Hobbs, Douglas, Michael Strong and Andrew McLaren (ARCHAEO Cultural Heritage Services)

Consulting on the Burnett River, Queensland

ARCHAEO Cultural Heritage Services, Ashgrove, Brisbane, in partnership with the Indigenous Working Group (IWG), representing the Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang, Taribelang Bunda and Wakka Wakka Aboriginal people with traditional links to the study area, undertook a two-year, 6-stage archaeological mitigation program proposed for the Burnett River Dam project. The dam is located 50 kilometres north east of Gayndah in southeast Queensland. The survey component of this program located 94 archaeological sites of which 28 warranted more in-depth investigation and management including surface collections and archaeological sub-surface excavations. These 28 open surface sites consisted of stone artefact scatters and campsites, and archaeological excavation was necessary at 7 of them in order to test for possible sub-surface cultural material below the recorded artefact scatter.

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