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ABORIGINAL ARTEFACTS.( SIENNA WOODS & HAYNES)

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2016

Overview

Four plastic bags of stone artefacts made and used by the native Whadjuk people who lived in the Sienna Woods area prior to its development.

Historical information

A collection of stone tools and artefacts recovered from the Sienna Woods area before the developers moved in. Believed to be made by the Whadjuk people who occupied this location.
Permission was granted for the collection to be housed at the museum by members of the Native Title Claimant Group that included Harry Nannup, Eric Jacobs, Ruth Hayden (of Brookdale) and Myrtle Yarran. The artefacts were salvaged under a Section 18 Permit as part of the Wungong Urban Water Master Plan.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2016.34

Themes

First Peoples
People
Social History

Material

Stone

Keywords

Promo stone artefacts from sienna woods

Archaeology Report

Year

2016

Statement of significance

This is part of a collection of items that represent the pre-1829 activities and used of the local area by the traditional owners the, Noongar Whadjuk. The collection includes the report and recovered material of an archaeological excavation, done in consultation with Noongar Elders, conducted before a major residential development in the 2010s.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

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