Western Treatment Plant

["Elizabeth Shaw" <>]

I didn't know Debbie, but wasn't surprised.

Having studied some aboriginal prehistory at uni about 30 years ago, and 
through my travels, aboriginals sites are almost everywhere, especially 
along coastal sites and near permanent water.  Middens are very common and 
should be respected as they sometimes buried people in them.  Shellfish was 
obviously an important food source looing at the frequency and size of 
middens. Boardwalks over some coastal places help protect them without many 
people realise it.
Ceremonial sites are also quite common and Victoria's Western district was 
one of the most heavily populated areas in Australia before European 
occupation/invasion. The volcanic plains were very fertile, as they are now 
and evidence of at least semi-permanent stone houses, fish/eel traps, 
occupation mounds and ceremonial sites are there in abundance.  Many are 
mapped and recorded.
Elizabeth Shaw
Phillip Island
Victoria