New insights into desert climate and human occupation
Cutting-edge archaeology techniques are set to locate new archaeological sites and provide a climate record for dry-land lakes in Central Australia, as part of ground-breaking new […]
Submerged archaeology highlights protection
New archaeological research has highlighted major blind spots in Australia’s environmental management policies which are placing submerged Indigenous heritage at risk. The Deep History of Sea […]
Archaeologists discover ancient bone artefact
The discovery of a rare bone artefact near the Lower Murray River casts more light on the rich archaeological record on Ngarrindjeri country in southern Australia. […]
Archaeologists reveal rock art’s big little secret
Australian archaeologists have discovered some of the most detailed examples of rare, small-scale rock art in the form of miniature stencils in a rockshelter traditionally owned […]
National award for science essay
A story linking the ancient and modern story of Woomera and the Nullabor Plain has won a national award for Flinders space and Indigenous archaeology expert […]
High-tech forensics investigates WA massacre
For almost a century, the people of the Kutjungka region of WA have passed on the testimony of massacres of their ancestors at Sturt Creek. Now […]
Major conservation program activates ecology lab at Flinders
Flinders will play a key role in a new $45.7 million Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage. An international research team […]
Outback search for Native Mounted Police camps
Archaeologists often know where to start digging, but Associate Professor Heather Burke’s research project is in a league of its own. Armed with a three-year $765,727 […]
Research adds 10,000 years to human life in the Flinders Ranges
Human settlement in Australia’s arid interior has been reset to about 50,000 years ago – almost 10,000 years earlier than previously reported.