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New South Wales

Old Adaminaby drowned town, Lake Eucumbene

Lake shore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: crockery, horseshoes.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

The original 1860s Monaro town was flooded by Lake Eucumbene in 1957 for the Snowy scheme; street grids and refuse emerge in drought years.

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