ANU archaeologists to unearth lost 19th century Googong school

We're hoping the project gives us a nice window into rural life in that period. There has been very little archaeological evidence found from that period in this area before. Archaeologists from ANU and Navin Officer Heritage Consultants (NOHC) have begun work unearthing some of the Canberra region's early European settlement - a lost nineteenth century schoolhouse in Googong. The schoolhouse was built in the 1880s and operated for around 20-30 years on a property owned by well-known Queanbeyan resident James Brown. ANU archaeologist Dr Duncan Wright said very little is known about the area in the time period but early test work on the site had already uncovered some significant finds. "The team has already found a few things like slate pencils where we think the old school is located, and there's various structural features such as stone walls as well," Dr Wright said. "We're hoping the project gives us a nice window into rural life in that period.