PERONIAN Hedley 1904

In the original description by Hedley (1904), the Peronian region extends along “the east coast of Tasmania, Gippsland, and New South Wales” (Hedley 1904: 880). It is unclear from this description what lies between the New South Wales-Queensland border and Moreton Bay. Womersley (1981) recognises Moreton Bay as the northern limit of the Peronian, as we do here. Millar (2007: 554) places the Peronian “closely to the coastline of New South Wales and has an almost north-south orientation, spanning 9 degrees of latitude but only 3 degrees of longitude”. Although the Oxleyan subregion is recognised here, Millar (2007: 555) regards the Peronian as “essentially a transitional zone between the subtropical waters of Queensland and the cool-temperate waters of Southern Australia” and thus not meaningfully divisible.