Mysterious Australia

Vol 1. Issue No 8

AUGUST 2011

INSIDE:
N E W L IG H T
O N T HE C HI M U C O LO N Y O F

NAROOMA, NEW SOUTH WALES.

EGYPTO-PHOENICIAN MINES OF VICTORIA AND TASMANIA.

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Blue Mountains UFO Research Club. The Club meetings are held on the third Saturday of the month, at the Gilroy residence, 12 Kamillaroi Road, South Katoomba, from 1pm onwards. We are situated on the corner of Kamillaroi Road and Ficus Street, and as we always say, park in Ficus Street where there is safer parking.

Rex and Heather Gilroy, Australias top UFO and Unexplained Mysteries Research team. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2004.

NEW LIGHT ON THE CHIMU COLONY OF NAROOMA, NEW SOUTH WALES.

By Rex Gilroy
Copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

Evidence accumulates that the pre-Inca Chimu people of Peru, in the course of cross-Pacific voyages on large sailed rafts, in the course of which they found the Australian east coast, established a colony of some size at Narooma, on the New South Wales far south coast. In our February 2011 issue of Mysterious Australia I reported on the 36cm tall by 36cm wide pottery head recovered in two fragments by me in rainforest soil outside Narooma on Wednesday 12th January, 2011 later identified as an image of the Chimu Moon-God SinAn. Any further coastal front habitation evidence, such as around Narooma Inlet may long ago have been obliterated by modern settlement. However, on one of my famous hunches I suspected at the time of the pottery head find that further evidence of Amerindian [ie Chimu] colonisation awaited discovery further afield inland, I was to be proven right! The Chimu pottery head was found on Tuesday 12th January 2011, and the following day Heather and I excitedly showed our find to our friends Antji and Allan Westrip at Dalmeny, who have accompanied us on so many local expeditions in the past. A full description of the pottery head and its Moon-worship function can be found in the February 2011 issue of our Mysterious Australia newsletter. Interestingly, the former Aboriginal tribespeople of the Narooma district once held a Full Moon corroboree to celebrate the moon reaching its fullness. This celebration had Amerindian features, suggesting an influence passed on by the Chimu people who settled this coastal area.
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The Chimu civilisation arose on Perus north-west coast around 1000 AD, building a capital city at Chan Chan where it is estimated that anything up to 1,000 people lived prior to the civilisations spread into the Andes under the ruler Nancen Pinco after 1370 only to be conquered by the Incas around 1470. The Incas were the last and largest pre-Columbian civilisation in South America. It created a vast Andean empire between 1438 and 1532, being subsequently destroyed by the conquistadores of Francisco Pizarro in the 1530s. The Narooma colony would pre-date the Inca conquest. Established by a good-sized fleet of colonists [both men and women] it apparently grew to considerable size, and apart from any colonising of Pacific Islands in the course of expeditions across the Pacific, there is no reason why other colonies could not have been established on the eastern Australian coastline. On Tuesday 22nd February 2011 Heather and I drove down the coast to Dalmeny to visit the Westrips and on Thursday morning 24th February we headed off into the mountains west of Narooma. Knowing the ancient colonists needed fresh water, I aimed for a rainforest creek I had found in 2010, which descends d\onto the coastal flats where I suspect the Chimu would have grown maize and/or corn bought with them,
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traces of such ancient farming having been uncovered on some Pacific Islands [this is yet one more possibility to be investigated in the Narooma district. Upon fighting my way through rainforest growth towards the mountainside creek I began to see scattered outlines of small, apparently ancient stone dwellings. Reaching the creek I spotted remains of a lengthy ancient wall composed of carefully-placed stone slabs on the opposite bank. Near where I was standing I soon came upon a mass of stone slabs, largely coated in moss, placed long ago over a section of slope to prevent erosion. To one side of this stood a large upright stone bearing a female figure with raised arms, her left one holding the Moon. The stone bore a face and Chimu glyphs, later translated to read: Women celebrate the Moons course. In the vicinity of this find I soon uncovered other, scattered stone engravings, one of which would lead me in the coming months to further discoveries in this region, which are now revealing a colony of considerable extent. The first of these finds was a 29.5cm tall by 14cm wide and 7.2cm deep stone bearing a carved face with an ancient Peruvian-style head cap. Chimu glyphs extended down the face [a left profile] to the bottom of the head where the glyph of a stepped pyramid with surmounting snake and the glyph for House of Dead Kings was carved. This inscription was later translated to read: Mi, Who gives praise to Inti* The cup-Bearer of Inti, At the Pyramid of the Sun-Snake the house of Dead Kings, serviced by the seven virgin daughters of Inti. [*Inti was the name for the Sun itself, while the actual God of the Sun was called Kon]. The name Mi was that of a priest who served the Sun-God upon the Sun-Snake Pyramid. But where was this pyramid located? I would soon find out. The next find was a stone slab 34.5cm tall by 19.5cm wide and 1.6cm deep containing the engraved image of a squatting human figure clutching a staff, the figure, a male, wore an ear plug and beneath this left profile image were glyphs indentifying him as Cahepu the High Priest. Among nearby leaf litter I retrieved an almost disc-shaped stone which I soon discovered bore a front-on face, a reversed crescent moon image engraved across the forehead. Measuring 21.5cm tall by 17.2cm wide and 3.5cm in depth I recognised the features as those of the Chimu Moon-God, SinAn, who was also a Chimu Corn deity. A couple of crudely carved basalt graffiti head images were also found half buried in the forest