Canberra
Girrawah Park Aboriginal Site
Tools from stone
Gamburrah Street
Canberra, ACT 2912
Nearest Train: Buses 51, 52, 251, 252
Phone: +61 2 6205 0666 (Tourist Information)
A piece of Aboriginal heritage, the site is disguised as an urban park. The main feature is the outcrop of chert rock under the eucalyptus trees. These rocks have a long history of Aboriginal usage for the manufacture of stone tools used throughout the Gungahlin area and further afield. You can see where large pieces of the chert were chipped to make these. When the site was discovered by archaeologists during the survey prior to development of the suburb, it was preserved and named Girrawah after the local Aboriginal word for goanna--a monitor lizard and the most prominent wildlife species found here.
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