Dr Sally Brockwell
Areas of expertise
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Archaeology 210101
- Archaeology Of Asia, Africa And The Americas 210103
Biography
My doctoral research was on earth mound sites on the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory. Currently I am involved in several multi-disciplinary collaborative projects: Mounds of the Murray River with Dr Colin Pardoe (ANU), ARC Linkage, Heritage of the Air, led by University of Canberra, and the Anbarra Project analysing shell midden sites at the Blyth River in central Arnhem Land with colleague Dr Betty Meehan. I am currently writing up results from previous projects: ARC Linkage led by Macquarie University with Partner Organization Rio Tinto Alcan, investigating earth mounds at Weipa with ANU colleague Dr Janelle Stevenson; ARC Linkage with Kakadu National Park, From Prehistory to History: Landscape and Cultural Change on the South Alligator River, Kakadu National Park with ANU colleagues Dr Janelle Stevenson, Dr Ulrike Proske and Dr Robert Levitus; ARC Discovery, Earth Mounds in Northern Australia: Archaeological and Environmental Archives of the Mid to Late Holocene; and Climate Change and Human Behavioural Variability in the Coastal Wet-Dry Tropics of Northern Australia with colleagues Dr Patricia Bourke (ANU), Dr Patrick Faulkner (University of Sydney) and Dr Richard Willan (Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory)
Career highlights
ARC Research Associate (2008-2012) and Fellow (2012-2016) Department of Archaeology and Natural History (ANU); Honorary Senior Lecturer (ANU) 2016-2021; ARC Research Associate (University of Canberra) 2018-2021.
Researcher's projects
Earth Mounds in Northern Australia: Archaeological and Environmental Archives of the Mid to Late Holocene (ARC Discovery Project DP120100512)
From Prehistory to History: Landscape and Cultural Change on the South Alligator River, Kakadu National Park with Dr Janelle Stevenson (ANU) (ARC Linkage Project LP110201128)
Enhancing Cultural Heritage Management for Mining Operations: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach (Lead CI Dr P. Fanning, Macquarie University) (ARC Linkage Project LP110100180)
The Anbarra Archaeological Project with Dr Betty Meehan (AIATSIS & ANU grants)
Climate Change and Human Behavioural Variability in the Coastal Wet-Dry Tropics of Northern Australia with Dr Patricia Bourke (ANU), Dr Patrick Faulkner (USyd) and Dr Richard Willan (Museums and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (ANU grant)
Culture Contact and Cross-Cultural Engagement on the Northern Frontier with As.Pro. Annie Clarke (USyd) and Prof. Tracy Ireland (University of Canberra) (ANU grant)
Earth mounds of northern and southern Australia with Dr Colin Pardoe (ANU grant)
Heritage of the Air: How Aviation Transformed Australia (ARC Linkage LP160101232) with Prof. Tracy Ireland (University of Canberra) et al.
Current student projects
Ms Helen Cooke (PhD candidate): Linking the Past with the Present: Exploring Ethno-Archaeology in Weipa, Cape York, Queensland
Mr Billy O'Foghlu (PhD candidate): Mounds of the North: Discerning the Nature of Earth Mounds in Northern Australia
Ms Elena Piotto (PhD candidate) Island Life: Technological Adaptations during the Pleistocene in Wallacea
Ms Norma Richardson (PhD candidate) An Assessment of the Integrity and Antiquity of Archaeological Sites on the Cumberland Plain, Sydney
Past student projects
Dr Bethune Carmichael (PhD 2018, joint ANU/CDU) Supporting Indigenous Rangers Manage the Impacts of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage Sites
Dr Charlotte Feakins (PhD 2020) Behind the Legend: An Historical Archaeology of the Buffalo Shooting Industry in the Northern Territory of Australia
Mr Damien Finch (Master of Archaeological Science 2013) Western Arnhem Land Rock Art Chronologies with a Human Figure Focus
Dr Tristen Jones (PhD 2017) Disentangling the Styles and Chronologies in Northern Australian Rock Art
Dr Nick McClean (PhD 2015) Rethinking Cultural Heritage: Culture and Nature in the Australasian Region
Dr Jeff Theys (Master of Archaeological Science 2014) Considerations for a New Typological System of Grinding Technologies in Northern Australia
Dr Daryl Wesley (PhD 2015) Baijini, Macassans, Balanda, and Bininj: Defining the Indigenous Past of Arnhem Land through Culture Contact
Publications
- Carmichael, B, Wilson, G, Namarnyilk, I et al 2018, 'Local and Indigenous management of climate change risks to archaeological sites', Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 231-255.
