Claims of relevance to anthropological research in the QSNTS region
Workshop
With 9 anthropologists employed on-staff, Queensland South Native Title Services is one of the largest employers of native title anthropologists in Australia. With registered claims located from Brisbane stretching up as far north as Mount Isa, the region and anthropological issues are diverse…
Around the edges: Claim formations in complex and contested situations
Workshop
Central Desert Native Title Services, Goldfields Land and Sea Council and Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation joinded forces with CNTA for a lively two day workshop on the topic 'Around the edges: Claim formations in complex and contested situations'. The workshop was held at the UWA Club in…
2014 CNTA Annual Conference: Conceptualising the 'South East' of Aboriginal Australia
Conference
Jointly convened by the CNTA and the University of Sydney
A study of the animal remains from the sites of Con Co Ngau and Man Bac
Activity
School of Archaeology and Anthropology PhD candidate Rebecca Jones' Thesis Proposal Review presentation: A study of the animal remains from the sites of Con Co Ngau and Man Bac: Identifying the Transition from hunting to Animal Management in the late Holocene of northern Vietnam The transition from…
The prehistory of Rossel Island, Milne Bay Province, PNG: Isolation and interaction in the Louisiade Archipelago
Activity
Archaeological research was undertaken in 2011/12 on the isolated island of Rossel in the Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, PNG. The small population living on the island today speak a language that is unrelated to the languages spoken elsewhere in this vast island region. The complexities…
Digital Life
Activity
Despite the ubiquity of smart phones in northeast Arnhem Land, Yolngu have not acquiesced to the idea that everything can—and should—be made available to cameras and the worldwide web. With an abiding sense of the potency of the invisible, Yolngu use digital media to materialize ancestral relations…
New Fieldwork on Old Mission Sites on Tanna and Erromango, Vanuatu
Activity
The story of early Christian Mission work on the southern islands of Vanuatu remained largely forgotten in the 21st century until ‘reconciliation’ ceremonies with the families of missionaries killed in the 1800s brought Erromango back to the attention of the wider world. Archaeology related to…