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• Piper, A. 2000. An Archaeological Assessment of the Skyline Road/Durheim Road, Monaltrie, Lismore, NSW; • Fox, I. 2008. Preliminary Archaeological Overview for Proposed Raising of Clarrie Hall Dam. Southern Cross University; • Fox, I. 2008. Goonellabah and McLeans Ridges: Heritage Assessment. Converge Heritage; • Alexander, M. 2010. South Lismore Sewer Trunk Main Cultural Heritage Assessment. Ainsworth Heritage; • Williams, D and Alexander, M. 2010. South Lismore Sewer Trunk Main Carriageway Cultural Heritage Assessment. Ainsworth Heritage; • Mills, R. 1998. Report of Sub-Surface Testing for the Alstonville Bypass. Archaeological and Heritage Services; and • Stone Pathway Terrania Creek 1978. Site inspection notes. The 1993 Collins report was part of a wide Aboriginal Archaeological survey of the banks of the Wilsons River, prior to the planned construction of a flood levy system for the protection of Lismore. Although a wide area was searched, only one artefact (a small flake that had also been used as a core) was located in a ploughed field in the western outskirts of Lismore.136 However, additional information gleaned in discussion with the local Aboriginal people indicated that the area had seen pre- and post-contact camping by large numbers of local Aboriginals. Collins was then able to identify a series of camp sites, burial areas and djurebil (increase sites, used for ceremonies for increasing the amount of a certain resource in the area) in the following locations: • Lismore Showground (battle site, camp ground and echidna djurebil); • Near Robert White Bridge (displaced Aboriginal campsite); • Carlton Park Racecourse (burial area); • North Lismore Cemetery (burial area); • Hospital Hill (camp site); • St. Carthage’s site (camp site); • Courthouse Hill (camp site); and • East Lismore (battle site)137 . Collins also mentions three surveys, made prior to her survey, of long narrow corridors where only one, a survey of 99km between Grafton and Lismore, located sites, of which 5 small artefact scatters were found. All of those five sites were located on ridges or on elevated ground above water courses.138 The Sciusco and Harrison report examined a 1km stretch of pipeline and two pumping stations at Howard’s Grass, immediately to the north of Lismore on the Wilson River as well as a 14km stretch of pipeline running from Bexhill north through Corndale to Nightcap Water

136 Collins. J. P. 1993. Lismore Flood Levee System: An Archaeological Assessment. WBM Oceanics Australia. p.26. 137 Collins. J. P. Ibid. pp.15-18. 138 Collins. J. P. Ibid. p.18.

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