River Rocks and Where to Find Them

Stories From Sydney

In this episode we discuss the excavation of the Lapstone Creek rock shelter and what it tells us about Aboriginal history and culture in the Sydney region. Tune in to learn more about where you can find the best rock in the region for making stone tools, how it got there, and what kind of innovative uses it was put to by Aboriginal people over their staggeringly deep occupation of this continent!
Sources:
Grace Karskens: People of the River - a wonderful book
The Lapstone Creek Excavation - the foundational text of Australian archaeology
Sourcing Stone from the Sydney Region - a hatchet job
Castlereagh and Penrith Lakes - a lovely blog post
Penrith Lakes Scheme - an aspirational video of what the quarried moonscape could become