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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 .
A basic distinction is that between flaked or knapped stone, the main subject here, and ground stone objects made by grinding. Flaked stone reduction involves the use of a hard hammer percussor, such as a hammerstone, a soft hammer fabricator (made of wood, bone or antler), or a wood or antler punch to detach lithic flakes from the lithic core ...
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Mount William (Mount Duwil), in the Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia; Mount William (Queensland), the summit of the Clarke Range in North Queensland, Australia; Mount William stone axe quarry, near Lancefield, Victoria, Australia; Mount William National Park, Tasmania, Australia; Mount William, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
The Taungurung people used the King and Howqua River valleys as a major route for trade or war between tribes. [4] The Howqua River valley contains a number of archaeological sites of significance including at least two quarry sites for greenstone, an exceptionally hard rock used for stone axes, spears and other cutting tools which the Taungurung traded with other tribes.
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Riddells Road Earth Ring. Aboriginal sites of Victoria form an important record of human occupation for probably more than 40,000 years. They may be identified from archaeological remains, historical and ethnographic information or continuing oral traditions and encompass places where rituals and ceremonies were performed, occupation sites where people ate, slept and carried out their day to ...