Media Release

UWA Archaeology, Eureka, CRARM – Prosh Statement

19th April 2013

Statement

19.04.2013

To the UWA Student Guild

The discipline of archaeology at UWA, Eureka Archaeological Research and Consulting, and the Centre for Rock Art Research and Management want to express our concern about statements made about Australian Aboriginal people and their cultural beliefs in the PROSH newspaper, which was freely …

Port Arthur dig uncovers more history

18th April 2013

An archaeological dig at Port Arthur has uncovered a hidden history. The discovery of a waterwheel at the site’s penitentiary will rewrite the story of the convict site. The former jail, Port Arthur’s main building, was first built as a granary and mill in 1843.

But it has taken slow …

Mix-up causes Ausgrid employee to destroy Aboriginal carving, court told

17th April 2013

An Aboriginal rock engraving was sliced in half after an Ausgrid junior employee  mistakenly gave the all-clear for electrical cabling to run right through it, a  court has heard.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/mixup-causes-ausgrid-employee-to-destroy-aboriginal-carving-court-told-20130415-2hw4w.html#ixzz2Qgj84z8G

Update on this: Ausgrid escaped major penalty over this and has only been hit with a $4690 fine. …

41,000 year-old Pilbara Aboriginal Site to be Protected

14th December 2012

Mining boom spurs new Archaeology Masters course

29th November 2012

Worldwide growth in the resources industry and greater awareness of archaeological heritage has driven the development of a new masters course in archaeology to be offered from next year at The University of Western Australia.

Professor Alistair Paterson, Discipline Chair of Archaeology, said the new Master in Professional Archaeology degree …

World-leading archaeologist appointed Kimberley Rock Art Chair

16th November 2012

A leading world expert in Indigenous archaeology has been appointed as the inaugural Kimberley Foundation Ian Potter Chair in Rock Art at The University of Western Australia.

Professor Peter Veth, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the London Society of Antiquaries, will be based in UWA’s …

World’s oldest ground-edge implement discovered in northern Australia

05th November 2010

The oldest ground-edge stone tool in the world has been discovered in Northern Australia by a Monash University researcher and a team of international experts.

Evidence for stone tool-use among our earliest hominid ancestors dates to 3.4 million years ago, however, the first use of grinding to sharpen stone tool …

Painting The Rocks: the loss of Old Sydney

06th September 2010

Painting The Rocks: the loss of Old Sydney

Exhibition on 7 August – 28 November 2010

Countless colonial buildings were demolished in The Rocks in the early
1900s. A group of artists set out to capture ‘old Sydney’ before it
disappeared. Retrace the lost streets of Sydney’s oldest neighbourhood.

Book …

Ancient bird stencils discovered in Arnhem Land

31st March 2010

Ancient bird stencils discovered in Arnhem Land

Ancient bird stencils, more than 9000 years old, have been discovered in a remote part of Arnhem Land by a team of archaeologists and Aboriginal traditional owners.

Five stencils of the complete body of a bird were found in July 2009 on the …

AAA and World Archaeological Congress call on EBay to halt sale of human remains

31st March 2010

The Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) and World Archaeological Congress (WAC) call upon EBay to withdraw from sale two Dong Son votive bronze armlets from northern Vietnam. The armlets contain human arm bones, and there is concern about the cultural origin of the remains being offered for sale, as well as …