The Green gully archaeological site is an Aboriginal archaeological site in
Keilor,
Victoria, Australia. The site was discovered during soil quarrying in the 1960s, when artefacts and a burial were uncovered in the alluvial terraces in the Maryibyrnong Valley.[1]
The Keilor Terraces were identified as a sequence of Pleistocene alluvial terraces,[2] which in several locations have revealed very old Aboriginal remains, for example the
Keilor archaeological site.[3]
The site has also been important in development of an understanding of climate change and different river conditions in the Melbourne area over a period of more than 30,000 years.[4]
The Catalogue of Fossil Hominids Database notes that the site is dated to about 6500 years old.[5]
References
^Macintosh, N. W. G., 1967. Fossil man in Australia with particular reference to the 1965 discovery at Green Gully near Keilor, Victoria. Aust. J. Sci. 30: 86-98.