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Northern Territory
Borroloola McArthur River frontier store town
Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottlesAlso reported: drover gear, meat tins.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
1880s frontier depot on the McArthur River supplying overlanders and gulf shipping, once notorious for its pubs; store and landing refuse lies along the river bank.
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