April
13
/ 2024
A new discovery off the northwestern coast of Australia has rewritten the history books. Up until now the academic consensus was that pottery was introduced to Australia by Europeans. This has now been proven wrong. This new find shows us that Australians were making pottery items well before the Europeans arrived. Thousands of years before, in fact: archaeologists have uncovered numerous pottery fragments dating back 2,000 to 3,000 years. This now marks the oldest pottery ever found in Australia, discovered only 50cm (20 inches) below the surface on an island situated off the coast of Cape York Peninsula. The geological analysis of these ceramics suggests they were crafted locally, utilizing clays and tempers sourced directly from Jiigurru (also known as
