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2025

Book Chapter

‘Everything Has Changed Now. Everything’: Climate Change, Ancestral Burials, and Oral Traditions in the Archaeology of the Kaurareg Archipelago, southwestern Torres Strait, Australia

Anna M. Kotarba-Morley, Liam M. Brad, Enid Tom and Michael C. Westaway (2025). ‘Everything Has Changed Now. Everything’: Climate Change, Ancestral Burials, and Oral Traditions in the Archaeology of the Kaurareg Archipelago, southwestern Torres Strait, Australia. Oxford Handbook on Oral Traditions in Archaeology. (pp. 1-34) Oxford: Oxford University Press.

‘Everything Has Changed Now. Everything’: Climate Change, Ancestral Burials, and Oral Traditions in the Archaeology of the Kaurareg Archipelago, southwestern Torres Strait, Australia

2025

Journal Article

A century of 'Australopithecus africanus': Raymond Dart, human origins and the place of Africa

Westaway, Michael C., Manne, Tiina, Bol, Benny and Jato, Denis (2025). A century of 'Australopithecus africanus': Raymond Dart, human origins and the place of Africa. Queensland History Journal, 26 (3), 199-209. doi: 10.3316/informit.T2025081600006301131091764

A century of 'Australopithecus africanus': Raymond Dart, human origins and the place of Africa

2025

Conference Publication

The Taung Fossil and Initial Thinking Around its Evolutionary Context

Westaway, Michael C. (2025). The Taung Fossil and Initial Thinking Around its Evolutionary Context. World Archaeology Congress, Darwin, NT, Australia, 22-28 June 2025.

The Taung Fossil and Initial Thinking Around its Evolutionary Context

2025

Journal Article

A century of 'Australopithecus africanus': Raymond Dart, human origins and the place of Africa

Westaway, Michael C., Manne, Tiina, Bol, Beny and Jato, Denis (2025). A century of 'Australopithecus africanus': Raymond Dart, human origins and the place of Africa. Queensland History Journal, 26 (3), 199-209.

A century of 'Australopithecus africanus': Raymond Dart, human origins and the place of Africa

2025

Conference Publication

Collaborative bioarchaeological research in Mithaka Country

van der Westhuizen, Christopher, Hood Withey, Fletcher, Gorringe, Joshua, Miszkiewicz, Justyna, Wilkin, Shevan, Williams, Doug, Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation and Westaway, Michael C. (2025). Collaborative bioarchaeological research in Mithaka Country. 10th World Archaeological Congress, Darwin, NT, Australia, 22-28 June 2025. Online: World Archaeological Congress.

Collaborative bioarchaeological research in Mithaka Country

2025

Conference Publication

Wot’s in a name?: What do the mines of the Mithaka say about traditional food production in South West Queensland?

Williams, Doug, Westaway, Michael C. and Gorringe, Joshua (2025). Wot’s in a name?: What do the mines of the Mithaka say about traditional food production in South West Queensland?. World Archaeology Congress, Darwin, NT, Australia, 22 - 28 June 2025.

Wot’s in a name?: What do the mines of the Mithaka say about traditional food production in South West Queensland?

2025

Conference Publication

Energised crowding and Aboriginal village settlements: developing a model from Mithaka Country

Westaway, Michael C., Williams, Doug, Gorringe, Joshua, Manne, Tiina, Wright, Nathan, Martin, Richard and Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation (2025). Energised crowding and Aboriginal village settlements: developing a model from Mithaka Country. World Archaeology Congress, Darwin, NT, Australia, 22 - 28 June 2025.

Energised crowding and Aboriginal village settlements: developing a model from Mithaka Country

2025

Conference Publication

Community-led Bioarchaeology on Muralag Island, Torres Strait

Swift, Jaime, Tom, Enid, Kariwiga, Jason, Wasef, Sally, Lowe, Kelsey and Westaway, Michael C. (2025). Community-led Bioarchaeology on Muralag Island, Torres Strait. World Archaeology Congress, Darwin, NT Australia, 22-28 June 2025.

Community-led Bioarchaeology on Muralag Island, Torres Strait

2024

Conference Publication

The Gilparrka site complex, Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland, Australia

Habgood, Phillip J., Franklin, Natalie R., Wright, Nathan, Gorringe, Josh and Westaway, Michael C. (2024). The Gilparrka site complex, Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland, Australia. 22nd Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2022. Bangkok, Thailand: SEAMEO SPAFA Regional Centre for Archaeology And Fine Arts. doi: 10.26721/spafa.p663o83rkr-11

The Gilparrka site complex, Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland, Australia

2024

Book Chapter

Fish Traps, Seed-Grinding and Food Stores : Reconstructing Complex Mithaka Indigenous Economic and Water Management Technologies

