This is a list of Australian Aboriginal prehistoric sites.
Key: BGS = Below ground surface C14 = Radiocarbon date char. = charcoal OSL = Optical stimulated thermoluminescence AA = Australian Archaeology
Locality Reference Lab no. Age yrs BP Type of date Type of site New South Wales Cuddie Springs Open site Northern Territory Malakunanja II Roberts et al. Nature 1990 KTL 162 61,000 OSL Lowest artefact at 260 cm BGS Malakunanja II KTL 158 52,000 OSL Artefacts at 250 cm BGS Malakunanja II KTL 164 45,000 OSL Artefacts at 230 cm BGS Malakunanja II SUA 256 18,040 C14 char. Associated with ochre and grindstone Nawalabila I Roberts et al. AA 1993 Ox-od K169 60,300 OSL Artefacts at 285–302 cm BGS Nawalabila I Ox-od K170 58,300 OSL Base of rubble auger hole Nawalabila I Ox-od K168 53,400 OSL Artefacts at 228–240 cm BGS Nawalabila I Ox-od K166 30,000 OSL Artefacts at 170–175 cm BGS Nawalabila I SUA 237 19,975 C14 char. Lowest C14 date Nawalabila I Ox-od K172 13,500 OSL Artefacts at 104–110 cm BGS Nawalabila I Ox-od K171 2,900 OSL Artefacts at 1–6 cm BGS Malanganger Roberts et al. Nature 1990 KTL 126 32,000 OSL Lowest artefacts at 200 BGS Malangangerr C.White 1967, 1971 ANU 77B GaK 629 GaK 628 22,900 22,700 19,600 C14 char. earliest ground edge axes Nawamoyn C.White 1967,1971 ANU 51 21,450 C14 char. Ground edge axes Puritjarra M.A.Smith Nature 1987 Beta 19901 21,950 C14 char. Artefacts below this estimated to be 30,000 BP South Australia Warratyi Tasmania Kutikina "spirit" 15–20,000 Rock shelter Nunamira "sleeping place" 30,420 Rock shelter, 60 cm BGS ORS 7 30,840 Rock shelter, 60 cm BGS Bone Cave 13,700-35,000 Rock shelter Western Australia Rottnest Island Charles Dortch, The West Australian 23 June 2003 ANU & James Cook Uni 70,000 U/Th C14 flint tool embedded in Tamala limestone (Aminozone C) Upper Swan Bridge Pearce and Barbetti AO 1981 SUA 1500 SUA 1665 39,500 37,100 C14 char. Campsite Occupation 88–96 cm BGS Occupation 75–80 cm BGS Mandu Mandu Creek RS Morse AO 1988; Antiquity 1993; Bowdler 1992 Wk 1513 Wk 1576 SUA 3454 34,299 30,000 25,200 C14 baler shell C14 nodule Shell necklace Early occupation Devil's Lair Dortch 1984 SUA 585/6 32,800 C14 char. Pooled age
References
Josephine Flood (2004) Archaeology of the Dreamtime, J.B Publishing, Marleston