Program
Tuesday 5 December
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Welcome to Country and Welcome Reception
The Lucky Squire, 3 Oracle Blvd, Broadbeach
Wednesday 6 December
8:30am - 9:00am
Conference Opening
9:00am - 10:00am
Plenary Session
Resilience and Change: Bringing Archaeology into Conversation with Climate Change Response
Professor Lesley Head, The University of Melbourne
10:00am - 10:30am | Morning Tea
10:30am - 12:30pm
Research Advances and Future Directions in Australian Stone Artefact Studies
Room 5
Lithic Raw Material Procurement Strategies of Early Humans in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa
Bharti Jangra, Griffith University
Caroline Spry, La Trobe University
Continuity and Change in Lithic Material as Seen in Two Sites in the Blue Mountains, NSW
Emily Nutman, The Australian National University
Quantitative Surface Analysis of Ground Stone Artefacts: A Comparison of Museum and Quarry Assemblages
Kieran McGee, The University of Sydney
Colin Pardoe, Colin Pardoe Bio-Anthropology & Archaeology
DISCUSSION
Resilience in the Face of Alternative Ways of Knowing
Room 6
Joe Dortch, Dortch Cuthbert
Annie Ross, The University of Queensland
Jaydeyn Thomas, The University of Queensland
Bruno David, Monash University
Interactive Digital 3D Site Models at the Service of Culture and Community: GunaiKurnai Methods and Interpretations of the Archaeology of Cloggs Cave, East Gippsland, Victoria
Joanna Fresløv, GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation
Claire Smith, Flinders University
Change and Resilience in
South West Queensland
Room 7
A Partnership, in Every Sense of the Word: An Indigenous Perspective to Community-Led Archaeology in the Channel Country, Southwest Queensland
Shawnee Gorringe, Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation
Resilience in a Boom-and-Bust Environment: Late Holocene Environments of the Channel Country of Southwest Queensland and Relationships with Mithaka Subsistence Strategies
Patrick Moss, The University of Queensland
Makayla Harding, The University of Queensland
Robert Henry, The University of Queensland
Taphonomic and Histological Investigations of a Reported Massacre Site on Mithaka Country
Joshua Gorringe, Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation
DISCUSSION
Room 8
Ashleigh Rogers, Monash University
Tam Smith, The University of Queensland
Cailey Maclaurin, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
Michael Kneppers, James Cook University
Ariana Lambrides, James Cook University
Shiqin He, The University of Western Australia
12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch & AA Journal Editorial Committee Meeting
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Research Advances and Future Directions in Australian Stone Artefact Studies
Room 5
Investigating Hafting and Composite Tool Repair as Factors Creating Variability in Backed Artefacts: Evidence from Ngungara, South East Australia
Amy Way, The University of Sydney / Australian Museum
Beth White, Beth White Archaeology
Aidan Hughes, Griffith University
Joshua Willsher, The Australian National University
Antonino Tucci, Turnstone Archaeology
DISCUSSION
Archaeology as Environmental History
Room 6
The Value of Archaeology for Addressing Wicked Problems
Susan Lawrence, La Trobe University
Using Owl Roost Deposits to Understand Recent Ecological Change and Resilience on Channel Country in Southwest Queensland
Jessica Gibbs, The University of Queensland
Marc Cheeseman, The University of Queensland
Aboriginal and European Upland Wetlands in Southeast Australia: 20,000 Years of Use
Wendy Beck, University of New England
DISCUSSION (40 mins)
Change and Resilience in
South West Queensland
Room 7
Ania Kotarba, University of Adelaide
Kelsey Lowe, The University of Queensland
Michelle Richards, La Trobe University
Doug Williams, Access Archaeology
Michael Westaway, The University of Queensland
DISCUSSION
Room 8
Wayne Brennan, The University of Sydney
The Mornington Peninsula Cultural Heritage Fieldschool: A Collaborative On-Country Teaching Initiative Connecting Research, Cultural Values, and Professional Heritage Practices
Steven Pepper, Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation
WITHDRAWN
The Impact of Cultural Heritage Management Plans on Archaeological Knowledge Within Eastern Maar Nation, Victoria
Nathalia Guimaraes, Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation
‘That’s Old Barunga House’: Experiences of Early Government Housing in an Aboriginal Community in a Remote Area
Elspbeth Hodgins, Flinders University
Renee McAlister, Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation
Mike Rowland, James Cook University
DISCUSSION
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Afternoon Tea & Careers Event
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists (AACAI) Annual General Meeting
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Rainbow Dinner
Thursday 7 December
9:00am - 10:00am
Plenary Session
Healthy Country: Re-Writing the Book on Australia
