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Austral Archaeology
Locality: Liverpool, New South Wales
Address: Suite 1, 159-165 Northumberland Street 2170 Liverpool, NSW, Australia
Website: http://www.australarchaeology.com.au/
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25.01.2022 Introducing Paul! Paul is a senior archaeologist with over 11 years of experience in the completion of Aboriginal and historical projects in Australia and in the USA. Paul has assisted in mitigating impacts to significant Aboriginal sites through monitoring and recording the relocation of 43 axe grinding grooves for the expansion of a coal mine located in Werris Creek, NSW. These were relocated to a local information centre and can be viewed by the public.
25.01.2022 Part of the Austral team got together yesterday to join in the National Archaeology Week bake off challenge! This is what we created #2020NAW #bakeoff #archaeology #archaeologylife #clearlynotbakers #archaeologists #nationalarchaeologyweek #cake #cakedecorating #ancientGreek #potterydesign
25.01.2022 Austral are looking for an archaeologist based in regional Victoria to lead a field survey next week (4 days). Our team is restricted by various COVID-19 restrictions (can't leave our border bubbles!!). Please email your CV to [email protected]. Must be an experienced heritage advisor and based in regional Victoria.
25.01.2022 Test pit excavation in Western Victoria #FieldworkFriday #testpit #excavation #archaeology #australia
24.01.2022 Flinders University survey of Pudjinuk Rockshelter No. 1 reveals a deep Indigenous connection with the site as well as the tensions and conflict as a result of European colonial invasion. #archaeology #Australianarchaeology #rockart #petroglyphs #graffiti #Murrayriver #SouthAustralia #frontierconflict #colonisation https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_rel/2020-05/fu-ara051820.php#
24.01.2022 New archaeological research documents a previously undescribed Arnhem Land rock art style now known as Maliwawa figures. Find the article at: http://ow.ly/Ewuy50BFXAz Read The Conversation article at: http://ow.ly/zwoO50BFXkg #archaeology #Australia #rockart
24.01.2022 Introducing Kat! Kat has been working part-time with Austral since February as Accounts Administrator. She has a Bachelor of Communication and a Diploma of Business. Kat also has a one year old toddler, who keeps her very busy on her days off! She recently moved to Swan Hill from Melbourne and is loving rural life and being a part of the Austral team.
24.01.2022 NSW served up some beautiful spring days, while the Austral team wrapped up field excavations #fieldwork #excavation #archaeology #NSW #Australia #australarchaeology #landscape #spring
23.01.2022 In 2005, Senior Archaeologist Neil Fenley made his best find (to date) in Lancefield, Victoria - The Diprotodon mandible aka megafauna wombat #fieldworkfriday #megafauna #australia
23.01.2022 Introducing Jasmine! Jasmine is an Archaeologist, who has been working across the South Island of New Zealand for the last three years since graduating from the University of Otago in 2017. Jasmine’s main focus has been historical archaeology with a special interest in artefact analysis. She has also spent some time working on early Mori sites in the Canterbury region. Since starting with Austral, Jasmine has been focusing on heritage assessments and can’t wait to start back into fieldwork.
23.01.2022 Austral is taking a break this week! To thank our amazing staff, we're taking them on a holiday to enjoy the finer things in life and forget about work for a week. The posts coming up over the next few days are not from our projects, but our holiday snaps!
