Author: Dr Michael Pearson
The project objectives for the Commissariat Area and Deedes Grant Area work were to: record all surface features of the site, salvage cultural material from within the area to be inundated by the augmented dam; investigate sub surface anaomalies and provide management recommendations for the site based on the nature of the archaeological resource.
The project objectives for the Military /Stockade Area work, carried out subsequent to the above-ground survey of the area were to: excavate the identified sites, use the results to identify the location of the stockaded convict huts and to test the survival of evidence within the stockaded area by a limited test trench.