In February 2019, the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) engaged Jabree Limited to undertake a Preliminary Cultural Heritage Assessment for the proposed M1 Upgrade between Varsity Lakes and Tugun (M1 Upgrade VL2T project). The purpose of this assessment was to identify any sites that had Aboriginal cultural heritage potential and make the appropriate…
Tag: Silcrete
High density artefacts indicative of Aboriginal campsite at Cedar Creek
In May 2019, the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) engaged Jabree Limited to conduct cultural heritage investigations of the area proposed for an upgrade at Beaudesert-Beenleigh Road (BBR) near the intersection of Schmidt Road within the Gold Coast suburb of Cedar Creek. The region where the BBR – Schmidt Road project area is…
Unique Cultural Heritage at Yarrabilba
The Yarrabilba area forms part of the broader cultural landscape of the Albert River catchment and Mt Tamborine area, an area which also contains archaeological and cultural sites including Bora Grounds that continue to be of high significance to Aboriginal people living in the region
Knapping (stone work) site identified near Logan Village
Aboriginal cultural material recovered from the site suggests the area was once a knapping (stone working) site by our ancestors.
Stone artefacts found, Mount Tamborine
In May 2012 fieldwork was undertaken at the Tamborine Village Roundabout which is approximately 2.5km southwest of the bora ground at Waldron Road, Tamborine. While much of the site had been disturbed by road works, 11 stone artefacts were found including silcrete flakes and cores. In one pit a charcoal sample was found at the…
