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  2. Mount William stone axe quarry - Wikipedia

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    The Mount William stone axe quarry (traditionally known as Wil-im-ee moor-ing) is an Aboriginal Australian archaeological site in Central Victoria, Australia. It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northeast of Lancefield , off Powells Track, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Romsey and 78 kilometres (48 mi) from Melbourne .

  3. Aboriginal sites of Victoria - Wikipedia

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    Mount William Quarry. Evidence of stone quarrying is rare, but the Mount William stone axe quarry [5] is one of a number of stone sources used for making tools which were traded long distances throughout central and western Victoria and into New South Wales. [6]

  4. Mount William - Wikipedia

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    Mount William (Queensland), the summit of the Clarke Range in North Queensland, Australia; Mount William stone axe quarry, near Lancefield, Victoria, Australia; Mount William National Park, Tasmania, Australia; Mount William, Tasmania, a locality in Australia; Mount William, a sub-hill in the Battle of Mount Tumbledown of the Falklands War

  5. Langdale axe industry - Wikipedia

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    Mount William stone axe quarry in Australia where stone axes were made in recent times Grooves used for polishing the edges of stone axes, Gotland, Sweden. But other hard and tough stones were used, such as igneous rocks from Penmaenmawr in North Wales, and similar working areas to Langdale have been found there.

  6. Wurundjeri - Wikipedia

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    The Wurundjeri and Gunung Willam Balug clans mined diorite at Mount William stone axe quarry which was a source of the highly valued greenstone hatchet heads, which were traded across a wide area as far as New South Wales and Adelaide. The mine provided a complex network of trading for economic and social exchange among the different Aboriginal ...

  7. List of archaeological sites by country - Wikipedia

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    Mount William stone axe quarry; Balls Head Reserve; ... Mount Athos; Mount Juktas, Crete; ... Stone art of Tadrart Acacus; Giarabub; Oea;

  8. The Best Things Our Editors Ate This Year - AOL

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    Explore Oklahoma City . Figgy Kouign Amann Weltons Tiny Bakeshop-Charleston, SC "I'm a sucker for fresh figs, and Weltons totally won me over by pairing their kouign amann's perfectly caramelized ...

  9. Lithic reduction - Wikipedia

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    Mount William stone axe quarry in Australia. Cryptocrystalline or amorphous stone such as chert, flint, obsidian, and chalcedony, as well as other fine-grained stone material, such as rhyolite, felsite, and quartzite, were used as a source material for producing stone tools.