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The excavation on Jiigurru that uncovered the pottery fragments<\/p>\n

Sean Ulm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Indigenous Australians were manufacturing ceramics on a remote island, nearly 35 kilometres from the Queensland coast, more than 2000 years ago.<\/p>\n

Pottery fragments found on Jiigurru (Lizard Island) in the Coral Sea are the earliest securely dated, locally produced pottery found in Australia that pre-dates the arrival of Europeans.<\/p>\n

The discovery overturns the long-held belief that early Australians didn\u2019t produce ceramics or have the maritime technology to undertake long\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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