Pleistocene occupation in the south-east Queensland coastal region

Late Quaternary vegetation history of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, eastern Australia

“…There is also evidence from a number of records that an increase in ENSO amplitude and The unconfined aquifer of NSI is an important water resource, with groundwater extracted to 184 supply water for mining operations on the island and domestic water supply both on the 185 island and the mainland with current extraction rates estimated at 20.6 GL yr -1 (Leach, 2011 occupation for at least the last 20,000 14 C yr (Neal and Stock, 1986). This study also …”

“…Also shown (in bold) and the taxa that have been included in the pollen sum for the three (Neal and Stock, 1986) and Brown Lake (significant perched lake) and…”

Reassessing Marine Fishery Intensification in Southeast Queensland

“…Creek is an open midden site located about 400m inland from the present west coast of North Stradbroke Island (Neal and Stock 1986). The site represents the earliest evidence for human occupation in southeast Queensland, with 20 radiocarbon dates spanning from 21,800 ± 400 BP (OxA-806, charcoal) to 1,070 ± 50 BP (SUA-2461, marine shell) (Gowlett et al 1987;Neal and Stock 1986:619).…”

“…Although radiocarbon dates are not available for WWC-M28-B, dates reported for adjacent squares are 1,520 ± 70 BP (SUA-2236) on shell from 49-56cm depth, 9,810 ± 130 BP (SUA-2251) on charcoal from 136-141cm depth, and 17,500 +900/-800 BP (SUA-2235) on charcoal from 189-200cm depth. Neither Neal and Stock (1986) nor Walters (1986) related the excavation units to measurements of depth, although Neal (Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, pers. comm., 1995) indicated that fish remains in this sequence are restricted to the last 3,000 years.…”

“…to the present' -at the glacial maximum the site was located 30-40km inland of the coast and is therefore unlikely to have been close to abundant marine and littoral resources). A total of four 1m squares were excavated, although results from only two of these (WWC-X/Z and WWC-M28-B) have been reported (Neal and Stock 1986;Walters 1986). Details of fish remains are only available for square WWC-M28-B (Walters 1986).…”