List of Australian archaeologists

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The following is a list of notable Australian archaeologists – well-known individuals with a large body of published work or notable research.

A-C

Archaeologist Dates University/organization Area of interest Specialities/discoveries
Jim Allen[1] Australian National University; La Trobe University Australian Research Council South Pacific, Port Essington, Lapita,[2] Polynesian
Val Attenbrow born 1942 University of Sydney, Australian Museum, graduated BA(hons) 1976, PhD 1987 social and technological change in Aboriginal stone tools, the Aboriginal archaeology of Sydney, ground-edged hatchet/axe sourcing studies
Jane Balme University of Western Australia rock art, indigenous hunter-gatherer societies and Aboriginal subsistence economies[3]
Diane Barwick 29 April 1938 Vancouver, Canada - 4 April 1986 Royal Canberra Hospital Australian National University Aboriginal culture and society[4]
Peter Bellwood Australian National University prehistory of Southeast Asia and the Pacific; origins of agriculture and resulting cultural, linguistic and biological developments (worldwide); interdisciplinary connections between archaeology, linguistics and human biology[5]
Judy Birmingham University of Sydney historical archaeology in Australia[6] Irrawang pottery, Raymond Terrace NSW; Wybalenna Flinders Island, Tasmania
Stephen Bourke University College London, University of Sydney[7] Pella
Sandra Bowdler born 1947 University of Western Australia
Jim Bowler University of Melbourne geology and geomorphology of prehistoric Australia Lake Mungo
Heather Burke Flinders Universityl University of New England historical archaeology[8]
Les Bursill University of New England Dharawal people, Sutherland Shire, Illawarra[9]
Scott Cane[10] born 1954 Australian National University desert people of Australia, Pila Nguru: The Spinifex People[11]
Martin Carney University of Sydney, University of NSW material culture of New South Wales, Australia (post-1788)
Mary Casey PhD Uni. of Sydney; Master of the Built Environment (Heritage Conservation), Uni. of NSW (1991) BA (Hons in Archaeology), Uni. of Sydney (1987) Sydney Conservatorium of Music Site
Vere Gordon Childe 14 April 1892 – 19 October 1957 University of Edinburgh, Institute of Archaeology, London European prehistory, culture-historical archaeology, Marxist archaeology Europe / neolithic
John Clegg 11 January 1935 - 11 March 2015 Cambridge University; University of Sydney, BA(Hons), Ed.Cert. (1959), MA(Hons) (1962) rock art
Margaret Clunies Ross born 24 April 1942 Oxford University, University of Adelaide, University of Gothenburg Old Norse-Icelandic studies, Australian Aborigines
Sarah Colley Southampton University, University of Sydney teaching, archaeological fish remains
Graham Connah University of New England South Africa; historical archaeology
Peter Coutts University of Melbourne, University of Otago, Australian National University Victoria Archaeological Survey Victorian Aboriginal and historic archaeology Corinella, Victoria
Roger Cribb 1948–2007 University of Queensland modelling spatial patterns and social organisation of nomadic peoples, cultural landscapes
William (Bill) Culican 21 August 1928 Great Harwood, Lancashire – 24 March 1984 Queen’s College, Oxford, University of Melbourne Near and Middle East antiquity, Australian historical archaeology[12]

D-F

Archaeologist Dates University/organization Area of interest Specialities/discoveries
Raymond Dart 4 February 1893 – 22 November 1988 University of Queensland, St. Andrew's College, Sydney, University of Sydney, University College, London, University of Witwatersrand Australopithecus africanus
Bruno David Monash University local Indigenous communities in Australia, Torres Strait, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific
Iain Davidson Cambridge University; University of New England
Charles E. Dortch Western Australia Museum Western Australia coastal economies[13] Devil's Lair Cave, Western Australia
Joe Dortch University of Western Australia, University of Sydney, Dortch & Cuthbert[14]
Hilary du Cros Monash University history of Australian archaeology[15]
Judith Field University of Sydney, University of New South Wales megafauna, starch residue analysis Cuddie Springs
Josephine Flood born 1938 Cambridge University, Australian National University Aboriginal prehistory of the Australia Cloggs Cave
Adam Ford Institute of Archaeology, University College London Who's Been Sleeping in My House?
David Frankel University of Sydney, Gothenburg University Sweden (Phd.), Latrobe University Cypress, Syria; Koongine Cave, Australia
Barry L. Frankhauser Australian National University historical uses of the cabbage tree [16]
Richard Fullagar University of Sydney, Australian Museum, University of Wollongong, Scarp Archaeology stone tool studies; use-wear and residues

