“…Unfortunately, the timing of the tectonic events appears to be much less accurately known than the age of the regional unconformity and this introduces an element of speculation into Elliotfs case. Furthermore, his idea that the easternmost margin of Australia underwent uplift during the Eocene appears to be contrary to information now available which indicates that much of the present offshore easternmost Australia was subjected to marine transgression during the Paleogene (Oppel, 1970;Griffith and Hodgson, 1971;James and Evans, 1971;Palmieri, 1971;Burns, Andrews, et al, 1973;Heckel, 1973;Stover and Evans, 1973;and Kennett, Houtz, et al, 1975).…”