23.01.2022 Phallic imagery is common in the archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome as a symbol of good luck. However, it's the last thing the Austral team were expecting to encounter as part of their research for a site in West Dapto. Although it did provide us with a bit of light amusement. Enjoy! #archaeology #research #19thcentury
22.01.2022 We are currently undertaking the artefact analysis from an archaeological excavation on the South Coast of NSW and have identified this cephalopod fossil #archaeology #artefactanalysis #cephalopod #fossil
22.01.2022 Bi-marginal point, most likely used for hunting, recovered during the salvage excavations at Sussex Inlet #excavations #artefact #archaeology #NSW #Australia
22.01.2022 The Austral team on site at the Sussex Inlet salvage excavations (pre-isolation) #fieldworkfriday #excavation #archaeology #NSW #Australia
22.01.2022 Recent finds of early ceremonial complexes are beginning to challenge previous Mayan assumptions https://www.natureasia.com/en/research/highlight/13343
22.01.2022 We’re turning 2 tomorrow To celebrate Austral's 2nd year under new management, we’re giving away one of our super duper comfy Austral hoodies! They’re so comfy, our staff wear them almost every day in winter (and even on their days off). All you have to do to enter is like and share this post. Good luck Competition ends 28.01.21 at 5pm AEST
22.01.2022 Testing to determine the presence of Indigenous heritage on this site and to safeguard any cultural discoveries #fieldwork #excavation #archaeology #Australia
20.01.2022 Interesting article about 'Kimberley points', manufactured in the Kimberley, and other artefacts discovered on Barrow Island #archaeology #Australia
20.01.2022 Our hoodie giveaway closes tomorrow! For your chance to win, follow the details in the competition post pinned to our page. Good luck Competition closes at 5pm AEST 28.01.21 p.s. how cute is our little model?
20.01.2022 Time for some 4wd fun!
20.01.2022 Happy 1st Birthday to our Swan Hill Office
20.01.2022 Radiocarbon dating a key tool used for determining the age of prehistoric samples is about to get a major update https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01499-y
19.01.2022 Job opportunity for experienced field archaeologists! Austral is looking for experienced field archaeologists to assist on a project in a remote location. The excavation will start in 2 to 4 weeks and will require a high level of physical fitness. Due to COVID-19 we can only accept CVs from NSW residents, who have not travelled to Victoria in the last 14 days.... Please email CVs to [email protected] #archaeology #fieldwork #jobopportunity
19.01.2022 We're taking our team on holiday this week to thank them for all of their hard work. The first stop is a visit to the Bulgandry Aboriginal engraving site in NSW #rockart #Australia
18.01.2022 Indigenous rock art found in the NT, one of just three such examples worldwide #Australia #archaeology #indigenous #rockart https://www.abc.net.au//rare-rock-art-found-in-nt/12287914
18.01.2022 It may look desolate but it's full of archaeological awesomeness #watchthisspace #archaeology #outback #Australia
18.01.2022 One of the new Austral trailers, packed and ready to go #fieldworkready #archaeology #australia
18.01.2022 Survey in progress #fieldworkfriday #archaeology #Australia
18.01.2022 Foggy days in the field Thanks @paulineramsey for these beautiful site photos! #fieldwork #archaeology #foggydays #mountains #landscape #NSW #Australia
17.01.2022 As we continue with the artefact analysis from an archaeological excavation on the South Coast of NSW, we have identified another interesting artefact - Can you identify what this is made of? #archaeology #artefact #Australia
16.01.2022 A mid-19th century glass collection, from a historical excavation in Greater Sydney that Austral recently undertook #achaeology #historical #excavation #19thcentury #glassbottles
16.01.2022 Introducing Ricardo! Ricardo is an archaeologist with over 6 years of experience working on Aboriginal cultural projects and historical project in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. He has worked at pre-historical and historical sites in Australia and overseas. Ricardo has also worked as a heritage consultant preparing and delivering heritage assessment and impact reports. His main area of study focuses on functional analysis of lithic artefacts, through the examination of use, wear and residue traces at a macroscopic and microscopic level.
16.01.2022 Presumed Blacksmiths Shop site on Goat Island, Sydney, NSW. Sections of the masonry wall abutting the bedrock outcrop that the cuts have been made into. #archaeologyescape #archaeology #goatisland #nsw #australia #fieldworkfriday
15.01.2022 Most people think of flaked tools as being made on stone, however Aboriginal people used other material sources in the historic period. At a recent job in the western region, the Austral team located many flaked tools made on telegraph insulators #archaeology #flakedtools
15.01.2022 AND THE WINNER IS Emily Marion Grey Congratulations Emily! Please send us a message with your address and preferred size.
15.01.2022 Happy 1st year with Austral, Hayley Hayley is not only an amazing personal assistant; she is also a qualified chef We count ourselves very lucky that Hayley decided to make the change from being a chef to join us at Austral. Thank you for all that you do, Hayley!
15.01.2022 And how did we cap off a great week of adventures? A ghost tour of course . Thanks to our team for making it such a great week and to our amazing Operation Manager Hayley for organising all this!!
