Australia's first underwater Aboriginal sites discovered in the Pilbara

An archaeology discovery project in the Pilbara region of WA's North West has uncovered Australia's first underwater Aboriginal sites, along with 8,500 year-old artefacts. 

More than 269 artefacts have been mapped across multiple sites on the Dampier Archipelago seafloor, on Murujuga sea country. 

The stone artefacts were found following an extensive three-year subsea investigation of the ocean floor, revealing links with the islands dating back at least 7,000 to 8,500 years across two key underwater sites. 

The Dampier Archipelago is a chain of 42 coastal islands, islets, rocks and nature reserves, located off the town of Dampier on the Pilbara coast.

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