Rob Paton
Mike Smith Desert Archaeologist
In this film Dr Mike Smith discusses his seminal archaeological and historical research in Central and Northern Australia with Deepening Histories of Place researcher Rob Paton. The interview is wide-ranging, covering several decades of Mike’s research, including his work at the oldest sites in Central and Northern Australia. Mike’s role in formulating models of occupation […]
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Indigenous Heritage Sites Returned to Traditional Owners
Professor Isabel McBryde and Rob Paton were invited as special guests of the Wurrunjeri people to attend the handback ceremony for the Mt William stone axe quarry in central Victoria. This large and extensive stone quarry was the centre of an impressive trade and exchange network that covered large parts of south east Australia. Isabel […]
Understanding the biography of an archaeological site generally requires an understanding of its sedimentary history. In this audiovisual presentation, museum archaeologist Mike Smith talks about the importance of understanding site stratigraphy as one of the basic skills of any good field archaeologist. Sophisticated instruments are not crucial to this. You don’t need portable XRF, magnetic […]
Review: Blue Mountains Dreaming
Blue Mountains Dreaming: The Aboriginal Heritage (Second Edition) Edited by Eugene Stockton and John Merriman 255 pp, Blue Mountain Educational and Research Trust, Lawson, 2009 ISBN 9780646503868 $60.00 I (RP) recall the first edition of Blue Mountains Dreaming published in 1993. It was a delight then to see the disparate knowledge of Aboriginal heritage for the […]
Some Notes From Short Film Courses at the University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts (School of Film and Television) In January 2012 a few members of the Deepening Histories Project team, Julia, Mary Anne and myself , attended some short courses at the University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts (School of […]
