Program Overview

Tuesday 5 December

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5:30pm - 7:30pm

Welcome to Country and Welcome Reception
The Lucky Squire, 3 Oracle Blvd, Broadbeach

Wednesday 6 December

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8:30am - 9:00am

Conference Opening

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9:00am - 10:00am

Plenary Session
Resilience and Change: Bringing Archaeology into Conversation with Climate Change Response
Professor Lesley Head, The University of Melbourne

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10:00am - 10:30am | Morning Tea

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10:30am - 12:30pm

Research Advances and Future Directions in Australian Stone Artefact Studies

Resilience in the Face of Alternative Ways of Knowing

Change and Resilience in South West Queensland
Dynamic Animal-People Encounters of the Past, Present and Future
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12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch & AA Journal Editorial Committee Meeting

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1:30pm - 3:30pm

Research Advances and Future Directions in Australian Stone Artefact Studies

Archaeology as Environmental History

Change and Resilience in South West Queensland
Community Led Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management
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3:30pm - 5:00pm

Afternoon Tea & Careers Event

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5:30pm - 6:30pm

Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists (AACAI) Annual General Meeting

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6:30pm - 9:30pm

Rainbow Dinner

Thursday 7 December

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9:00am - 10:00am

Plenary Session
Healthy Country: Re-Writing the Book on Australia
Professor Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Wiradjuri / The University of Melbourne

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10:00am - 10:30am | Morning Tea

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10:30am - 12:30pm

Resilience in Changing Environments:
A Zooarchaeological Perspective to People’s
Response to Change

Changing Pasts, Changing Futures

Exploring Far North Sahul’s Past of 50,000 Years
of Change and Resilience
Desert People and Resilience
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12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch & The Australia ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Rock Art Australia (NSCRAA) Meeting

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1:30pm - 3:30pm

Both Sides of the Timor Trough: Change and Resilience in Island and Coastal Communities
Changing Pasts, Changing Futures
Detecting Change and Promoting Resilience: The Benefits and Disadvantages of a Digital Approach
Desert People and Resilience
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3:30pm - 4:00pm | Afternoon Tea

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4:00pm - 5:00pm

Both Sides of the Timor Trough: Change and Resilience in Island and Coastal Communities
Marking Resilience: Rock Art as Enduring, Responsive and Agentic Signalling
Detecting Change and Promoting Resilience: The Benefits and Disadvantages of a Digital Approach
Fire, Flood and Mud: Challenges for Heritage Management and Fieldwork in the Australian Climate Era
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5:30pm - 7:00pm

Australian Archaeological Association Annual General Meeting

Friday 8 December

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9:00am - 10:00am

Plenary Session
Australian Indigenous Archaeologists Association Panel Discussion –
The Way Forward a Time to Listen: State of the Environment & Heritage Reform
Panellists: Dave Johnston, Dr Galiina (Kal) Ellwood, Mark Grist, Nathan Woolford, Dr Matilda House and Jo Thomson
Moderator: Ken Hayward

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10:00am - 10:30am | Morning Tea

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10:30am - 12:30pm

Western Australia’s Revolving Door of Legislative Change: An Illustrative Case
in Adaptation and Resilience
Cultural Plants: Value, Understanding,
and Connectivity Within Landscapes
Scientific Approaches to Investigating Change and Resilience: The ARCAS Network Session
Rock Art Conservation and Management: Reframing the Narrative Through Resilience

Change and Resilience in Archaeology Teaching and Learning

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12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch & National Archaeology Week Meeting

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1:30pm - 3:30pm

Beyond Earth: The Heritage of Sky and Space
Change and Resilience:The Changing Face of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management in Government
Change and Resilience in Biological Anthropology: Australia and Beyond
Rock Art Conservation and Management: Reframing the Narrative Through Resilience

Change and Resilience in Archaeology Teaching and Learning

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3:30pm - 4:30pm | Afternoon Tea & Poster Session

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7:00pm - 11:00pm

Conference Dinner and Awards Ceremony