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Wilcannia, Darling River port

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: protected.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Third-largest inland port in the 1880s, shipping Darling wool by paddle-steamer from grand sandstone stores; wharf ground and refuse in the river bends.

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