Bone Cave, Tasmania

Bone Cave is a small vertical limestone cave in the Upper Weld Valley of Tasmania with evidence of sporadic human occupation spanning 35,000 to 10,000 years ago. The most intensive use occurred between 16,000 and 14,000 years ago, after the last glacial maximum, when it served as a stone tool workshop producing implements from quartzite, chert, and quartz. A rare piece of Darwin glass, formed by a meteorite impact, was found among the artefacts from this peak period. The cave is part of the broader Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, which preserves some of Australia's oldest evidence of Pleistocene human habitation.