Eora Country · event 3 of 4

c. 6,000 years ago

The harbour reaches its present shape. Post-glacial sea level rise drowns a river valley, creating Port Jackson. Coastal middens from this period onwards record the diet of the Eora.

The Eora Country era

  1. c. 60,000 years ago
  2. c. 30,000 years ago
  3. c. 6,000 years ago
  4. 1770

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