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Ancient stone tools uncovered on Norfolk Island by Australian archaeologists will rewrite history
In a find of international significance, on Norfolk Island, 1700km north-east of Sydney, scientists from the Australian Museum and University of Sydney together with a local excavation team this week unearthed axe-like tools thought to have been fashioned by Polynesian mariners hundreds of years ago.