Australian archaeologists work in a huge range of fields, investigating diverse aspects of our past. A generous bunch of Australian archaeologists have shared their stories with us. Click on the profiles below to find out more!
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Sean’s current projects focus on modelling how Sahul was peopled, when different islands were first occupied and what the submerged archaeological landscapes of Australia's vast continental shelves can tell us about this history of the continent.
Read MoreCaroline decided to be an archaeologist after volunteering on an excavation at the Glenrowan Inn, the site of the Kelly gang’s last stand. She now wears many hats, including self-confessed rock nerd!
Read MoreMorgan has worked all over Australia, as well as in Jordan and Turkey. This year, coinciding with National Archaeology Week, alongside Aboriginal stakeholders, Morgan and the EMM heritage team will be commencing an excavation of Aboriginal midden sites on the Kurnell Peninsula.
Read MoreChristopher is an archaeologist, faunal analyst, and lithic artefact specialist. Current projects include analysis of faunal remains from a cesspit - he has found 13 different species of bird so far!
Read MoreChristine decided to become an archaeologist when she was in Year 7 and never looked back. She now directs her own company and has surrounded herself with a team of people who are as nerdy about history and archaeology as she is!
Read MoreGrace is an artefact specialist and photographer, and is currently cataloguing stone artefacts from an assemblage with a date range extending back to the Pleistocene (2.8 million years to 12 thousand years ago), and photographing historical artefacts from sites around Melbourne, Victoria.
Read MoreMichael is just getting started on his archaeological career, and is already analysing lithic artefacts from Drysdale, in the Geelong area of Victoria.
Read MoreNadia wrote down a list of things she wanted from a job: history, travel, writing, outdoors and indoors options. The search pretty much just came up with one choice, archaeology.
Read MoreBronwyn is a historical artefact specialist. She is currently working on the assemblages from sites in Sydney and Melbourne, partway along the painstaking process from finding the artefacts to interpreting what people were doing at the sites, who they were and how they lived day to day.
Read MoreJames has a focus on the historical archaeology of the Pacific region, and has also recently completed a long-term project in Tasmania, which was a field school excavation of a site used from the 1840s onwards. For those interested in finding out more, James has provided links to some of his publications!
Read MoreMatthew is a historical archaeologist based in Sydney, with projects ranging from historical archaeological sites in the Sydney CBD to Second World War sites in Papua New Guinea.
Read MoreAlice is Associate Professor, Flinders University; member of the Advisory Council of the Space Industry Association of Australia; and President of the Anthropological Society of South Australia. Her current research project is the archaeology of the International Space Station, and she is also researching the cable tie.
Read MoreJames is the Manager and Curator of the RD Milns Antiquities Museum at the University of Queensland. His current projects include documenting antiquities brought back to Australia by soldiers from the First World War.
Read MoreAndy is Head of Department of Archaeology and History at La Trobe University. He runs field projects at the early human fossil site of Drimolen in South Africa as well as the archaeological site of Amanzi Springs.
Read MoreWendy is a Doctor of Philosophy candidate at the University of Western Australia, investigating how people responded and adapted to significant climate change during the late Pleistocene (45,000 to 12,000 years ago).
Read MoreMichael is the Director of Scarp Archaeology, a Partner Investigator in the Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, and the current Vice President of the Australian Archaeological Association.
Read MoreSven is a Researcher and Academic in Archaeology and the Centre for Rock Art Research and Management at the University of Western Australia.
Read MoreRosalie is an Aboriginal Heritage Planning Officer with the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage.
Read MoreEmily’s fieldwork stories include climbing up the side of an escarpment in the Kimberley to explore rock shelters full of incredible paintings, grinding patches, and beautiful lithics … and enjoy the view of the whole plain stretched out below!
Read MoreCraig is the Manager of Education and Public Programs at Chau Chak Wing Museum, The University of Sydney, and Director of the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project in Cyprus.
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