The Green gully archaeological site is an Aboriginal archaeological site in Keilor, Victoria, Australia. The site was discovered during soil quarrying in the 1960s, when artefacts and a burial were uncovered in the alluvial terraces in the Maryibyrnong Valley.[1]

The site is located near the confluence of Taylors Creek and the Maribyrnong River at 37°43′46″S 144°49′42″E / 37.729558°S 144.828286°E / -37.729558; 144.828286.

The Keilor Terraces were identified as a sequence of Pleistocene alluvial terraces,[2] which in several locations have revealed very old Aboriginal remains, for example the Keilor archaeological site.[3]

The site has also been important in development of an understanding of climate change and different river conditions in the Melbourne area over a period of more than 30,000 years.[4]

The Catalogue of Fossil Hominids Database notes that the site is dated to about 6500 years old.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Macintosh, N. W. G., 1967. Fossil man in Australia with particular reference to the 1965 discovery at Green Gully near Keilor, Victoria. Aust. J. Sci. 30: 86-98.
  2. ↑ Victorian Resources Online, K14 Green Gully (Taylors Creek) - Terraces
  3. ↑ Joyce, Edmund Bernard (1970), An archive of studies on the geology and archaeology of the Keilor Terraces and the Maribyrnong River Valley, retrieved 13 November 2018
  4. ↑ J. M. Bowler ALLUVIAL TERRACES IN THE MARIBYRNONG VALLEY NEAR KEILOR, VICTORIA, Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 1970 p.15
  5. ↑ Catalogue of Fossil Hominids Database 6460+-190 BP(NZ-676)
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