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Artist’s impression of Dargan Shelter as it would have looked during the last Ice Age. Painting by Leanne Watson Redpath

Ice Age shelter high up in the Blue Mountains reveals Aboriginal heritage from 20,000 years ago

Erin Wilkins, Indigenous Knowledge; Amy Mosig Way, University of Sydney; Leanne Watson, Indigenous Knowledge, and Wayne Brennan, University of Sydney

New research indicates Dargan Shelter was occupied as early as the last Ice Age and repeatedly visited during this cold period.
Darug women Leanne Watson, Rhiannon Wright and Jasmine Seymour at Dorumbolooa. Avryl Whitnall

Friday essay: how a long‑lost list is helping us remap Darug place names and culture on Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury River

Grace Karskens, UNSW ; Erin Wilkins, Indigenous Knowledge; Jasmine Seymour, Indigenous Knowledge; Leanne Watson, Indigenous Knowledge, and Rhiannon Wright, Indigenous Knowledge

It was once thought the Aboriginal names for the Hawkesbury had been lost forever. But after a remarkable find in the Mitchell Library, almost 100 place names will be restored to Dyarubbin Country.

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