Committee

Caroline Spry

Caroline is Principal Heritage Advisor for the Victorian State Government in the application and interpretation of cultural heritage legislation and policy in planning. She is also Senior Adjunct Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University. Caroline is also Co-chair of National Archaeology Week in Australia. She enjoys working closely and respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to develop a holistic understanding of their Country and cultural heritage.

Rachel Colby

Coming soon

Neale Draper

Associate Professor Neale Draper (BA Hons, MA, PhD), principal heritage consultant, Neale Draper & Associates Pty Ltd (ND&A) . Honorary Associate Professor (Level D) of Archaeology in the College of Human Sciences and Culture, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide.

Over 40 years of experience in cultural heritage management and as a researcher, academic, and expert witness in anthropology and archaeology. Includes: lecturing in Aboriginal studies, anthropology and archaeology; Senior Archaeologist, anthropologist, Heritage Inspector (SA Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988); consultancy work in cultural heritage assessment and management, anthropology, archaeology, native title; expert reports and witness work in the Federal Court, State and local jurisdictions. Several Native Title expert reports, including the Kaurna Native title claim (2018) in the Adelaide region, the only consent determination to date for an Australian capital city region. CEO of Australian Cultural Heritage Management (ACHM) 2000-2015 and ND&A since 2016.

International ICOMOS Member and an expert member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committees on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM), Cultural Landscapes (ISCCL) and Intangible cultural Heritage (ICICH), the Australia ICOMOS (AICOMOS) National Scientific Committees for Cultural Landscapes and Cultural Routes (NSC-CLCR) and Intangible Cultural Heritage (NSC-ICH). AICOMOS voting member for ICICH, member of the Indigenous Heritage Reference Group (IHRG) advising the Australia ICOMOs Executive Committee. Full Member, Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists (AACAI), Fellow of the Australian Anthropology Society (AAS), member of the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) and the World Archaeological Congress (WAC).

Sam Harper

Sam Harper is an archaeologist and rock art specialist based at the Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, University of Western Australia. Her research interests are style, identity, material culture, seascapes, arid-zones, recording methodologies, large-scale data management and two-way knowledge exchange with Aboriginal communities. Sam works across the northwest of Australia, particularly the coastal Pilbara and Kimberley, and currently working with Western Desert groups. Sam has been involved with AAA’s NEC as Webmaster and Treasurer.

Michelle Langley

Michelle is an Associate Professor of Archaeology in the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE) at Griffith University. Her research revolves around the development of cognition and behaviour throughout human evolution and the use of osseous (antler, bone, ivory) and shell technology in early human communities around the globe. She is the author of 'A Record in Bone: Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bone and Tooth Objects' (2023, Aboriginal Studies Press) and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. She is currently the President of the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA).

She is currently working on assemblages of bone and shell technology from both Australasia and abroad, teaches undergraduate archaeology at Griffith University, and supervisors Honours and doctoral students.

Her research interests include:

• Hunter-gatherer technologies -- how they were made, how they were used, what they meant to their owner/users;
• Australian archaeology;
• Neanderthal behavioural complexity and interaction with Homo sapiens;
• Palaeolithic Europe; and
• Identifying children's material culture in the archaeological record.

Fiona Hook

Coming soon

Annie Ross

Annie Ross is a retired archaeologist—which means she continues to work full time! She worked at the University of Queensland teaching cultural heritage management for almost 25 years, having come to UQ from the industry sector. Annie worked for the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the (then) Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage as a cultural heritage manager for over ten years prior to joining UQ. She holds a PhD in Archaeology from Macquarie University and has almost 50 years experience working in Aboriginal heritage management. Her most recent projects are: the collaborative mapping of the Gummingurru stone arrangement site and associated cultural landscapes; the development of a cultural heritage management plan for Calga—a significant women’s site on the Central Coast of New South Wales—working with Darkinjung and Guringai women; and working with Dandrubin-Gorenpul Traditional Owners of Terrangerri (North Stradbroke Island) on the significance of both tangible and intangible heritage and cultural landscapes. Annie also works with the Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation on issues relating to management of K'gari World Heritage Area. Annie is Editor-in-Chief of the Association's journal, Australian Archaeology.

Allan Sumner

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