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Provision Reference: reg 10 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 40984–43205

of Sydney, found a fine axe-head in the same locality.13

  Moss collected over 300 stone artefacts in the area now defined as Acton and Canberra City, some of which were first exhibited in the Institute of Anatomy and then later formed the Moss collection of stone artefacts at the National Museum of Australia. Moss concludes that:

   While much material was collected on ridges exposed to the four winds of heaven as well as the blasting heat of summer and the freezing cold of winter, a considerable amount was recovered from depths ranging from two or three to six feet [0.6 or 0.9 to 1.8 metres] below the surface and had thus been protected against weathering.14

  2.4    Identified Indigenous sites in the vicinity of the National Film and Sound Archive buildings

    >        Sullivans Creek 1: a corroboree site recorded in the Canberra Archaeological Society database from information provided by Bluett in 1954. The site is listed as destroyed, but location data indicates that it was close to the lower reaches of Sullivans Creek.
    >        Institute of Anatomy Site: a hatchet found in 1934 by Kinsela. The location of this artefact was recorded as 100m west of the Institute of Anatomy, near Sullivans Creek. The details of the location are unknown, but it is considered to have been destroyed.15

  Sites on the eastern side of Black Mountain:
    >        BM1: Isolated artefact recorded in 1985 (no description details) located just off Black Mountain Drive.
    >        BM2: Artefact scatter comprising three artefacts also recorded
    in 1985 (no description details). Located on a small terrace on a ridge running down the eastern side of Black Mountain towards the southern end of Sullivans Creek.
    >        BM3: Isolated artefact recorded in 1985 (no description details) but located nearby on the same ridge as BM2.
    >        BM4: Artefact scatter and Potential Archaeological Deposit (PAD) recorded in 1985.
    Comprises 19 artefacts, including quartz, quartzite, and chert pieces. Artefact types include
    two cores and the rest flakes.
    >        BM5: Scarred tree of probable Aboriginal origin in 1995.38 Located up the northern side of Black Mountain to the west of CSIRO.