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New South Wales
Bourke, back of beyond river port
Riverbank Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Head of Darling navigation from the 1860s, the port that defined the outback in Lawson's writing; wharf remnants and hotel refuse along the levee banks.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.