Tens of thousands of artefacts were unearthed not by careful excavation but by the 2011 floods. Now, students are piecing together Queensland’s history

In a white and sterile office that could belong to any one of the warehouses that dot this industrial strip between Brisbane’s airport and horse-racing precinct, a young woman is engrossed in a puzzle.

Only this puzzle comprises, perhaps, three different sets, each almost (but not quite) identical to the other – and none likely to be completed.

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