Professor Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Wiradjuri / The University of Melbourne
10:00am - 10:30am | Morning Tea
10:30am - 12:30pm
Resilience in Changing Environments:
A Zooarchaeological Perspective to
People’s Response to Change
Room 5
Mirr-i taur-nhuk weeagoon (To See Our Belonging to Living Things): Resilience in an Ever-Changing Environment: A Look at the Kinship Connection Between First Nations People, Dingoes and Country
Kelly Ann Blake, La Trobe University
Coastal Adaptations in Southeastern Australia: Insights from the Late Holocene Zooarchaeology of Curracurrang 1 Rockshelter
Jane Balme, The University of Western Australia
Jillian Garvey, La Trobe University
Sofia Samper Carro, The Australian National University
Ancestral Connections: Neanderthal Resilience as a Proxy for Understanding First Nations Communities’ Adaptability to Environmental Change
Eboni Westbury, The Australian National University / Black Wattle Archaeology
DISCUSSION
Changing Pasts, Changing Futures
Room 6
Emily Miller, Griffith University
Ursula Frederick, University of Canberra
Catherine Frieman, The Australian National University
Martin Porr, The University of Western Australia
Emilie Dotte-Sarout, The University of Western Australia
Kristen Ellis, La Trobe University
Exploring Far North Sahul’s Past
of 50,000 Years of Change
and Resilience
Room 7
Bryce Barker, University of Southern Queensland
Alison Crowther, The University of Queensland
Tiina Manne, The University of Queensland
Frontier Interaction with Resident Papuan Populations Influenced Early Lapita Dispersals in New Guinea and Beyond
Ben Shaw, The Australian National University
WITHDRAWN
Resilient Responses to Changing Environments and Cultural Associations on the PNG South Coast
Robert Skelly, Monash University
Roxanne Tsang, University of Papua New Guinea / Griffith University
DISCUSSION
Room 8
Michael Petraglia, Griffith University
Desert People: An Outline of Integrated Research Across the North-West Arid Zone
Peter Veth, The University of Western Australia
Sample Size and Foraging Behaviour: A Case Study on Bandicoots and Bilbies from Boodie Cave, Barrow Island
Erin Mein, Flinders University
The Resilient Connection Between Plants and People: A Deep-Time Anthracological Analysis from Yirra Rockshelter, North WA
Chae Byrne, The University of Western Australia
Sam Harper, The University of Western Australia
Tim Cohen, University of Wollongong
DISCUSSION
12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch & The Australia ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Rock Art Australia (NSCRAA) Meeting
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Both Sides of the Timor Trough: Change and Resilience in Island and Coastal Communities
Room 5
Shimona Kealy, The Australian National University
Hendri Kaharudin, The Australian National University
Yinika Perston, Griffith University
Sally Brockwell, The Australian National University
Nathan Crockford, The Australian National University
Georgina Skelly, James Cook University
Room 6
Reflecting on a Heritage Archive: Wardaman Elders’ Impact in Rock Art Research in the 1980s and 1990s
Madeleine Kelly, Monash University
Colin McLennan, Griffith University
Eleanor Crosby, Griffith University
Caitlin D’Gluyas, University of New England
Matthew Spriggs, The Australian National University
DISCUSSION
Room 7
Dylan Sarra, Sarra Art
Adriana Basiaco, The University of Queensland
Chiaroscuro Photogrammetry: Revolutionising 3D Modeling in Low Light Conditions for Better Detection at Archaeological Sites
Andrea Jalandoni, Griffith University
Madelaine Firth, Austral Archaeology
Calum Farrar, Griffith University
High Resolution Geomorphological Analysis for Archaeology: A Case Study from the UNESCO Listed Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, Victoria
Brian Armstrong, The University of Melbourne
Room 8
Nathan Jankowski, University of Wollongong
Nicola Stern, La Trobe University
Elise Matheson, Scarp Archaeology
Hamish MacGregor, Big Island Research
From the Desert to the Sea: A Two-Way Interdisciplinary and Intergenerational Project to Understand Rock Art and Jukurr in the Australian Arid Zone
Jo McDonald, The University of Western Australia
DISCUSSION
3:30pm - 4:00pm | Afternoon Tea
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Both Sides of the Timor Trough: Change and Resilience in Island and Coastal Communities
Room 5
Sue O’Connor, The Australian National University
Paul Taçon, Griffith University
Daryl Wesley, Flinders University
Room 6
Victoria Anderson, The University of Western Australia
Lucia Clayton, Big Island Research
Keryn Walshe, University of Auckland
Room 7
Emma Beckett, The University of Western Australia
Andrew Prentice, Griffith University
DISCUSSION
Fire, Flood and Mud:
Challenges for Heritage Management and Fieldwork in the Australian Climate Era
Room 8
Matthew McNaughton, AECOM Australia Pty Ltd
Rebecca Hibberd, AECOM Australia Pty Ltd
Kyra Edwards, Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Australian Archaeological Association Annual General Meeting