G-I

Archaeologist Dates University/organization Area of interest Specialities/discoveries
Sandor (Alexander) Gallus 15 November 1907 - 29 December 1996 Szeged and Budapest Universities, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Hungarian National Museum Pleistocene Aboriginal occupation Koonalda Cave South Australia Dry Creek archaeological site Keilor
Martin David Gibbs University of Sydney; University of New England maritime archaeology; historical archaeology
Jack Golson born 1926, England Cambridge University, Auckland University, Australian National University Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia Savai'i island, Samoa
Alice Gorman born 1964 Flinders University (2005–present); Ecology and Heritage Partners (2013–present) Space archaeology, contemporary archaeology, Indigenous Australian archaeology, stone tools orbital debris; space as a cultural landscape[17]
Laila Haglund consulting archaeology
John Basil Hennessy AO 10 February 1925 - 27 October 2013[18] BA, archaeology, University of Sydney 1950, DPhil. Oxford University, 1962–64, British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem Teleilat Ghassul (1975–77), Pella (1978-)
Ted Higginbotham Cambridge University historical archaeology Hyde Park Barracks
Peter Hiscock born 27 March 1957 University of Queensland, Australian National University, University of Sydney ancient technology
Simon Holdaway University of Auckland Australian, Egyptian, New Zealand archaeology; stone artefact analysis; archaeological theory; GIS
Jeannette Hope Monash University Western New South Wales

J-L

Archaeologist Dates University/organization Area of interest Specialities/discoveries
Ian Jack University of Sydney (history) historical archaeology
Rhys Jones 1941–2001 Emmanuel College, Cambridge, University of Sydney, PhD on Tasmanian Aboriginal archaeology, Australian National University Tasmania
Johan Kamminga University of Sydney use-wear and residues
Susan Lawrence LaTrobe University historical archaeology; mining archaeology
Dr Estelle Lazer[19] Sydney University, human skeletal remains discovered at Pompeii[19]
Harry Lourandos born 1945 University of Sydney, University of New England, University of Queensland, James Cook University hunter-gatherer intensification
Tony Lowe[20] MA University College London (1987); BA (History & Archaeology), University of Sydney (1981). post-1788 settlement of New South Wales

M-O

Archaeologist Dates University/organization Area of interest Specialities/discoveries
Fred McCarthy[21] 1905-1997 Sydney University; Foundation Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1957 Australia's Aborigines, their life and culture[22]
Justin McCarthy Research Associate BA Sydney University Little Lon district[23]
Isabel McBryde University of Melbourne, University of New England; Australian National University New England prehistory, hatchet or axe sourcing studies[24]
Jo McDonald Sydney University, Jo McDonald Cultural Heritage Management, Godden Mackay Logan, University of Western Australia consulting archaeology, rock art
Richard Mackay born 1960 Mackay Strategic Pty Ltd, La Trobe University (adjunct) Cultural heritage management, World and National heritage, cultural tourism, Australian historical archaeology Archaeological site conservation and management [25]
Ian McNiven[26] Monash University maritime archaeology, New Guinea, Torres Strait
Peter Mathews born 12 June 1951 University of Calgary, Yale University, La Trobe University to 2011 Maya hieroglyphs
Audrey Lilian Meaney born 1931 University of Cambridge, English Department at the University of New England Anglo-Saxon England
Betty Meehan born 1933 Sydney University, Australian National University Maningrida
Vincent Megaw Emeritus professor of archaeology University of Leicester[27] Flinders University Early Celtic Art in Britain [28]
Kate Morse Director of Archaeology at Fremantle heritage consultancy Big Island Research
Mike Morwood 27 October 1950 Auckland – 23 July 2013 University of Auckland, University of New England (Australia) Homo floresiensis
John Mulvaney 26 October 1925 – 21 September 2016 Cambridge University "Father of Australian archaeology"
Ken Mulvaney University of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum, Victoria Archaeological Survey[29] Aboriginal engagement, Burrup Peninsula rock art
Stephen Munro Australian National engraved fossil shell from Java[30]
Tim Murray La Trobe University, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, Cambridge University, University of Leiden Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales (Paris) Institute of Archaeology, University College London history of archaeology
Susan O'Connor
Paul Ossa La Trobe University southeastern Australia, earlier hunter-gatherers, lithics New Guinea II cave

