Archaeology Digs in Australia

Australian Rock Art Field School
September 17-28, 2012. Flinders University. Mid Murray and Riverland, South Australia. This field school provides the rare opportunity for students to record and understand rock art at iconic Australian archaeological sites such as Ngaut Ngaut (Devon Downs) and Tungawa (Fromm's Landing) as well as at lesser-known rock art and related archaeological sites in the Mid Murray and Riverland, South Australia.

Hinchinbrook Island (Queensland)
July 2-15, 2012. Flinders University. This topic is a practicum which provides students with opportunities to participate in the workplace environment. Occasionally, maritime archaeology fieldwork opportunities arise in which students may assist government agencies, consultancy firms, non-profit groups or other universities. This topic provides students with the ability to participate in these projects and receive one-on-one guidance and instruction with immediate feedback on their performance. The practicum will be based in Queensland on Hinchinbrook Island with the support of the Department of Environment and Research Management (DERM) and Hinchinbrook National Park.

Institute for Field Research (Oceania)
The Institute for Field Research conducts occasional work in Oceania, among many other projects around the world.

Redbanks (South Australia)
April 9-20, 2012. In 2012 the ARCH8801 Archaeological Field Methods topic will be held at Redbanks, South Australia. Students will be working with the Mallala Historical Committee and the Mallala Museum to record the site of the Seven Stars Hotel at Redbanks, which operated from 1865 until the 1930s.

Redbanks (South Australia) (Advanced Field Methods)
September 17-28, 2012. Flinders University. In 2012 students will be working with the Mallala Historical Committee and the Mallala Museum to excavate the site of the Seven Stars Hotel at Redbanks. The Seven Stars was the first pub in the district and operated from 1865 until the 1930s. Local stories about the site are very colourful and suggest that in its heyday the top storey operated largely as a brothel and gambling saloon. In the 1900s the building became a boarding house and later a private residence. It was demolished sometime in the 1930s.

South Australia Museum
July 9-13, 2012. Flinders University. In 2012 the Museum field school/short course will be run by the South Australian Museum, the premier collecting institution in South Australia. The Museum's archaeology collection includes highly significant excavation assemblages, surface collections and donations accumulated since 1900. The Museum field school will explore the depth and richness of the SA Museum’s Aboriginal archaeology collection. It will investigate how objects came into the collection, who collects, how they are stored and why they are stored into the future. Discussion will focus on methodologies of collecting, assessing significance, conservation and repatriation.

Urupukapuka Island
January 2011. University of Auckland. The fieldwork during January included geophysical survey, geomorphological survey, and test excavations aimed at better defining the history of land use on Urupukuapuka Island. Student of the field school (ANTHRO 317) learnt aspects of excavation, electronic survey, 3D laser scanning, finds processing and data management.