Anna Florin – The Conversation

Lano Lan / Shutterstock

October 31, 2024

Ancient mud reveals Australia’s burning history over the past 130,000 years – and shows a way through our fiery future

Michela Mariani, University of Nottingham; Anna Florin, Australian National University; Haidee Cadd, University of Wollongong; Matthew Adeleye, University of Cambridge, and Simon Connor, Australian National University

Indigenous land management in southeastern Australia halved forest shrub cover 6,000 years ago, reducing high-intensity bushfires

May Nango sharing stories about Mamukala wetlands with her grandson, in 2015. Anna Florin (courtesy of GAC)

May 4, 2022

65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation

Anna Florin, University of Cambridge; Andrew Fairbairn, The University of Queensland, and Chris Clarkson, The University of Queensland

The Kakadu region has gone through immense transformation throughout history. How can archaeological food scraps tell us about how the First Australians adapted?

S. Anna Florin.

January 25, 2021

Burnt ancient nutshells reveal the story of climate change at Kakadu — now drier than ever before

Anna Florin, University of Wollongong; Andrew Fairbairn, The University of Queensland; Chris Clarkson, The University of Queensland; James Shulmeister, University of Canterbury; Nicholas R Patton, University of Canterbury, and Patrick Roberts, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Tiny nutshell fragments, found at a rock shelter in the Kakadu region, have helped researchers track past climate change in the region.

Researchers May Nango, Djaykuk Djandjomerr and S. Anna Florin collecting plants in Kakadu National Park. Reproduced with permission of Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation. Elspeth Hayes

February 17, 2020

65,000‑year‑old plant remains show the earliest Australians spent plenty of time cooking

Anna Florin, The University of Queensland; Andrew Fairbairn, The University of Queensland, and Chris Clarkson, The University of Queensland

Charred plant remains from one of the oldest archaeological sites reveal that the first Australians ate a varied - and sometimes labour-intensive - diet.

Contact Anna for