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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 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.
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 ...
Wurdi Youang is the name attributed to an Aboriginal stone arrangement located off the Little River – Ripley Road at Mount Rothwell, near Little River, Victoria in Australia. [1] The site was acquired by the Indigenous Land Corporation on 14 January 2000 and transferred to the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative on 17 August 2006.
Australia portal; Pages in category "Archaeological sites in Victoria (state)" ... Mount William stone axe quarry; N. New Guinea II cave; S. Sunbury earth rings; T.
The Green gully archaeological site is an Aboriginal archaeological site in Keilor, Victoria, Australia.The site was discovered during soil quarrying in the 1960s, when artefacts and a burial were uncovered in the alluvial terraces in the Maryibyrnong Valley.
The Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Register (VAHR), is a list of all known Aboriginal cultural heritage places in Victoria, Australia. [1] It was established by and is regulated under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006.
Mount William stone axe quarry near Lancefield: tool making [42] [43] Dights Falls area: meeting place for corroborees, Mission School location, Native Police Corps. [44] Heide Gallery, Templestowe: Scarred Tree. [45] Merri Creek including the Treaty Site with John Batman. [46] Solomons Ford on the Maribyrnong River: location of fish and eel ...