debris. The faded, weather-worn condition of these carvings made chalking in necessary for photography purposes. Continuing the search I soon uncovered another carved stone amid the creek bank forest debris, another carved head in left profile. It bore a Peruvian cap, Sun and Snake motifs with the letters Kanah and Noocol. The stone was 30cm in height by 20cm width and 2.2cm in depth. The translation of this images inscription later revealed it to be the Sun-God, Kon. I could hardly wait to show these latest finds to Antji. As I began working my way back through the forest to a dirt road where Heather waited with the car, I found more rubble outlines of former dwellings. As we drove back to Dalmeny I pondered where the Sun-Snake Pyramid might be... ***** Heather and I would have stayed longer with the Westrips but there were things to get done back at Katoomba, however we were back at Dalmeny on Thursday 21st July and after spending time with our friends, we once more headed off into the mountains and the mountain forested creek where I now knew I had found the remains of a Chimu settlement. To the Chimu of Peru, beyond the western horizon of the vast [Pacific] ocean lay the Paradise Land of the West, the Land of the Snake meaning its inhabitants were Sun-worshippers [the snake symbolising the Sun in all ancient world civilisations]. The Land of Kanak or Land of the Snake according to legends, was symbolised by a great red rock that stood at its centre, marking the centre of the world. The mystery is that, from whom did the "Paradise Land of the West originate? There can be but one answer, and that is, that in far earlier times the Americas were visited by a race of Gods, the mysterious White God who gave culture to the primitive Amerindians at the dawn of civilisation. We believe this mysterious white race was the Uru, the race that arose in Australia to create the first [megalithic] civilisation which, in the course of time they spread across the earth, including to the peoples of Central and South America, long before the rise of the supposed
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first Amerindian culture, the Olmec. It was the tradition, passed down from those times, of the White Gods that sailed from the west that would lead not only the Peruvian but Mexican maritime cultures to sail in search of the Lost Paradise Land of the West, the Land of Kanak of the Chimu. ***** Rising up out of the dense forest to the east of the creek was a densely-forested hill, which I found to be four-sided and on Friday 22nd July I found an old timber cutters dirt track which we were able to follow, and which not only let to the base of the hill, but had been cut up the northern side of it. Due to a current leg problem Heather remained with the car while, wearing my Indiana Jones hat and carrying my backpack filled with equipment, I proceeded to climb the hill. As I climbed the old track I found it cut through ancient terracing. The hill I found was composed of quartz crystal and besides old stumps of large gums cut over 30-40 years ago, which saw tracks cut down the four sides of the hill to remove the timber, others had obviously used an earth-mover to excavate large chunks of hillside to mine the crystal. But for some remaining signs of terracing on the western summit and down the south side of the hill and some remaining outlines of structures that once stood on the flat summit, there was scarcely anything left to identify it as a pyramid, a stepped pyramid as I realised it had once been. To Amerindians apart from gold, quartz crystal was associated with the Sun; the gold symbolising the tears of the Sun, the quartz crystal his rain. I had found what was left of the Sun-Snake Pyramid! Although the timber industry had been stopped from cutting down much of the beautiful forest country of the south coastal mountains and flats, in the Narooma district we were to learn it has been permitted by the government on a limited scale. I estimated the pyramid to have been about 300 ft square by 200ft in height, with an approximate 100 ft square summit ceremonial area. More accurate measurements will be carried out later. Besides crystal, the pyramid is also composed of rhodonite. After photographing what I could and removing a few samples of the crystal and rhodonite I returned to Heather. The time was now afternoon as we drove along a dirt road west of the Sun-Snake Pyramid and the creek site. Then about 2 kilometres from the first pyramid I realised we were passing another. We pulled up at what was the entrance to another dirt road, cut up the west side of yet another four-sided hill to remove all the largest gums from the summit. The timber-cutters had in fact cut their road over the summit of a structure originally shaped from a natural hill like the other pyramid. Their timber removing activities had destroyed terraces, and the whole northern half of a platform of stones that I estimated to have been about 60 ft square. The pyramid itself was about 400 ft square at the base by 100 ft tall. At least three large terraces on the south face were still partially intact with tree growth covering them. As I returned to the car I spotted a large broken rock on the ground. Seeing it bore a pyramid glyph I picked it up to find other faded glyphs on the other side. These glyphs when later translated read The Pyramid of the Moon-God SinAn. At the summit the Gods phases are observed. An ancient road must have linked the two pyramids to the creek settlement, and also to the coastal flats, and this I hope to one day find traces of. A last search of the creek the next day resulted in the discovery of a right face profile stone carving. Besides the outline of a Peruvian-style cap there were glyphs which were translated to read Canah-Can Priest of the Temple and Servant of Kon. It measured 16cm tall by 13cm wide and was 4.2cm deep. At least hundreds of people had to have been present for this colony to have thrived. No doubt further investigations at these sites will turn up more evidence, and I have plans to search other areas beyond Narooma for possible traces of Chimu settlement. What new treasures await our discovery in our continuing search for traces of the Chimu colony of Narooma? -0-

