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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 .
The lake was the location for one of Australia's largest stone axe quarries. [3] The axes were traded amongst Aborigines across distances as far as 1,000 km. Construction began on the Leichhardt Dam in 1956, and was completed on 6 November 1958 at a cost of £1.7 million.
Polished stone axe Pike of Stickle on the left, from the summit cairn of Pike of Blisco.The central scree run has produced many rough-out axes. Harrison Stickle, the highest of the Langdale Pikes, in the right centre of the group Neolithic stone axe from Langdale with well preserved handle, found at Ehenside Tarn near the Cumbrian coast (now in the British Museum [a])
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 ...
Over 800 stone implements, including stone axes, hammerstones and stone fishing sinkers for lines and nets, have been found in the immediate neighbourhood. It is likely that it was occupied during the Stone Age. In 1961 Michael J. O'Kelly's excavations revealed a ringfort which had been inhabited, abandoned and later built over. The larger ...
Ebor is a village on Waterfall Way on the Northern Tablelands in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about 80 km (50 mi) east of Armidale and about a third of the way between Armidale and the coast. Dorrigo to the east is 46 kilometres (29 mi) away with the Coffs Coast 55 kilometres (34 mi) away along Waterfall Way.
Nov. 3—Parting Stone, the Santa Fe company that solidifies cremated remains into rounded stones, is growing beyond North America. In just three years, founder and CEO Justin Crowe's business has ...
In particular, it was a valued source of stone for stone tools such as hand axes. [ 4 ] In the 2021 census , the town of Mount Isa had a population of 18,317 people, [ 1 ] making Mount Isa the administrative, commercial and industrial centre for the state's vast north-western region.