Archaeology against the clock: the race to salvage fragments of early Brisbane

Tens of thousands of artefacts were unearthed not by careful excavation but by the 2011 floods. Now, students are piecing together Queensland’s historyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn a white and sterile office that could belong to any one of the warehouses that dot this industrial strip between Brisbane’s airport and horse-racing precinct, a young woman is engrossed in a puzzle.Only this puzzle comprises, perhaps, three different sets, each almost (but not quite) identical to the other – and none likely to be completed. Continue reading...


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