Work experience/project opportunity at pinchgut creek, NSW

Archaeology Master Students may be interested in participating in an emerging project on a rural property west of Cootamundra (about 2.5 hours).

Archaeologist Dave Johnston recently identified an ochre pit surrounded by numerous stone tools, artefacts scatters, and a possible stone arrangement.
The property employed Aboriginal shearers over the years, and so there are Aboriginal families with ongoing links to the place. There would be scope to develop a project that brings the older sites into relationship with the pastoral infrastructure – a blend of Aboriginal and historical archaeology. The property could introduce a researcher to the local Wiradjuri community, and there’s a wealth of available information about the history of the grazing property and surrounds. 

There is an overlapping of material traces that might interest a researcher, with free accommodation, introductions to local elders, a wealth of archival material, etc.
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Shearers quarters are located on the place, and could host the student. We could even host a number of people at once, if there’s interest.

More photos of the place can be viewed HERE

If you are interested in the project or want to know more, please contact:
[email protected]