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Warrnambool, VIC

Shelly Beach and Thunder Point, midden coins

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Early-settlement (1840s) coastal walking route over Aboriginal middens; eroding midden faces yield colonial coins.

Warrnambool Standard 2008: maritime archaeologist Peter Ronald found a Queen Victoria threepence (c.1838 to 1860s) in an eroding Aboriginal midden on the walk to Shelly BeachView source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cliff edges, heavy surf

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