Friday 8 December
9:00am - 10:00am
Australian Indigenous Archaeologists Association (AIAA) Panel Discussion –
The Way Forward a Time to Listen: State of the Environment & Heritage Reform
Panellists: Dave Johnston, Australian National University, Dr Galiina (Kal) Ellwood, AIAA, Mark Grist, Grist Archaeology, Nathan Woolford, Flinders University, Dr Matilda House, National NAIDOC Elder of the Year 2023, Ngambri/Ngunnawal and Jo Thomson, The University of Western Australia
Moderator: Ken Hayward, Edith Cowan University
10:00am - 10:30am | Morning Tea
10:30am - 12:30pm
in Adaptation and Resilience
Room 5
The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 (WA): A Case Study in Competing Community Values
Philip Davies, Yindjibarndi Nation
Managing Puuti Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura Heritage in a Changing Legislative Framework: Traditional Owner-Led Protocols and Agreement-Making as the Key to Success
Cat Morgan, PKKP Aboriginal Corporation
Both the Jounrey and the Destination
Kathryn Przywolnik, Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation
Annabelle Davis, Oasis Heritage Solutions
United We Stand: A Collaborative Approach to Engagement and Advocacy by Heritage Professional Bodies in Western Australia
JJ McDermott, Echoes Cultural Heritage Management
The Failure of the Experiment: State-Based Heritage Legislation and the Case for National Reform
Luke Kirkwood, EMM Consulting Pty Ltd
and Connectivity Within Landscapes
Room 6
People-Plant Interactions in the Rock Art of Balanggarra Country, East Kimberley: A Relational Approach
Emily Grey, The University of Western Australia
Fiona McConachie, Flotation Energy
Hannah Morris, Extent Heritage
Plant Utilisation and Environmental Adaptation of Hoabinhian Human During the Late Pleistocene at the Hoabinhian Rockshelter Site of Xiaodong Rockshelter, Southwestern China
Qing Yang, Yunnan University
David Tutchener, Deakin University / GHD
DISCUSSION
Room 7
Molly Turnbull, University of Wollongong
Shevan Wilkin, University of Zurich
Birgitta Stephenson, In the Groove Analysis Pty Ltd
Rory McLennan, The University of Queensland
Peter Terrett, 4D Global Pty Ltd
Helen Green, The University of Melbourne
Room 8
Panel Discussion – Managing People and Place: Public Visitation of Rock Art and Cultural Places (60 mins)
Darren Griffin, Barengi Gadjin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation
Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation’s Perspective on Rock Art Management and Country Conservation Strategies
Billy Briggs, Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation
Issues Faced by Gunditj Mirring Protecting Rock Art and Cultural Sites on Mirring
Billy Bell , Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corp
Change and Resilience in Archaeology Teaching and Learning
Room 9
Melissa Marshall, University of Notre Dame Australia
Jenna Walsh, Flinders University
Louise Zarmati, University of Tasmania
Georgia Williams, Everick Foundation
Learning Australian Deep Time: A Victorian Case Study from Foundation to Tertiary Learners
Georgia Stannard, La Trobe University
DISCUSSION
12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch & National Archaeology Week Meeting
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Beyond Earth:
The Heritage of Sky and Space
Room 5
Alice Gorman, Flinders University
Jessica Pearson, Flinders University
Vanessa Chapman, Trace Archaeology
Amanda Goldfarb, The University of Melbourne / Jacobs
Panel Discussion
(40 mins)
Change and Resilience:
The Changing Face of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management in Government
Room 6
Treaties, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management
Jamin Moon, First Peoples – State Relations Victoria
Natalie Franklin, Moreton Bay Regional Council
Emma Rae, First Peoples – State Relations Victoria
Irina Ponomareva, Griffith University
Ilya Berelov, First Peoples – State Relations Victoria
DISCUSSION
Room 7
Mark Grist, Grist Archaeology
Rodney Carter, Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal Corporation
Fletcher Hood Withey, The University of Queensland
Utilising Strontium Isotope Mapping to Reconstruct Prehistoric Human Mobility: A New Prehistory of Motupore, an Island on the South Papuan Coast, Papua New Guinea
Jason Kariwiga, The University of Queensland
Judith Littleton, University of Auckland
Christopher van der Westhuizen, The University of Queensland
Room 8
Restoring Victoria’s Rock Art: Collaborative Conservation Efforts and Challenges in Cultural Landscape Management
Wendy Luke, Parks Victoria
Bernadette Calma, Kakadu National Park
Panel Discussion – Public Yarning Session (60 mins)
Change and Resilience in Archaeology Teaching
and Learning
Room 9
Kellie Pollard, Charles Darwin University
Louise Zarmati, University of Tasmania
Serena Love, Everick Foundation
Claire Smith, Flinders University
Georgia Williams, Everick Foundation
3:30pm - 4:30pm | Afternoon Tea & Poster Session
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Conference Dinner and Awards Ceremony