Talking About Stones

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) are encouraging farmers in in the Riverina district of NSW to discuss the difficult issue of what to do with Aboriginal stone tools they might have found on their farms.

Lead researcher Dr Robyn McKenzie said her team will be holding a series of 'Talking About Stones' events in the region which they hope will help resolve the frequent yet complex issue of Indigenous artefacts found on Australian farms.

The research team decided to hold the events after talking with regional museums about their collections of Indigenous artefacts and finding that most of them were donated by local farmers.

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