New research has discovered ancient First Nations occupation patterns on Barrow Island, near the North West Shelf, Western Australia.
50,000 years ago, Barrow Island was once a hill overseeing a coastal plain, before being cut off from the mainland due to rising sea levels.
So what makes these discoveries so interesting?
Image: Image Credit: Kane Ditchfield
Produced By: Toni Pankaluic
Featured In Story: Peter Veth – Laureate Professor in Archaeology at The University of Western Australia
First aired on The Wire, Monday 25 March 2024