15.01.2022 This is part of a flume, or irrigation channel, and originally there were six of these in our regional district from 1903 to 1991. B&W photo dated early 1950s from State Rivers and Water Supply Commission photo, State Library of Victoria Image RWP/33147. Colour photo from one of our archaeologists on site this week #regional #australia #history
15.01.2022 As part of our investigations in the Western region of NSW, we are recording all types of Aboriginal sacred sites. Here we have an in-situ quartzite grinding dish that has been utilised in two locations on the one slab of stone #archaeology #grindingstone #culture #NSW #Australia
14.01.2022 Another maritime #archaeologyescape this week - Cuthbert's Shipyard, Darling Harbour c.1870 Last image credit: Australian National Maritime Museum | photographed by Freeman Brothers. #archaeology #maritimehistory #historic #excavation #history #darlinghabour #sydney #australia #australarchaeology
13.01.2022 Archaeology Magazine has temporarily opened its archive up for free. If you've got an interest in #archaeology, its a great resource to check out https://www.archaeology.org/
12.01.2022 Happy 2nd year under new management to us
11.01.2022 Day 5 of field excavations Austral archaeologists are on site to determine the presence of Indigenous heritage Thanks @Ricardoservin for the great shots! #fieldworkfriday #excavation #archaeology #NSW #Australia #australarchaeology
10.01.2022 Nice spot for a little dig
10.01.2022 Beautiful landscapes and making friends with the locals Just another day in the field! #fieldworkfriday #excavation #archaeology #NSW #Australia #australarchaeology #landscape
09.01.2022 Introducing Sam! Sam is a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Officer at Austral and is new to the company. He has over 10 years’ experience in the completion of GIS and environmental management roles on Aboriginal heritage projects. Sam has experience working in a number of government organisations including Parks Australia in Central Australia, South West Catchment Council in Western Australia, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service in Western NSW and more recently Swan Hill Rural City Council in north-western Victoria.
09.01.2022 Take a little break and explore the colourful, 4000 y/o tomb of Vizier Mehu, located in the Saqqara region of Egypt https://my.matterport.com/show/
09.01.2022 Pauline meets Larry
09.01.2022 It was a beautiful winters day in the field yesterday Thanks @sejaljam for these stunning site photos! #wintersun #fieldwork #archaeology #ruralaustralia #landscape #outback #Australia
08.01.2022 Austral team are completing Aboriginal archaeological salvage excavations in 4 different sites that were previously subject to test excavations. A high number of stone artefacts have been identified, predominantly silcrete, and also some mudstone, which is rare in this area #archaeology #fieldworkfriday #excavation #testing
07.01.2022 Enjoying a marine encounter. No archaeology to see here!!
07.01.2022 A little salt lake near one of our rural work sites #archaeology #fieldwork #outback #Australia #saltlake #landscape
06.01.2022 Archaeology training
06.01.2022 Reminder: Applications for our GIS officer position close on Friday this week!!
05.01.2022 Introducing Pauline! Pauline is a graduate archaeologist, who joined Austral in November 2019. She graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada within the department of Anthropology in June 2018. She started her career as a field archaeologist in Quebec working on prehistoric Amerindian sites and 18th century historical sites. Since coming to Australia at the beginning of 2019, Pauline has been on surveys in the Pilbara and excavations in Sydney.... Since joining Austral, Pauline has completed projects in the Illawarra and South Coast areas of NSW. She has undertaken research, consultation and reporting for Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Due Diligence Assessments and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessments. Pauline has also participated in archaeological surveys, test excavations and salvage excavations within the region.
05.01.2022 Layers of sandstone exposed by cultural use creates a beautiful pattern in this grinding stone #stratigraphy #grindingstone #NSW #Australia
04.01.2022 Test excavations being undertaken in the northwest of Victoria #archaeology #fieldwork #excavation #Victoria #Australia
04.01.2022 One of our fieldwork teams are undertaking a project in western NSW, working with the Barkindji Traditional Owners, which has identified thousands of Aboriginal heritage sites including artefact scatters, shell middens, scar and carved trees, camp fires, fish traps, ancestral human remains and the location of ancient dreamtime stories. Here, our Senior Archaeologist Neil, is recording a grinding stone rediscovered today #archaeology #fieldwork #artefacts #culture #heritage #grindingstone #Australia #NSW
04.01.2022 Fieldwork season has really kicked off here at Austral with four field teams working across NSW this week. One lucky team completed fieldwork today at the stunning and archaeologically rich Lake Victoria in far western NSW.
