Victoria
Yarra River and old wharves
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Codd and soda bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: applied-top ales and stouts, colonial bitters.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1855 survey-plan era
Colonial capital that exploded during the 1850s gold rush; extensive Yarra reclamation, wharf fill and inner-city privy deposits.
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