From time to time: radiocarbon information on Victorian archaeological sites held by Aboriginal Affairs Victoria

As radiocarbon age estimates are so important for the interpretation of prehistory, it is essential that lists of these estimates are published from time to time, but it is also necessary to know the limitations of the data. These are the reasons for publishing the list of 476 radiocarbon dates for Victoria from 1951 to 1995 in this article, and commenting upon their archaeological and chronological significance. The results of this review indicate that the database for Victoria is biased because of particular research interests and the variable preservation of site types. Technical problems with the existing data also mean that it is impracticable to become involved in research problems requiring dating accuracies of less than a few hundred years