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Aboriginal Archaeological Collections - Backed Artefacts

Backed Artefacts / Bondi Points, Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales

These stone artefacts are made on flakes or parts of flakes. They have had small flakes removed along one or more margins to create a distinctive, steep, blunt edge (backing). Bondi points are named after Bondi Beach (Sydney) where they were first recognised as forming a specific type of implement. They are thought to have been used as spear points, cutting implements or for piercing materials such as animal skins.

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