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Rudi Maxwell

Feat of clay: oldest pottery sheds light on trade route

An archaeological dig on a Great Barrier Reef island found the oldest pottery made in Australia. (HANDOUT/CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR AUSTRALIAN BIODIVERSITY AND HERITAGE)

An archaeological dig on Jiigurru, a tropical island in the Great Barrier Reef, has found the oldest pottery made in Australia. 

When archaeologists excavated a 2.4-metre-deep midden, they were expecting to find evidence of occupation, such as the remains of shellfish and fish collected and eaten by people on the island.

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