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wind weathered sandstone near St Michaels Cave, Avalon Beach, Australia

The Newport Formation (NSW) are sedimentary rocks occurring in the Sydney Basin in eastern Australia. This strata is up to 49 metres thick. Formed in the mid Triassic, it is part of the Narrabeen Group of sedimentary rocks.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Newport Formation (NSW)". Geo Science Australia. Australian Government. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  2. ^ Gregory Retallack. "Triassic Paleosols in the Upper Narrabeen Group of New South Wales. Part II: Classification and Reconstruction" (PDF). Blogs.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
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