- O'Connor, S, Mahirta, Louys, J et al 2018, 'New engraving finds in Alor Island, Indonesia extend known distribution of engravings in Oceania', Archaeological Research in Asia, vol. 15, pp. 116-128.
- Carmichael, B, Wilson, G, Namarnyilk, I et al 2017, 'Australian Indigenous rangers managing the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage sites', in T Dawson, C Nimmura, E Lopez-Romero & M-Y. Daire (ed.), Public Archaeology and Climate Change, Oxbow Books, Oxford, pp. 162-174.
- Hawkins, S, O'Connor, S, Maloney, T et al 2017, 'Oldest human occupation of Wallacea at Laili Cave, Timor-Leste, shows broad-spectrum foraging responses to late Pleistocene environments', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 171, pp. 58-72.
- Brockwell, S, O'Connor, S, Litster, M et al 2016, 'New insights into Holocene economies and environments of central East Timor: Analysis of the molluscan assemblage at the rockshelter site of Hatu Sour', Northern Territory Naturalist, vol. 27, pp. 2-12pp.
- O Foghlu, B, Wesley, D, Brockwell, S et al 2016, 'Implications for Culture Contact History from a Glass Artefact on a Diingwulung Earth Mound in Weipa', Queensland Archaeological Research, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1-22pp.
- Brockwell, S, Stevenson, J & Clarke, A 2016, 'Plants and archaeology in Australia', in Karen Hardy and Lucy Kubiak-Martens (ed.), Wild harvest: Plants in the hominin and pre-agrarian human worlds, Oxbow Books, Oxford and Philadelphia, pp. 273-299.
- Brockwell, S, O Foghlu, B, Fenner, J et al 2016, 'New dates for earth mounds at Weipa, North Queensland, Australia', Archaeology in Oceania, vol. online, pp. 1-8.
- Frederick, U & Brockwell, S 2015, 'Ground Truthing: Artists and Archaeology'.
- Stevenson, J, Brockwell, S, Rowe, C et al 2015, 'The palaeo-environmental history of Big Willum Swamp, Weipa: An environmental context for the archaeological record', Australian Archaeology, vol. 80, no. 80, pp. 17-31.
- Brockwell, S 2014, 'Meehan, Betty', in C Smith (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, pp. 4756-4758pp.
- Brockwell, S 2014, 'O'Connor, Susan', in C Smith (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, pp. 5547-5549pp.
- Brockwell, S 2013, ''Dead Men and Dreamings': Some Reflections on An-barra Archaeology, Australia', in Geoffrey N. Bailey, Karen Hardy and Abdoulaye Camara (ed.), Shell Energy: Mollusc Shells as Coastal Resources, Oxbow Books, Oxford, pp. 287-298.
- Brockwell, S, O'Connor, S & Byrne, D, eds, 2013, Transcending the Culture-Nature Divide in Cultural Heritage: Views from the Asia-Pacific Region, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia.
- Brockwell, S 2013, 'Australian wetland occupation before and after the Europeans', in Francesco Menotti and Aidan O'Sullivan (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 211-229.
- Brockwell, S, Marwick, B, Bourke, P et al 2013, 'Late Holocene climate change and human behavioural variability in the coastal wet -dry tropics of northern Australia : Evidence from a pilot study of oxygen isotopes in marine bivalve shells from archaeological sites', Australian Archaeology, vol. 76, pp. 21-33.
- Byrne, D, Brockwell, S & O'Connor, S 2013, 'Introduction: Engaging culture and nature', in Sally Brockwell, Sue O'Connor & Denis Byrne (ed.), Transcending the Culture-Nature Divide in Cultural Heritage: Views from the Asia-Pacific Region, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-11.
- O'Connor, S, Pannell, S & Brockwell, S 2013, 'The dynamics of culture and nature in a 'protected' Fataluku landscape', in Sally Brockwell, Sue O'Connor & Denis Byrne (eds) Transcending the Culture-Nature Divide in Cultural Heritage: Views from the Asia-Pacific Region. ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 203-234.
- McWilliam, A, Bulbeck, F, Brockwell, S et al 2012, 'The Cultural Legacy of Makassar Stone in East Timor', Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, The, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 262-279.
- O'Connor, S, McWilliam, A, Fenner, JN, Brockwell, S. 2012, 'Examining the Origin of Fortifications in East Timor: Social and Environmental Factors', Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 200-218.
- O'Connor, S, McWilliam, A, Fenner, JN, Brockwell, S. 2012, 'Examining the Origin of Fortifications in East Timor: Social and Environmental Factors', Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 200-218.
- Brockwell, S, Meehan, B, O'Connor, S et al 2011, 'HOLOCENE SETTLEMENT OF THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS NORTHERN TERRITORY AUSTRALIA', Beagle: records of the museums and art galleries of the northern territory, vol. 27, no. 27, pp. 1-22.
