SALVAGED CULTURAL MATERIAL - DPLH 25486 BAS 23 - SIENNA WOODS AUG-OCT 2022

On 12 and 19-21 and 27 August 2022 Whadjuk Noogar traditional owners, Horizon Heritage Management and a representative from Stockland conducted a cultural material salvage survey across the surface of a registered Aboriginal Site located that is located within a new stage of the Sienna Wood residential development in the suburb of Hilbert.
The survey uncovered primarily debitage and flakes showing evidence of stone tool manufacturing on the site which was located close to a seasonal water souse. The survey uncovered cultural material made from quartz, quartzite, crystal quartz, chert and mylonite. The Whadjuk Cultural Advise Committee agreed that this material was to be transferred to the City of Armadale History House for safe keeping along side with cultural material stored at the museum in 2016 from a more extensive survey conducted in 2015