Ancient and Historical Sites

Every month there is a guided walk around my suburb. January's walk was along the Maribrynong River a few miles from where I live. Evidence of human settlement over 10,000 years ago was found here. The river is salt water (tidal) below where we crossed it but above is fresh and in autumn was full of eels, swimming down to the ocean to spawn. Above the valley was flat grassland perfect for grazing sheep so in the 1830s when Europeans discovered the area they bartered it from the natives along with land the city of Melbourne is on today. The price of wool in England was high enough at the time to make a lot of people rich.

 Crossing the river at Soloman's Ford

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