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Despite their name, Tasmanian devils could be found across mainland Australia thousands of years ago.

This enlightening conversation will examine the significant role played by women in the development of archaeology as a field in Australia

Flinders University researchers, in partnership with the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation, have found evidence that points to 7,000 years of Aboriginal mining of stone at Sugarloaf Hill…

While sorting through animal bones in a rock shelter in Queensland, Australia, archaeologists came across a tooth where something was "not quite right." Stuck to the tip of its root was a…

Helen Nguyen-Mullen uses drones to map and record archaeological dig sites, capturing artefacts, documenting excavations and helping preserve sites of cultural significance. It’s precise, meaningful…

A new study by Australian and Canadian archaeologists proves what our ancestors really ate: everything.

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A new study shows the cave was only used for very special purposes.

NSW Aboriginal Archaeology Future Forum 2025

New research details Aboriginal craftsmanship – along with accompanying wall art – at a remote site in the Cape York Peninsula.

Deep in the Blue Mountains, archaeologists uncover artefacts that reveal secrets of the nation's Ice Age past.

The tools reveal how Aboriginal ancestors survived and thrived in the continent’s interior more than 100 years ago.

AACAI NSW presents two stone artefact workshops in identification & analysis. Attend Part 1, Part 2, or both.

Palaeontologists say there is no hard evidence in the fossil record that extinct Australian megafauna were butchered by First Nations people.

RMS is the ARC's Research Management System, a web-based system used by eligible researchers to prepare and submit research proposals and assessments under the ARC National Competitive Grants Program…

It's been a widely held belief that Indonesian seafarers had contact with Indigenous Australians prior to British colonisation.

The Mernda VR Project Tom Keep The Mernda VR Project, funded by a Student Engagement Grant from the University of Melbourne, plans to develop an immersive virtual reality reconstruction of an archaeological site along the banks of the Plenty River in Mernda. The site was the focus of a 2015 excavation conducted by Heritage Victoria, which was widely publicised as an engagement opportunity for the locals of the area to better learn the heritage of the region, which has seen dramatic development and population increase over the last 30 years. In the hopes of taking up the torch of engaging the people of Mernda with their local heritage, the Mernda VR Projects seeks to use 3D modelling software and photogrammetry to reconstruct the site in virtual reality for display in local libraries, historical societies, and schools. The project would involve reconstructing a researched hypothetical model of the site in two phases of its history: the Indigenous management and occupation of the area prior to European colonization; and the small cottage used for management of the mill, both constructed in 1855. Emphasis will be on the relationship to the land, and the different agricultural strategies employed by its varied occupants. Presented on September 12 2020 as part of CAA Australasia Digital Archaeology Conference. This talk was later published as part of the JCAA Special Collection "Computer applications and quantitative methods in Australasian archaeology": Keep, T. 2022 The Mernda VR Project: The Creation of a VR Reconstruction of an Australian Heritage Site. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology 5(1): 238–254. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.91. You can become a member of CAA Australasia here: https://au.caa-international.org/subscribe/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CAA_Australasia Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caa.australasia/ #CAAA2020 #CAAAustralasia #Digital #Archaeology