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Aboriginal stone arrangement

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133:. Here the stones are small (typically 10 centimetres (3.9 in) to 20 centimetres (7.9 in)), sit on the surface of the ground, and can easily be moved by hand, which also implies that they can be easily damaged or altered by modern hands, so that caution is needed when interpreting such sites. Similar examples are found scattered throughout Australia, mainly in remote or inaccessible places, and it is likely that there were many more prior to 102: 22: 163:
stone arrangement, which indicates the direction of solstitial sunsets, appears to have been built around the east-west direction, again with an accuracy of a few degrees. This requirement for highly accurate direction is also indicated by the practice of orienting the graves of deceased Kamilaroi
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consists of about 100 stones arranged in an egg-shaped oval about 50 metres (160 ft) across. Each stone is well-embedded into the soil, and many have "trigger-stones" to support them. The appearance of the site is very similar to that of the
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Lane, L., & Fullagar, R., 1980,”Previously unrecorded aboriginal stone arrangements in Victoria”, Records of the Victorian Archaeological Survey, No. 10, June 1980, 134-151. Ministry for Conservation,
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is well-authenticated and beyond doubt, the purpose is unclear, although it may have a connection with initiation rites. It has also been suggested that the site may have been used for
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Long, A. & Schell, P., 1999, Lake Bolac stone arrangement (AAV 7422-394); management plan. An unpublished report to Aboriginal Affairs Victoria.
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Morieson, J., 2003,”Solar-based Lithic Design in Victoria, Australia”, in World Archaeological Congress,Washington DC, 2003
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Mountford, 1927, “Aboriginal Stone Structures in South Australia”, Trans & proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia
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purposes (Morieson 2003). Other well-known examples in Victoria include the stone arrangements at
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A. W. Howitt and Lorimer Fison, 1889, J. Anthropol. Inst. of Great Britain and Ireland, 18, 31-70
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Wurdi Youang: An Australian Aboriginal Stone Circle with possible solar indications
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MacKnight & Gray “Aboriginal Stone Pictures - Art In Eastern Arnhem Land”, 1969
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Part of the Yirrkala stone arrangement representing a Macassan fishing boat
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Some Aboriginal stone arrangements in south-east Australia are aligned to
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Australia's largest collection of standing stones is said to be at
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Orientations of linear stone arrangements in New South Wales
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Morieson, J., 2006, “Ceremonial Hill”, published leaflet
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Hamacher et al., 2013, Australian Archaeology, 75, 46-54
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rock art
Aboriginal Australians
Australian Aboriginal cultures
Victoria
Wurdi Youang
megalithic
stone circles
Britain
Indigenous Australians
astronomical
Carisbrook
Lake Bolac
Murujuga
Western Australia
menhirs

Yirrkala
Arnhem Land
praus
Macassan
Trepang
several hundred years before European contact
European settlement of Australia
Bora rings
initiation ceremony
rite of passage
cardinal directions
Wurdi Youang
Indigenous Australian art

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