P-R

Archaeologist Dates University/organization Area of interest Specialities/discoveries
Colin Pardoe Australian bio-anthropology and archaeology
Gary Presland La Trobe University, University of London, Victoria Archaeological Survey Aboriginal landscapes in Victoria[31]
Timothy Potts University of Sydney, University of Oxford, La Trobe University, University of Melbourne
Don Ranson Tasmanian prehistory Kutikina Cave
Jim Rhoads University of Western Australia, Australian National University Papuan axeadzes

S-U

Archaeologist Dates University/organization Area of interest Specialities/discoveries
Carmel Schrire born May 15, 1941 University of Cape Town, Australian National University South Africa
Veronica Seton-Williams 20 April 1910 - 29 May 1992 University of Melbourne University College London Egyptology and prehistory, Near East
Frederic Slater c. 1880 - 10 March 1947[32] Anthropological Society of New South Wales Aboriginal place names
Claire Smith born 15 July 1957 Flinders University Indigenous archaeology, rock art[33]
Grafton Elliot Smith 15 August 1871 – 1 January 1937 University of Sydney (anatomist) hyperdiffusionist view of prehistory
Dr. Dirk HR Spennemann Associate Professor in Cultural Heritage Management at the School of Environmental Sciences,[34] Charles Sturt University[35]
James R. Stewart 3 July 1913 – 6 February 1962 University of Sydney Cyprus and the Ancient Near East
Fr Eugene Stockton born 1934 Sydney University
Jim Stockton active 1977-86 Australian National University prehistoric settlement of Tasmania Jordan River (Tasmania)
Sharon Sullivan Ba(Hons) History and Archaeology (University of New England) 1964; Dip.Ed. (University of New England) 1965; MA (Honours) History and Archaeology (University of New England) 1972 heritage conservation[36]
Nicola Stern LaTrobe University
John Arthur Thompson 1913–2002[37] University of Queensland, University of Melbourne University of Cambridge Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist
Alan Thorne 1 March 1939 – 21 May 2012 University of Sydney, Australian National University Aboriginal Australian origins and the human genome Lake Mungo, Kow Swamp
Norman Tindale 12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993 University of Adelaide mapping Australian tribes
Robin Torrence Australian Museum Greece, Papua New Guinea, eastern Russia
Arthur Dale Trendall 28 March 1909 – 13 November 1995 University of Sydney, Australian National University Greek ceramic vessels at Apulia

V-Z

Archaeologist Dates University/organization Area of interest Specialities/discoveries
Ron Vanderwal Melbourne Museum, Latrobe University Torres Strait, New Guinea[38]
Bruce Veitch 30 June 1957 – 10 March 2005[39] BA (Hons) University of New England 1985; PhD, University of Western Australia 1989 Mitchell Plateau and Pilbara Western Australia Bruce Veitch Award[40]
Peter Veth University of Western Australia rock art, hunter-gatherer economies
George Roy Haslam (Mick) Wright[41] University of Western Australia Middle East
J. Peter White University of Sydney, University of Cambridge teaching, Pacific archaeology, stone tool studies, archaeozoology
Richard Wright Cambridge University, University of Sydney palaeoanthropology, early human evolution