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The Chimu pottery head of the Moon-God, SinAn, photographed on the forest floor where it was found in two separate pieces, here joined together. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011. Frontal view of the head. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

Rear view of the head, manufactured from local clay. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

Rex Gilroy recording Chimu finds at the Westrip residence before heading off with Heather into the field. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

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The remains of a stone dwelling with trees growing through the rubble at the Chimu Creekside settlement. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

Rubble amid tree growth. All that remains of a former large dwelling or other structure. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

An ancient pathway passes the ruins, the stone paving hidden by forest growth. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

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Moss-covered stone slabs, placed upon a section of slope to prevent erosion. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

A view of the creek about which once stood a Chimu settlement. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

Remains of a creek-edge stone wall, built by Chimu settlers to prevent bank erosion. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

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A section of a length of stone wall above the west side of the north to south flowing creek. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

A section of lengthy stone wall above the east bank of the creek, behind which are the remains of ancient stone dwellings. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

An upright stone slab bearing Chimu glyphs stands beside a tree, while in the foreground lies another inscribed stone. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

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Close view of the upright stone bearing the image of a female figure holding the Moon. Besides two glyphs there is the eye, nose and mouth of a face. It reads: Women celebrate the Moons course. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

The stone head bearing the Mi inscription believed to be a crude portrait of this priest. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

The portrait stone of Cahepu the High Priest Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

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The face carving of the Moon God, SinAn. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

This graffiti head carving was recovered from the forest floor amid the dwelling ruins. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

A left face profile image of the Chimu Sun-God, Kon found among the creek bank debris. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011. The right face image of Canah-Can Priest of the Temple and servant of Kin. It was found on a last search of the creek settlement amid the ruins by Rex Gilroy before he and Heather left for Katoomba. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

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It was very difficult to photograph the two ruined pyramids due to tree growth. Here a destructive timber-cutters road leads up towards and over the summit of the Sun-Snake Pyramid, a modified hill composed of quartz crystal and rhodonite. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

A profile shot of the west slope of the pyramid, its former terracing elsewhere virtually destroyed by a grader many years ago. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

A section of south face terrace close to the pyramid summit, coated in forest debris. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

The summit section of the timber-cutters road where it cut through traces of former structures. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

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An exposed section of ground revealing quartz and rhodonite, where many years ago gemstone hunters destroyed remains of stone walls in their search fro Crystals and rhodonite. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

Gum scrub debris largely covers the flat summit but here and there some remains of ancient walls of a ceremonial structure can be seen. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

Another view of the pyramid summit ceremonial area. The debris hides the outlines and depressions of former structures. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

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The only remaining well-preserved [south] side terrace of this once great stepped pyramid dedicated to the Sun-God Kon. Its survival amid the former timber-cutting operations and gemstone terrorists is miraculous! Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

