Within the Coomera region there have been multiple sites identified as having cultural significance. Two of these sites, the Oaky Creek Ridge artefact scatter and the Coomera State High school knapping floor, have been linked together through the presence of a unique material that has been identified at both sites. The Oaky Creek Ridge artefact…
Tag: Aboriginal stone tools
Jabree completes Yarrabilba Cultural Heritage Assessment
This assessment is the final to be undertaken by Jabree as part of a staged assessment program that commenced in August 2011.
Ormeau Quarry reveals history from 1670
Ormeau Quarry Expansion, Boral Resources Qld The Ormeau Quarry expansion project required a survey which was in November 2013. Test pits and shovel probes found 115 stone artefacts including a charcoal sample located at the same depth as the stone artefacts. Radiocarbon dating of the charcoal sample gave a date for site occupation of approximately…
Rare knapping, camping and ceremonial sites identified, Stockland Coomera
Between 2004 and 2005, Jabree provided a staged cultural heritage assessment of the Stockland project area in Coomera, which identified 20 significant sites that uncovered a total of 503 stone artefacts, 3 species of shell, charcoal, small animal bones and ochre. One site was assessed as a knapping site (stone tools were created at this location), containing some…
