Past National Archaeology Week Events

2022 events included:

  • Archaeology for the Future. Dr Ariana Lambrides (James Cook University), Dr Kelsey Lowe (University of Queensland), Dr Tim Maloney (Griffith University), Dr Caroline Spry (Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation & La Trobe University), Dr Georgia Stannard (National Trust of Australia (Victoria) & La Trobe University), Rob Williams (Walgalu, Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri Traditional Custodian & Murrumbidgee Archaeology and Heritage).

  • Preliminary results from an archaeological investigation of the Port Arthur convict workshops, 1830-77. Richard Tuffin (University of New England) and Sylvana Szydzik (Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority).

  • Breaking Ground: Archaeological Stories from Across the Country. Tessa Boer-Mah (Heritage Now), Tim Adams (Umwelt), Fiona Hook (Archae-aus), and Gary Vines (Biosis).

  • Archaeological Heritage Local and Global: An Introduction to ICOMOS. Dr Andrew Sneddon (Extent Heritage), Prof Richard Mackay, AM ( Deakin University, Australia ICOMOS), and Prof Tracy Ireland (University of Canberra, Australia ICOMOS)

  • Maritime Archaeology in the Asia Pacific. Dr Natali Pearson (Sydney Southeast Asia Centre & AIMA), Dr Martin Polkinghorne (Flinders University), Ms Zainab Tahir (Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries), Associate Professor Wendy van Duivenvoorde (Flinders University & AIMA), and Dr Noel Tan (Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts)

2021 events included:

  • Dave Johnston (Aboriginal Archaeologists Australia): Australian Aboriginal Heritage Site Protection: Is this a Crisis or the Status Quo?

  • Matt Carter (Major Projects Foundation): Sea Change, Maritime Archaeology of/in the Anthropocene

  • Silvano Jung (Ellengowan Enterprises): Broome Aviation Archaeology – Twenty Years On: An Appraisal of Results and Directions for Future Research

  • Eleanor Casella (University of Tasmania) Grinding Rogues Honest: Convict Archaeology in Van Diemen's Land

  • Geraldine Mate (Queensland Museum) Australian Archaeology in Profile: Change and Stasis

And you can find the 2021 and 2022 seminars on the AAA YouTube channel here.

2020 events included:

  • A Pint of Archaeology, an annual evening of short talks presented by archaeologists from La Trobe University.

  • A Tale of Five Villages Constructing Bronze Age Cyprus, a seminar presented by David Frankel, as part of the La Trobe Archaeology Seminar Series.

  • Daniel J Leahy’s talk on Aviation Archaeology in Australia, presented by the Aviation Historical Society of Australia.

  • Andy Herries presents a seminar on Drimolen Cave and the World’s Oldest Homo erectus as part of the La Trobe Archaeology Seminar Series.

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