A summit view of the second [Moon] Pyramid. The road crossing this structure lies to the left while the southern remaining portion of the former summit stone platform is to the right. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

The stone platform remains, partially-buried by forest scrub and debris. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

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A downview of the top south side terrace of the Moon Pyramid, obscured by piles of bracken. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

A view looking east along the top of the second terrace below the pyramid summit. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

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The broken inscribed stone recovered from the west base of the Moon Pyramid by Rex Gilroy. All that remains on this side of the stone is the deeply engraved pyramid symbol. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

The rear of the stone still bears a very faded inscription in Chimu [chalked in for photographic purposes] reading The Pyramid of the Moon-God SinAn. At the summit the Gods phases are observed. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

These rough sketches of the two pyramids were done by Rex Gilroy to give some idea of the shape of the structures otherwise not visible through the dense forest growth. Sketch copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

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EGYPTO-PHOENICIAN MINES OF VICTORIA AND TASMANIA.

by Rex Gilroy
Copyright Rex Gilroy 2011.

Long on the Egyptian coast by calms confined. Heaven to my feet refused a prosperous wind, No vows had we preferred nor victim slain, for the Gods each favouring gale restrain. Homer, The Odyssey, [about 800 BC] In Chapter Twenty-eight of our book Pyramids of Destiny Lost Pacific Colonies of the Bronze-Age GodKings we barely touched upon the activities of the Bronze-Age miners in Victoria and Tasmania. The ancient mineral-seekers could hardly have overlooked these states, and penetrating their coastal rivers, the expertise of Phoenician miner-colonists would surely have born fruit, as these men literally sniffed out good mineral and gemstone-bearing deposits, as historical writings demonstrate. Mystery rock scripts found on the coast near Warrnambool during the gold rush days of the 19th century, unfortunately not preserved by early European settlers, might have told us more. The Hopkins River enters the Southern Ocean here, winding deep inland to the Ararat gold-bearing district, and overland exploration by the ancient mineral seekers would have introduced them to the mineral band gemstone-rich fields of Ballarat and Bendigo, once camels and horses were transported down the coast by ship from New South Wales bases, after a coastal colony had been established at the mouth of the Hopkins River. There is also the probability that vessels, having ventured along the Murray River beyond its junction with the Darling, would have found offshoot systems that would have carried them deep into Victorias western goldfields; such as the Loddon, which branching off the Murray at Swan Hill, would have taken the ancient miner-colonists into the Castlemaine district; or the Campaspe River, branching off the Murray at Echuca, which would have carried vessels past Bendigo southward beyond Castlemaine and reasonably close to Ballarat. Of course in the times we are dealing with, these rivers would have been far deeper than today. The above hypothetical routes are not without reason, for over generations farmers and others have turned up the occasional mystery rock inscription, ancient Palestinian or other pottery fragment or ancient bronze arrow head etc. The early European miners during the 1850s often came upon open-cut mining operations in remote gold and copper bearing country near Ballarat, Bendigo and elsewhere in western Victoria, which appeared to pre-date European colonisation by many centuries. Ancient pestles and mortars were dug up by surface mining operations near Maryborough which puzzled their discoverers. And in the Daylesford district early miners discovered large granite rockfaces that had been literally battered away to obtain gemstones centuries before their arrival. This district is famous for its sapphires, garnets, zircons and quartz gems today. Mid-19th century prospectors also came across extensive signs of pre-British mining operations in the gold and gemstone country of Trentham, east of Daylesford, and also in the Beechworth district, where ancient hammer stones, mortars and pestles were found where they had been abandoned in antiquity beside quartz reefs. The Phoenicians were great lovers of gemstones, cutting and polishing jaspers and other precious stones vast centuries before Europeans invented the technique! And at Omeo, in Victorians north-east close to the New South Wales border country, there were gold and tin open-cut mining operations discovered by early settlers, who learnt from local Aboriginal tribespeople that the area had been settled by culture heroes who dug rocks from the ground to carry them away in the long-ago Dreamtime. There is undoubted evidence that massive quantities of gold, copper and tin were mined at various localities by mystery visitors, centuries before the coming of the Europeans. The ancient miners, who ventured up the Murray from its mouth, had to have left their calling cards in the form of rock scripts. During September 1995, Heather and I were driving south from Keith towards Naracoorte, in south-eastern South Australia. Heather pulled up at Christmas Rocks while I took
