Australia's coastal waters are rich in Indigenous cultural heritage, but it remains hidden and under threat
- Written by Jonathan Benjamin, Associate Professor in Maritime Archaeology, Flinders University and ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
When people arrived in Australia more than 65,000 years ago, they landed on shores that are now deep under water. The first footprints on this continent took place on these now-submerged landscapes.
More than 2 million square kilometres of Australia’s continental landmass — an area larger than Queensland — was drowned by sea-level...
