but has been seen in locations mined in Altona and has been found in the Moonee Creek Valley(Webb, 1991). The Red Bluff Sandstone is found most-commonly towards the south and south-east of Melbourne beneath the newer volcanic of the Pliocene age (McAndrew & Marsden, 1973). The Coode island silt is a more recent formation that follows the Moonee Ponds creek as it is a part of the lower lying regions of the Yarra River Delta (McAndrew & Marsden, 1973, p. 21).