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Bowen Port Denison saltwater town

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

North Queensland's first port, founded 1861 on Port Denison; jetty approaches, boiling-down sites and beachfront tips date from the pastoral decades.

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