Email me at: Stephanie.Hawkins@anu.edu.au

The focus of this web site is a basic appraisal of a collection of Aboriginal Stone Artefacts currently on loan to the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University from the Australian Museum, Sydney.

This web site is aimed at year 12 students or first year university students who have a general interest in Aboriginal history and would to know more about Aboriginal stone tools.

Stone Tools play an important role in Australian Aboriginal Prehistory. By making this collection of Aboriginal Stone Tools accessable to everyone it provides an introduction and basic knowledge of Australian Prehistoric Stone Tools.

The collection has been divided into function groups that are representative of stone tool types.

• THE COLLECTION

• Stone Working
• Wood Working
• Food Preparation
• Hunting
• Ceremonial & Ritual
• Utility

• About Stone Tools
• More About Stone Tools

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