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Old Tallangatta drowned townsite, Lake Hume

Lake shore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: crockery, enamelware.

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 1870s town was abandoned in the 1950s when Lake Hume enlargement drowned the site; street lines and refuse scatters emerge at low water.

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