Justine Kemp – The Conversation

Irina Ponomareva

June 14, 2024

We dated a sacred Aboriginal women’s site used for birthing ceremonies and discovered 7,000 years of tool making

Irina Ponomareva, Griffith University; Colin McLennan, Indigenous Knowledge; Justine Kemp, Griffith University, and Marie Wallace, Indigenous Knowledge

Our research at the site – which was traditionally restricted to women – has also uncovered tools previously only associated with male crafters.

South-East Queensland residents need to prepare for more regular floods, according to new data. Shutterstock

June 21, 2018

South‑East Queensland is droughtier and floodier than we thought

Jack Coates-Marnane, Griffith University; Joanne Burton, Griffith University; John Tibby, University of Adelaide; Jon Olley, Griffith University; Joseph M. McMahon, Griffith University, and Justine Kemp, Griffith University

We rely on climate data to help us make important decisions for our future, such as building infrastructure. But what if a region’s climate has long been more volatile than we realised?

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