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Archaeology Week aims to increase public awareness
of Australian archaeology and the work of Australian archaeologists
both at home and abroad, and to promote the importance of
protecting Australia's unique archaeological heritage. Held
from the 17th to the 23th of May 2009, this exciting nationwide
program of events and activities will include public lectures,
seminars, exhibits, demonstration excavations and displays.
Check out your state for events in your local area.
RANDOM HIGHLIGHTS
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QLD - 17 May 2009 The early archaeological research of Skertchly
A new display case in the Inquiry Centre provides an account of the important work of Queensland based geologist Professor Sydney Skertchly, whose pioneering field work in England demonstrated that ancient humans had existed many hundreds of millennia ago. In 1913, Skertchly also seems to have been the first to demonstrate by careful scientific methodology that Aboriginal people had been in Australia for much longer than previously thought. But his pleas for acknowledgement fell largely upon deaf ears. ... Dig deeper... |
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