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scenic photos. Climbing to the summit of this 35m high rocky outcrop, I discovered a series of Libyan symbols cut deep into a granite boulder. The glyphs, which included ships, read: This fleet of men and women in five ships have reached this flat land, and journeying inland from our ships to this place have erected a shrine to Baal here. Our time on this occasion was short as we were due elsewhere, but I was certain that there was more evidence to be found hereabouts. The inscription made mention of flat land and the surrounding countryside hereabouts certainly fits that description. In fact, Christmas Rocks stand out, rising as this formation does high above the coastal plain. Yet Christmas Rocks is a long way from the Murray River. However, the importance of these letterings is that similar Libyan and Phoenician rock scripts have been found at Tailem Bend and near Murray Bridge, as well as near Renmark close to the New South Wales-Victorian border. ***** Tasmania has yielded similar traces to those uncovered in Victoria, pointing to extensive mining of gold, copper, tin and other precious metals and gemstones by mysterious colonists, who settled this land in the dim past. There can be little doubt in our minds that these mystery mineral-seekers were peoples from the Land of the Nile. The west coast appears to have attracted the ancient colonists. Queenstown, whose nearby Macquarie harbour would have offered a safe anchorage for any mining fleet, once explored, would have revealed its rich copper deposits. In the Mount Lyell area, the first 19th century Europeans to enter the district, came across ancient excavated hillsides and signs of smelting. Ancient slag heaps lay about the area, all overgrown by dense bushland. Gold and copper had certainly been mined here and carried away, presumably to triremes in Macquarie Harbour. Such extensive mining activity would not only have required the use of pack animals and oxen for drawing cartloads of ores, but settlements near the mining sites, and certainly at Macquarie Harbour. Vast numbers of workers, their families and troops [for protection from the fierce Aboriginal inhabitants] would have made up the colony. Gemstones would certainly have been another interest of the colonists, and the west coast is famous for its deposits of diamonds, rubies, topaz crystals, zircons and sphenes. The tin deposits of the north-east were apparently mined by unknown visitors centuries before European arrival, as 19th and early 20th century prospectors to the region found out to their great surprise, for the weathered remains of tell-tale open-cut mining were to be found in many hidden and overgrown locations where often mystery rock engravings were associated with these excavations. Many abandoned European gold mines are to be found in the Cape Portland area, but occasional finds of broken ancient Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean pottery and other relics, picked up hereabouts over the last 100 years or so suggest someone else had dug here long before them. The minerals and gemstones mined by the ancients from Tasmania would not have been the only concern of these hardy explorers. Settlements would have required the establishment of farms for the growing of crops to feed the populace. Cattle and sheep would have been bred as another food source. Perhaps emus were bred for their eggs and kangaroos bred in enclosures like the cattle and sheep, not just as a food source, but also for their hides, useful in the manufacture of warm clothing during the harsh winter months, as happened on the mainland colonies. Good timber would have been needed also, for ship building and repairs, as well as for the construction of dwellings, and shiploads of timber would have been a familiar sight being transported down the coastal rivers, just as it was also on the mainland. It is very likely that, rather than being transported directly home to Egypt by one route or another, the riches were dispatched to the mainland coastal colonies prior to the long voyage home. Of course this would have occurred before the rise of the local God-Kings and their decisions to gradually isolate their kingdoms from the Egyptian homeland, from which time on the precious metals, gemstones, wood and other local tradeable material would be shipped to south-east Asian ports. Today historical researchers are beginning to discover what became of the countless millions of tonnes of precious metals, gemstones and other Australian valuables that reached the ports of island South17

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East Asia, such as Java, Malaya, Ceylon [ancient Lanka] and India, as well as the Persian Gulf and Red Sea ports in Bronze-Age times. For example, Australian pearls have been identified in the crowns of Indian princes who reigned in the days of Alexander the Great and centuries before that; and world-wide experts in the different types of gold believe they can identify Australian gold used in Egyptian temple and funerary objects. Also, as revealed earlier in Chapter Nine, from around 1000 BC onwards it appears that vast quantities of eucalyptus oil was extracted from Australia, not only for use in the mummification of the dead, but also for other medicinal purposes; also Australian timber reached the land of Nile at that time as also revealed in that chapter. The Gilroys plan a major search throughout Tasmania. It is certain that rock inscriptions left by the hardy Phoenicians, Egyptians, Libyans and others await us, upon rocks at the mouths of coastal rivers and at ancient coastal and inland mining sites, which will reveal yet more hitherto unknown information on the hidden history of Australian Bronze-Age colonisation. Meanwhile we have more mysterious finds to investigate on the mainland - in South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory - in the light of searches which have resulted in the turning up of some tantalising finds in recent years in these states. These finds make it certain that Australias western half may hide beneath the drifting sands of its arid wastes, treasures of a long-hidden and lost history rivalling any known to the Old World. -0-

