gjgjBct): but ol olhcr kinds, those of 

 iflni hc'uiix the niosi nuBterpus < stucii 



1037). I lie Aborigines found flinl 30 

 ule.il material lor Iheir purposes, anil 

 , t mav he lhat if they visiieil Julia 

 p crc y ihcy #i so as mueh for the 

 supply of Hint as for food. 



jjpgj ot 1 he tl if it found in Wcs- 

 urn and Norlhem Victoria carnc 

 n,in ihr Mouni Gambicr I unestone. 

 ail ihe fossils bear witness. 1 he 

 Mount (.ainhicr area was outside the 

 ,,,!,,,] [tfritoty ol the Gundiljmara, 

 S( , the stone would have to he traded. 

 Ik wide distribution (Gill W57) 

 shows how strongly it was favoured, 

 H i the trade "pi ice" could have been 

 jnpreciahlc, There would therefore 



figuie 1. 



be teal point in having Iheir own 

 supply from the island. The Mount 

 Gambicr I unestone passes out under 

 the sea, so probably dining times of 

 lower sea level nodules were eroded 

 Irom the formation and were moved 

 about by currents and the surf 



The l-utopcan sealers who hunted 

 on the island in the early decades 

 of last century were often accom- 

 panied by Aboriginal (mostly Tas- 

 immian) women. It is possihle that 

 one of these may have dropped the 

 Hint scraper but the weight of evi- 

 dence, we think, indicates that some 

 Aborigines visited Lady Julia Percy 

 Island possibly searching for food, 

 flint 0. both. ' 



Hint Scrape. (No. N M.V.I, l-ady Julia Percy lslat.il. (Hull m«M. 



April. ,97, 87 



