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Queensland Police Museum

May 1, 2023

Isotope analysis helps tell the stories of Aboriginal people living under early colonial expansion

Shaun Adams, Griffith University; David McGahan, Griffith University; Mark Collard, Simon Fraser University; Michael Westaway, The University of Queensland, and Richard Martin, The University of Queensland

Research conducted with Gkuthaarn and Kukatj community members helps paint a picture of the lives of eight young Aboriginal people who lived during early colonial expansion.

Cape York. Dave Hunt/AAP Image

December 2, 2021

Australia has a heritage conservation problem. Can farming and Aboriginal heritage protection co‑exist?

Michael Westaway, The University of Queensland; Joshua Gorringe, Indigenous Knowledge; Kelsey M. Lowe, The University of Queensland; Richard Martin, The University of Queensland, and Ross Mitchell, Indigenous Knowledge

How can we improve the management of Queensland’s heritage sites? Can farming and the conservation of Aboriginal heritage co-exist?

The excavations at the Normanton site in 2015. Shaun Adams

December 12, 2018

Poor health in Aboriginal children after European colonisation revealed in their skeletal remains

Shaun Adams, Griffith University; Michael Westaway, Griffith University, and Richard Martin, The University of Queensland

When the remains of Aboriginal people who died more than a century ago were found, the local Aboriginal community wanted to know more about these past lives.

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