From reading Cairo Jim books as a child, to a career that includes both the sublime and the ridiculous, Andrew loves the projects that take him out into the bush.
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Kelly Ann’s current research explores the links between Lakorra Murrkal Dja (Dark Sky Country) to intangible and tangible cultural heritage. She also has some pretty funny stories from the field …
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Narelle has worked on some amazing excavations, including recording a convict-built timber bridge buried beneath one of Brisbane’s busiest roads.
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Rebecca works as a consultant archaeologist in Sydney, and also overseas in Italy, where she helps to teach archaeology students from Monash University. It really sounds like the best of both worlds (so long as you exclude burst sewer pipes …)
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Jill has followed her high-school interest in ancient history to a career in archaeology, and describes how her interest in the field has changed over time. For Jill, archaeology is about the people you meet rather than the things that you find.
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Talei is researching culturally modified trees on Wiradjuri Country, and also working as a consultant archaeologist. In archaeology, she says, no two days are the same and nothing ever goes to plan … what could be better?!
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Emilie explores the fascinating fields of anthracology and archaeobotany, along with research into the history of archaeology in the Pacific. She has some encouraging words for mum-archaeologists too.
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For someone who is NOT an archaeologist, Steve seems to fit in a lot of archaeology … along with many other (underwater) interests. He shares a brief history of the South Australian Archaeology Society with us here.
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Jonas explains his career choice in a way that will make sense to many archaeologists: ‘I’ve always been fascinated with the past and when I learnt you could actually be paid to dig up history it was a no brainer’.
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Stevie brings a unique perspective to archaeology - coming from a background in community development and youth work, they see the opportunities that archaeology provides for people to connect to history and place. And also to connect to a certain amount of mud (see photo).
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Chantelle asks, ‘How many jobs allow you to see such beautiful parts of this country whilst investigating its past?’ Is there really anything more that needs to be said?!
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Nil’s father was a tour guide in Egypt … well we can all see where this is going! Nil has excavated in Somaliland and Turkey, as well as working as an archaeologist and heritage advisor in Victoria, and brings both a historical and political lens to the discipline.
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Archaeology is John’s second career, after following many different paths. Now he is working on research in Mithaka Country in Queensland, and consulting archaeology too; reconnecting with his ongoing interest in history, and past places, objects and people.
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Chae is currently investigating deep time ecological knowledge and connection to the landscape, as part of the ‘Desert People’ and the ‘Desert to the Sea’ projects, at the University of Western Australia. For Chae, archaeology bridges a multitude of worlds: the past and the present, analytical thinking and scientific method, and multidisciplinary teams and Traditional Owners.
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At 12, Alexandra decided that she would become an archaeologist, thanks to the wise counsel of Amelia Peabody. Instead of following Amelia to Egypt, she works on projects across Australia, interspersed with busman’s holidays to Central Alaska and Mongolia …
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Kane has been interested in archaeology for as long as he can remember, and working on amazing research with fantastic people keeps that interest alive. At the moment, Kane is part of the Desert People Project, aiming to understand Aboriginal occupation of Australia’s deserts through millennia of changing climatic conditions.
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For India, archaeology addresses an innate human desire to understand our own evolution. Through archaeology, we can explore fundamental questions around what it is to be human. And if that involves some magical fieldwork experiences in East Kalimantan along the way, then so be it.
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Childhood interests in history and adventure led Andrew to archaeology. In his current role, he works across Queensland, appreciating a career where he can work with different people and learn new things everyday, as well as understanding the importance of history to people who care about it.
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Amir’s change of careers, from engineering to archaeology, was inspired by the knowledge and encouragement of an archaeology professor at the University of Sydney, and he hasn’t looked back. He is now involved in two research projects; the Archaeological Water Histories of Oman, and the Kerkenes Project, in Turkey; as well as working as a remote sensing scientist back home in Australia.
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Bogging and un-bogging vehicles, bailing water out of trenches, all part of the daily life of a field archaeologist. But also knowing that the care and effort that you put into your work contributes directly to the picture of the past that can be drawn from the evidence, and this is what Alexander loves about being an archaeologist.
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