Victoria
Old Tallangatta drowned townsite, Lake Hume
Lake shore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso 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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