New clues to ‘big bird’ extinction
A rare fossil discovery by Flinders University researchers illuminates the ultimate survival test faced by Genyornis newtoni, the last of Australia’s famous giant birds – the […]
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Climate change challenge to ancient sites
From ancient sites in Eastern Europe and North America to the Philippines, Australia’s oldest Indigenous rock art and “drowning islands” in the Pacific, climate change is […]
Rare boomerang collection reveals a diverse past
New research at Flinders University has analysed a rare collection of non-returning boomerangs from Kinipapa (Cooper Creek), near Innamincka in South Australia’s far north-east. The four […]
Shipwreck reveals secrets of 17th century Dutch seafaring domination
Many Dutch ships passed the West Australian coast while enroute to Southeast Asia in the 1600s – and the national heritage listed shipwreck, Batavia, has revealed […]
Support for child welfare and health studies
Flinders University researchers will be buoyed by $472,908 in additional funding from the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation of SA for a range of new projects […]
ARC funding reshaping humanities through Indigenous creative arts
A National Indigenous Creative Arts Framework to transform humanities disciplines at Australian universities is the aim of a project awarded funding under the ARC Discovery Indigenous […]
Life and culture on the International Space Station
In an out of this world study, space archaeologists are reconstructing life on the International Space Station (ISS) over the past two decades, to better understand […]
2021 Assemblage Artist in Residence at Flinders
South Australian cinematographer and video artist Liam Somerville has been selected as Flinders University’s 2021 Digital Artist in Residence, with the Assemblage Centre for Creative Arts […]
Rare artefacts discovered on the Murray River
New research by archaeologists has described rare shell artefacts discovered at Calperum Station and Murrawong (Glen Lossie) on the Murray River in South Australia. The artefacts […]