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The primary justification for this area being a PAD is that
there are records from the 1960s of an axe head being found in
that area. The site was found by children digging in that
area. While digging, large numbers of shells were located (Fox
& Associates 1986), these may have been midden deposit.
The stone axe was later authenticated by the Australian
Museum.
The Potential Archaelogical Deposit (PAD) is on a slope
overlooking the river and backing onto levelled ground on the
golf course. The slope contains an exposure of steeply sloping
sandstone 60m in length. There is a dirt track at the base of
the slope. According to a local resident, sandstone was
exposed in the slope ten years prior to the field survey. The
covering of the sandstone may be from fill during construction
of the golf course.
Certainly part of this area defined as the PAD has been
disturbed. As shown in Figure
5.3 a track runs adjacent to the river, which may have
been cut into the earth, removing any Aboriginal relics.
Furthermore the golf course would have either covered or
destroyed any Aboriginal relics above the slope. South east of
the PAD are brick walls built into the sandstone containing
sand. This may also have disturbed any archaelogical deposit.
As a result of these disturbances the likelihood of intact
deposit being present is low to medium. |