Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Indigenous artefacts linked to historic Glebe Paddock

From the Maitland Mercury report:
Maitland's Citizen of the Year urges caution over the proposed rezoning of Glebe Paddock in East Maitland.
Local Aboriginal man Lance Murray said he believed the site and surrounding area was sacred to thousands of indigenous Australians before European settlement in the Hunter.
Mr Murray, a collector of Aboriginal artefacts, said one of his friends found 20 ancient grooving stones at Glebe Paddock recently. 
 
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, March 11, 2014.