- Taylor, P & Brockwell, S 2011, 'PAMPHLET - Art Deco In Acton: A Self-guided Walking Tour'.
- Reepmeyer, C, O'Connor, S & Brockwell, S 2011, 'Long-term obsidian use at the Jerimalai rock shelter in East Timor', Archaeology in Oceania, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 85-90.
- O'Connor, S, Brockwell, C & Pannell, S 2011, 'Whose Culture and Heritage for Whom? The Limits of National Public Good Protected Area Models in Timor Leste', in John N. Miksic, Geok Yian Goh and Sue O'Connor (ed.), Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia, Anthem Press, London, pp. 39-65.
- Brockwell, S, Faulkner, P, Bourke, P et al 2009, 'Radiocarbon Dates from The Top End: A Cultural Chronology for the Northern Territory Coastal Plains', Australian Aboriginal Studies, vol. 1, pp. 54-76.
- Bourke, P & Brockwell, C 2009, 'Book Review: Shell Middens in Atlantic Europe', International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, vol. 38, no. 1 (March), pp. 176-178.
- Brockwell, C 2009, Archaeological Settlement Patterns and Mobility Strategies: Lower Adelaide River, Northern Australia, John and Erica Hedges Ltd, London UK.
- Bourke, P, Brockwell, S, Faulkner, P et al 2007, 'Climate variability in the mid to late Holocene Arnhem Land Region, North Australia: Archaeological Archives of environmental and cultural change', Archaeology in Oceania, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 91-101.
- Brockwell, S & Akerman, K 2007, 'Bone points from the Adelaide River, Northern Territory', Australian Aboriginal Studies, vol. 1, pp. 111-128.
- Brockwell, S 2006, 'Earth Mounds in Northern Australia: A Review', Australian Archaeology, vol. 63, pp. 47-56.
- Brockwell, S 2006, 'Radiocarbon dates for earth mounds on the Adelaide River, Northern Australia', Archaeology in Oceania, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 118-122.
- Bourke, P, Brockwell, C & Fredericksen, C, eds, 2005, Darwin Archaeology: Aboriginal, Asian and European Heritage of Australia's Top End, Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin, Australia.
- Brockwell, C 2005, 'Settlement patterns on the lower Adelaide River in the Mid to Late Holocene', in P Bourke, S Brockwell, C Fredericksen (ed.), Darwin Archaeology: Aboriginal, Asian and European Heritage of Australia's Top End, Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin, Australia, pp. 9-18.
- Fredericksen, C, Brockwell, C & Bourke, P 2005, 'Introduction: Physical and cultural transformations in the Darwin Region', in P Bourke, S Brockwell, C Fredericksen (ed.), Darwin Archaeology: Aboriginal, Asian and European Heritage of Australia's Top End, Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin, Australia, pp. 1-8.
- Brockwell, S, Meehan, B & Ngurrabangurraba, B 2005, 'The An-barra Archaeological Project: A progress report', Australian Aboriginal Studies, vol. 1, pp. 84-89.
- Brockwell, S & Chippindale, C 2005, 'Walter Burley Griffin and a Museum of Archaeology at the Heart of Australia's Capital', Australian Archaeology, vol. 60, pp. 52-54.
- Brockwell, S, ed., 2005, Culture, Conflict Management and Native Title: An Emerging Bibliography, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Canberra.
- Brockwell, C 2001, 'Wetland Archeology in the Top End:Models, Mounds and Mobility', in A.Anderson, I.Lilley & S.O'Connor (ed.), Histories of Old Ages: Essays in honour of Rhys Jones, Pandanus Books, Canberra, pp. 327-340.
- Brockwell, C, Levitus, R & Clarke, A 2001, 'Seasonal movement in the prehistoric human ecology of the Alligator Rivers region, north Australia', in A.Anderson, I.Lilley & S.O'Connor (ed.), Histories of Old Ages: Essays in honour of Rhys Jones, Pandanus Books, Canberra, pp. 361-380.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Earth Mounds in Northern Australia: Archaeological and Environmental Archives of the Mid to Late Holocene (Primary Investigator)
- From Prehistory to History: Landscape and Cultural Change on the South Alligator River, Kakadu National Park (Primary Investigator)
- New Light on the Archaeology of Canberra: Online Databases and Gazetteer of ACT 'Grey Literature' and Archaeological Collections (Primary Investigator)
- Enhancing cultural heritage management for mining operations: a multi-disciplinary approach (Secondary Investigator)
- Self-guided Heritage Trails - Canberra, The Art Deco City (Primary Investigator)
