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    Catalyst: Toorale Man murder mystery - ABC TV Science Apr 7, 2015 -. .... Bizarrely, the skull wounds on Toorale Man appear similar to those on gladiators in Imperial Rome. The death of Kaakutja: a case of peri-mortem weapon trauma ...Cambridge 'Antiquity' Sep 15, 2016 - The nature of the...
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    Stone axe. The skull fracture is 150mm long and a stone blade would need to be at least that length in straight edge. Examples of such axes can be found on the net showing the volume of stone needed to hold together under shock. The Kaakutja bone is sliced flat along the inner plate of the skull...
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    goldierocks: " in the 1860s. this resulted in them driving a tunnel into the hill (I used to go in it as a kid)" Yeah maybe. But dunno. The Aboriginal language stuff is consistent with gold-mining about 800 years ago. The skull from Bourke with sword-cut is dated to 1200s by Canberra uni. For...
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    Take your pick . Or wooden shovel . This young bloke had a bad hair day. Aboriginal Murder Mystery: What Killed Kaakutja? - National Geographic Jan 17, 2017 - At first glance, Westaway reasoned that Kaakutja's lethal injury, a long wound on his skull, had come from a cutlass blade, most likely...
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    Old Java nagara (Skt town, city) palace , capital, state or realm. gta (Skt gt, song; gta, singing) song. See also magala-, rudita-, toaka-. paragta singer(s). (Does para here indicate a plural or a group; ) gtakra (Skt) composer of songs or poems . nagara-ne gita "song of country". Bebejan...
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    "Wollongong Central proudly rests on the land of the Wodi Wodi people, who are a part of the Dharawal Nation. Traditional stories tell of their arrival at the mouth of Lake Illawarra in canoes. They brought the dharawal (cabbage tree palm) with them from the north and are given their name from...
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    It's possible that he's saying a tunnel already existed. My reason for asking is the connection between gold and Indonesia. " "Warrandyte" translated as "that which is thrown". Bunjil, the great eagle, the all-powerful, ever-watchful creator of the world, had once gazed down upon his people from...
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    Gold was found in Adelaide hills and then north near the salt lakes where fossils are found. Legends about fossils seem to match Indonesian and Chinese traditions. An odd combination of crocodile, building , water-springs and food-increase is seen here: "..the Dieri perform magical...
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    This strange sentence may mean they found a tunnel at the hill. Do you have clearer information about the discovery near Eltham, Melbourne? "Gold was discovered at Diamond Creek in the early 1860s leading to a tunnel on the south side of Mine Hill, at the end of Dering Street, which was mined...
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