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Half buried in the sand, uprooted stalks of kelp are like splashes of dark blood against the white quartzite, ground fine as talc. In the translucent shallows, tendrils of kelp flounce lazily as the water gradually turns to turquoise then a deep Prussian blue at the horizon. Behind the crescent of beach, matted tentacles of spongy pigface disguise accumulated detritus of crayfish, oyster, abalone and scallop shells, rubbish middens thousands of years in the making.

Item Type:	Magazine Article
Keywords:	history, Australia, Tasmania
Research Division:	History, Heritage and Archaeology
Research Group:	Historical studies
Research Field:	Australian history
Objective Division:	Culture and Society
Objective Group:	Understanding past societies
Objective Field:	Understanding Australia's past
UTAS Author:	Pybus, C (Professor Cassandra Pybus)
ID Code:	126911
Year Published:	2018
Deposited By:	English, Journalism and European Languages
Deposited On:	2018-07-02
Last Modified:	2018-07-02
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