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(plan supplied by AWM)

        Figure 4.2 View northwest towards plantings of native trees in the eastern portion of the Australian War Memorial Campbell Precinct

   Figure 4.3 View of western portion of Australian War Memorial Campbell Precinct looking west towards landscaped grounds and plantings of exotic tree species

          3.6  Mitchell Precinct

       The Mitchell precinct consists of three conservation and storage buildings situated on the east and western side of Vicars Street, Mitchell. The buildings include Treloar A (Annexe A-Mitchell Conservation and Repository), Treloar B and Treloar C.

       The Mitchell study area has undergone extensive landscape modification and some 90% of the ground surface is obscured by structures which have been constructed almost to the limits of the property.. A narrow margin of land to the east of Treloar A represents the only exposed ground surface within the Mitchell precinct study area. This area has been extensively disturbed by construction activities. In addition, the majority of the ground surface has been covered with concrete, bitumen or paved. Figures 4.4 and 4.5 provide views of the ground surface exposure east of Treloar A.

       The bedrock geology consists of Lower Silurian mudstone, siltstone and minor shale and chert belonging to the Canberra Formation typical of the geology of the north Canberra area. The rock

       base is bedded almost vertically and consists predominantly of platey, soft, weathered shales. Narrow protruding outcrops of more resistant bedrock occur throughout the non-alluvial topography of the area. These are mostly discontinuous or locally isolated outcrops consisting predominantly of shales and variously graded and fractured chert.

       Vegetation within the Mitchell precinct consists of very sparse remnant native woodland trees, to natural Eucalypt woodland in varying states of regeneration and understorey density. Sullivans Creek, which runs adjacent to the western boundary of the Mitchell Precinct, has been extensively modified and channelised. This is likely to have caused major disturbance to any archaeological deposits occurring along the original creekline.

       Similar to the Campbell site, the land use history of the Mitchell precinct will have significantly impacted the survival and integrity of the prehistoric archaeological record. It is probable that any archaeological deposits occurring within this location have been extensively disturbed, covered, and/or destroyed.

        Figure 4.4 View of ground surface exposure looking east, Australian War Memorial Treloar A, Mitchell Precinct

  Figure 4.5 View looking west from eastern boundary of Australian War Memorial Treloar A, across visible ground surface, Mitchell Precinct

3.7  Tribal Boundaries and Ethnohistory

       Tribal boundaries within Australia are based largely on linguistic evidence and it is probable that boundaries, clan estates and band ranges were fluid and varied over time. Consequently 'tribal boundaries' as delineated today must be regarded as approximations only, and relative to the period of, or immediately before,