The Murray River near Renmark, South Australia close to the north-west Victorian border. The ancient mineralseekers employed this river to penetrate not only into the western interior of New South Wales via the Darling River, but also follow the Murray whose offshoot waterways into Victoria were explored to bring them into this states interior where they found rich deposits of gold, tin and copper. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2008.

This Phoenician rock inscription, discovered by Rex Gilroy at Christmas Rocks, south-eastern South Australia, was translated to read: This fleet of men and women in five ships have reached this land and journeying inland from our ships to this place have erected a shrine to Baal here:. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2008.

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The Derwent River, which penetrates into the heart of Tasmania from Hobart, probably carried ancient vessels with gold and copperseeking colonists into the mineral-bearing mountain country. Photo courtesy Tasmanian Tourist Service.

Dove lake in Central Tasmanias mountain country. Phoenician rock scripts have been claimed to have been found on rocks hereabouts. It would appear that the ancient miners were active in the remoter parts of Tasmania over 3,000 years ago. Photo courtesy Tasmanian Tourist Service.

The famous Mt Cameron West Aboriginal rock engravings. The symbols include Egyptian, Phoenician, Libyan and Celtic glyphs which have enabled translations of many samples of ancient rock art throughout the state. Mt Cameron is situated in Tasmanias north-west. The engravings outside the central set in this picture include glyphs and ogham stating: Land of shining gold and Bels land. Photo courtesy National Parks and Wildlife Service. 19

A close-up view of the central rock engravings. They have been translated to read: Benevolent is Bel. Behold His rays of light. The fishermen in their boats give thanks to the elder God for their good catches, with sacrifices to the Eye of Bel who sees all. Photo courtesy National Parks and Wildlife Service.

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These engravings, found in the Tasmanian interior, in the vicinity of an ancient megalithic ruin parallel Egypto-Libyan script, as this translation suggests: The Eye of Ra watches over the prepared ground where the secret knowledge is inscribed and revealed only to the enlightened. The strangle cord for he who reveals what is inscribed upon the secret stele erected by strength and established forever within the temple Sketch after R.M. Kellogg 1959.

An enclosed sun image. It parallels ancient Celtic examples. If not the direct work of the ancient visitors, could they instead have passed on much of their symbology and written language to the ancient tribespeople? Sketch after R.M. Kellogg 1959.

An enclosed sun with extended rays within an outer circle. It parallels ancient Celtic examples. Sketch after R.M. Kellogg 1959.

This set of five ogham rows, from a Central Tasmanian locality where astronomically-aligned stoneworks occur, have been translated as Celtic to reveal the following: The Sun is observed by all at the Temple of Observation. All go to gather at the flat land area, the principal observatory. Here the senior observers Haza and Ham make their observations. At the temple Ham maps the seasonal movements of the heavens. Sketch after R.M. Kellogg 1959.

These three examples of Aboriginal ogham parallels that of the ancient Celts. It comes from Central Tasmania. In ancient Celtic ogham the three sets would read [right to left]: On this mountain, the Mountain of the Sun, the distance is marked.

This and the other line drawings copied from Tasmanian Aboriginal sites parallel Middle-East and Celtic scripts. University archaeologists have no explanation other then they were probably the work of 3 to 4 year old children! This engraving is identical to an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph denoting a ploughed, irrigated field. Sketch after R.M. Kellogg 1959.

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Another enclosed sun image with ancient Celtic parallels. Its rays extend beyond the outer circle. Sketch after R.M. Kellogg 1959.

Employing ancient Celtic ogham meanings, this ogham snake is read from the tail onwards: On the mountain of the dark-haired God, to the Divine of the Gods at his temple, Gavin to the Sun makes offerings. The inscription appears to refer to a mountain temple dedicated to the Celtic Sun-God, Bel. Sketch after R.M. Kellogg 1959.

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Our previous meetings have been huge successes and we look forward to seeing you at our next one.
Our next meeting will be held on SATURDAY 17 September, 2011 same time, same place 12 Kamillaroi Road, Katoomba. [Ph: 02 47823441] So until our next meeting Watch the Skies!
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