How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia

Authors

Caroline Spry
Brian J. Armstrong
Elspeth H. Hayes, University of WollongongFollow
John A. Webb
Kathryn Allen
Lisa Paton
Quan Hua
Richard Fullagar, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

143654

Publication Details

Spry, C., Armstrong, B. J., Hayes, E., Webb, J. Allan., Allen, K., Paton, L., Hua, Q. & Fullagar, R. (2020). How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia. The Conversation, 11 June 1-6.

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Abstract

Trees marked by Aboriginal cultural practices are a distinctive part of the Australian landscape. A recent discovery on Wiradjuri country in New South Wales shows some of these “culturally modified trees” may be much younger than anybody thought...