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The Mount William stone axe quarry (traditionally known as Wil-im-ee moor-ing) is an Aboriginal Australian archaeological site in Central Victoria, Australia. It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northeast of Lancefield , off Powells Track, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Romsey and 78 kilometres (48 mi) from Melbourne .
Mount William Quarry. Evidence of stone quarrying is rare, but the Mount William stone axe quarry [5] is one of a number of stone sources used for making tools which were traded long distances throughout central and western Victoria and into New South Wales. [6]
The site is located at the confluence of Dry Creek and the Maribyrnong River, 1.5 km (0.93 mi) north of Keilor, Victoria at The site was found when artefacts were exposed in sand quarries, and as a result of increased bank erosion of the river terraces due to runoff from the then recently opened Melbourne Airport.
Mount William stone axe quarry, near Lancefield, Victoria, Australia; Mount William National Park, Tasmania, Australia; Mount William, Tasmania, a locality in Australia; Mount William, a sub-hill in the Battle of Mount Tumbledown of the Falklands War
Mount William stone axe quarry; Balls Head Reserve; Cloggs Cave; Gabarnmung; Kutikina Cave; ... Albert Park tunnels – World War II civilian air raid shelters sealed ...
The Wurundjeri and Gunung Willam Balug clans mined diorite at Mount William stone axe quarry which was a source of the highly valued greenstone hatchet heads, which were traded across a wide area as far as New South Wales and Adelaide. The mine provided a complex network of trading for economic and social exchange among the different Aboriginal ...
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The Wurundjeri mined diorite at Mount William Quarry, a source of the highly valued greenstone hatchet heads, which were and traded across a wide area as far as New South Wales and Adelaide. The mine provided a complex network of trading for economic and social exchange among the different Aboriginal nations in Victoria.