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…
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Knapping floor in Coomera on Foxwell Road
The Department of Education is building a new high school on Foxwell Rd Coomera. Jabree Ltd conducted a staged cultural heritage assessment of the project site in 2018 and 2019. This site contains two lots, each was excavated separately but are two parts of the same whole. Lot 5 was the first of the two…
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…