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian archaeologist: collected papers in honour of Jim Allen, Jim Allen, Atholl Anderson, Tim Murray Coombs Academic Pub., the Australian National University, 2000 - Social Science
  2. ↑ Allen, J. (1984). "In Search of the Lapita Homeland: Reconstructing the Prehistory of the Bismarck Archipelago". Journal of Pacific History (19/4): 186–187.
  3. ↑ Kimberley Foundation Science Advisory Council
  4. ↑ 'Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans 1835-1904', Part 1, Aboriginal History 1984, 8(2):100-31
  5. ↑ Professor Peter Bellwood, School of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Australian National University.
  6. ↑ Australian Pioneer Technology. Sites and Relics (1979), (Birmingham et al.), Heinemann Educational Australia, ISBN 0-85859-185-5
  7. ↑ "Honorary Fellows". British Institute Amman. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
  8. ↑ The Archaeologist's Field Handbook
  9. ↑ Archaeology of the Dharawal People www.lesbursill.com
  10. ↑ Fremantle Press Author Profile
  11. ↑ Anne Loxley Pila Nguru: The Spinifex People; Sydney Morning Herald; 3 August 2002
  12. ↑ 'The first merchant venturers : the ancient Levant in history and commerce by Culican, William, 1928–1984, London Thames & Hudson, 1966; The Medes and Persians (Ancient peoples and places series, ;vol.42) by Culican, William, London Thames and Hudson, 1965; Fossil Beach cement works, Mornington, Victoria: an essay in industrial archaeology by William Culican and John Taylor, Deception Bay, Queensland, Refulgence Publishers, 1972
  13. ↑ Works by or about Charles E Dortch in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
  14. ↑ Dortch & Cuthbert corporate website
  15. ↑ Much More than Stones & Bones: Australian Archaeology in the Late Twentieth Century, Melbourne University Press. 2002 ISBN 9780522850208
  16. ↑ Robert G. Bednarik, Smith, M.A., M. Spriggs, and B. Frankhauser (eds) 1993 Sahul in review: Pleistocene archaeology in Australia, New Guinea and Island Melanesia. Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies
  17. ↑ space as a cultural landscape
  18. ↑ Vale Professor John Basil Hennessy AO FAHA
  19. 1 2 "Dr Estelle Lazer". ABC Brisbane. 2009-11-05. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  20. ↑ Linkdin profile
  21. ↑ Australia Museum, 'Fred McCarthy'
  22. ↑ Kate Kahn (1993) "Frederick David McCarthy: a bibliography". Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 17: 1-5
  23. ↑ Justin McCarthy (1989) The Commonwealth Block, Melbourne; Archaeological Investigation Report. Volume 1; Historical and Archaeological Report. p.55. Australian Construction Services prepared for The Department of Administrative Services and Telecom Australia
  24. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
  25. ↑ Sullivan, S and Mackay, R (eds), 2012 Archaeological Sites: Conservation and Management, Readings in Conservation Series, Getty Publications, J Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles
  26. ↑ Monash University staff biographies
  27. ↑ Megaw, J. V. S. (1970). Art of the European Iron Age: a study of the elusive image. Adams & Dart. p. 173.
  28. ↑ Early Celtic Art in Britain, Ruth and Vincent Megaw, p.29, accessed 16 August 2010
  29. ↑ Bruce Veitch Award for Excellence in Indigenous Engagement Australian Archaeology Association
  30. ↑ http://au.ibtimes.com/australian-archaeologist-dr-stephen-munro-discovers-earliest-human-engravings-discovered-400000-year
  31. ↑ First People: the Eastern Kulin of Melbourne, Port Phillip and Central Victoria
  32. ↑ "Family Notices.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 12 March 1947. p. 24. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  33. ↑ A. Rosenfeld and C. Smith. 1997 , "Recent developments in radiocarbon and stylistic methods of dating rock art". Antiquity 72 (272):405-11.
  34. ↑ School of Environmental Sciences
  35. ↑ Charles Sturt University
  36. ↑ Sharon Sullivan biography, Land & Environment Court
  37. ↑ "Thompson, J. A.". Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  38. ↑ McNiven, Ian J.; Green, Mike Special issue in honour of Ron Vanderwal, The Artefact, 2010 Vol. 33, p2
  39. ↑ Peter Veth and Sean Ulm, Dr Bruce Veitch, Australian Archaeology, Number 60, 2005
  40. ↑ Arcaeho-Aus, Dr.Bruce Veitch Award
  41. ↑ G.R.H. (Mick) Wright: A remarkable Australian archaeological architect, buried Historyvol.49, 2003

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