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The Kow Swamp Discovery

Archaeological excavations by Alan Thorne at Kow Swamp, 10km south-east of Cohuna in the central Murray Valley, between 1968 and 1972, recovered the partial skeletal remains of more than 22 individuals.

The Kow Swamp remains are the world’s largest single population of human remains from the late Pleistocene era (120,000-10,000 years).

Kow Swamp’s name comes from the Aboriginal word Ghow, which describes the white gypsum soil found at Kow Swamp.

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