03.01.2022 ANU School of Archaeology & Anthropology are hosting an interesting webinar next week: "Foragers or farmers? Dark Emu and the Debate over Aboriginal Agriculture" by Ian Keen, Mon 31 Aug 2020, 34pm. Click on the link for more details. https://archanth.cass.anu.edu.au//foragers-or-farmers-dark
02.01.2022 Introducing Sejal! Sejal has over 7 years experience working and conducting archaeological fieldwork in Australia and India. She has been working in Victoria since 2017. She has experience in the field and report writing projects, such as preparation of CHMPs, artefact analysis, and preparation of sampling strategies. She has also managed projects relating to standard and complex assessments, large salvage projects, and has worked alongside different RAP groups, with differe...nt field methodologies throughout Victoria. In India, she has worked extensively on pre-history, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Medieval times. She has a deep interest in Bronze Age archaeology, her research work was based on the fortification system within the Indus Culture. She was also a part of the team which prepared dossiers for UNESCO’ World Heritage site in India - Champaner and has worked on long-term excavations at Harappan sites of Khirsara, Shikarpur, etc, documentation of artefacts, classifying and categorizing archaeological monuments and sites of national importance.
02.01.2022 Due to a significantly high workload, Austral Archaeology is seeking experienced casuals to work on various Aboriginal heritage fieldwork throughout NSW and Victoria. Casual positions are available from next week and over the next 3 months. Please send resume detailing your experience to [email protected]
01.01.2022 One of our directors, David Marcus, has been featured in the Daily Liberal for historical work at the Dubbo Court house. Full text here: Archaeologists have begun peeling back the history of the Dubbo Court House, as development of the new courtroom begins.... Director at Austral Archaeology David Marcus said they were commissioned seven months ago to uncover the history that lies underneath the footprint of the new development. Mr Marcus said they had begun their report and discovered the land was originally purchased in 1855 and passed through several owners. At the time Brisbane Street wasn't considered a main road and no one wanted to develop the site. In 1859 the land was passed over to John Skully, a local constable who built a cottage, which Mr Marcus said from later maps is likely to be under the current court building. Mr Skully owned the land until his death in 1860, when it was bought by brothers, Thomas and Martin Manning in 1874. Mr Marcus said he believed in 1875 the brothers built extra buildings which were rented out, where the new courtroom will be built. "The current courtyard pretty much matches the footprint of an 1874 cottage that was rented out," Mr Marcus said. "It was there for about 10 years, then the land was resumed for the court house, the cottage was demolished and the present building was constructed. "So my job is to just make sure as we're going through the construction work that if we find anything related to that cottage, I'm on hand to record it and manage impacts." Mr Marcus will systematically, using a small machine, lower the ground and take out deposits one-one-by-one. The artefacts will then be taken, cleaned, thoroughly recorded and analysed. Afterwards the materials will be available to be displayed at the court house. The archaeologist said he's hoping to uncover post holes from the original building and footings the timber cottage was built on. "If I'm really, really lucky there's going to be what we call an under floor deposit, which is all of the material that the people living in the house were using. If they dropped it, it would fall through cracks in the floorboards and so we would find under the floor a centimetre or two, all of this rich artefact material," Mr Marcus said. It is expected the excavation process will take between three and five days. "It's always exhilarating to be on site and to actually find the building we knew was there and to find the traces of people who lived in the building," Mr Marcus said. "It's even more amazing when you're on an excavation like this and you find the things you're not expecting, it's always a thrill, maybe less so for the developer." Written by Zaarkacha Marlan | Photo by Belinda Soole Original article is on the website here: https://www.dailyliberal.com.au//archaeologists-to-uncove/
01.01.2022 Due to a significantly high workload, Austral Archaeology is seeking casuals to work on various Aboriginal heritage fieldwork throughout the South Coast of NSW. Casual positions are available over the next 3 months. Please send resume detailing your experience to [email protected]