Kerkhove, Ray C., Silcock, Jennifer L., Williams, Douglas, Kotarba-Morley, Ania, Keenan-Jones, Duncan, Wright, Nathan J., Morley, Mike W., Gorringe, Joshua, Scholz, Glen, Lowe, Kelsey M., Cemre Üstünkaya, M., Stephens, Samantha, Moss, Patrick T. and Westaway, Michael C. (2024). Fish Traps, Seed-Grinding and Food Stores : Reconstructing Complex Mithaka Indigenous Economic and Water Management Technologies. The Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies. (pp. 1-69) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197607695.013.60

Fish Traps, Seed-Grinding and Food Stores : Reconstructing Complex Mithaka Indigenous Economic and Water Management Technologies

2024

Book Chapter

Papuan pasts: the origins of Papuan human remains collections in the world's museums, the issue of repatriation, and telling new stories with skeletal data

Kariwiga, Jason, Wrobel, Gabriel and Westaway, Michael C. (2024). Papuan pasts: the origins of Papuan human remains collections in the world's museums, the issue of repatriation, and telling new stories with skeletal data. The Routledge handbook of museums, heritage, and death. (pp. 177-190) edited by Trish Biers and Katie Stringer Clary. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003195870-17

Papuan pasts: the origins of Papuan human remains collections in the world's museums, the issue of repatriation, and telling new stories with skeletal data

2023

Journal Article

Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding past Australian Aboriginal foodways

Westaway, Michael C., Wright, Nathan, Crowther, Alison, Silcock, Jennifer, Carter, Rodney, Moss, Patrick and Henry, Robert (2023). Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding past Australian Aboriginal foodways. Archaeology of Food and Foodways, 2 (1), 47-74. doi: 10.1558/aff.18161

Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding past Australian Aboriginal foodways

2023

Conference Publication

Utilising Strontium Isotope Mapping to Reconstruct Prehistoric Human Mobility: A New Prehistory of Motupore, an Island on the South Papuan Coast, Papua New Guinea

Kariwiga, Jason and Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Utilising Strontium Isotope Mapping to Reconstruct Prehistoric Human Mobility: A New Prehistory of Motupore, an Island on the South Papuan Coast, Papua New Guinea. Australian Archaeological Association, Broadbeach, QLD Australia, 6-8 December 2023.

Utilising Strontium Isotope Mapping to Reconstruct Prehistoric Human Mobility: A New Prehistory of Motupore, an Island on the South Papuan Coast, Papua New Guinea

2023

Conference Publication

Understanding Sedentism and Mobility in Mithaka Country Through the Application of Sr Isotopes

Hood Withey, Fletcher and Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Understanding Sedentism and Mobility in Mithaka Country Through the Application of Sr Isotopes. Australian Archaeological Association, Broadbeach, QLD Australia, 6-8 December 2023.

Understanding Sedentism and Mobility in Mithaka Country Through the Application of Sr Isotopes

2023

Conference Publication

Megasites and villages: rethinking the methodological approach to investigate Mithaka Country

Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Megasites and villages: rethinking the methodological approach to investigate Mithaka Country. Australian Archaeological Association, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 5 - 8 December 2023.

Megasites and villages: rethinking the methodological approach to investigate Mithaka Country

2023

Conference Publication

Rewilding in Partnership with Australian Aboriginal Communities

Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Rewilding in Partnership with Australian Aboriginal Communities. International Congress of Archaeozoology, Cairns, QLD Australia, 9-12 August 2023.

Rewilding in Partnership with Australian Aboriginal Communities

2023

Other Outputs

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

Adams, Shaun, McGahan, David, Collard, Mark, Westaway, Michael and Martin, Richard (2023, 05 01). Isotope analysis helps tell the stories of Aboriginal people living under early colonial expansion The Conversation

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

2023

Conference Publication

Unearthed burial from rising sea levels: a collaborative community approach for tackling climate change in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia

Lowe, Kelsey, Tom, Enid, Westaway, Michael C., Swift, Jaime and Lau, Annie (2023). Unearthed burial from rising sea levels: a collaborative community approach for tackling climate change in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia. Society of American Archaeologists, Portland, OR United States, 30 March - 1 April 2023.

Unearthed burial from rising sea levels: a collaborative community approach for tackling climate change in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia

2023

Journal Article

The impact of contact: isotope geochemistry sheds light on the lives of Indigenous Australians living on the colonial frontier in late 19th century Queensland

Adams, Shaun, Collard, Mark, McGahan, David, Martin, Richard, Phillips, Susan and Westaway, Michael C. (2023). The impact of contact: isotope geochemistry sheds light on the lives of Indigenous Australians living on the colonial frontier in late 19th century Queensland. Archaeologies, 19 (2), 299-341. doi: 10.1007/s11759-023-09469-2

The impact of contact: isotope geochemistry sheds light on the lives of Indigenous Australians living on the colonial frontier in late 19th century Queensland

2023

Journal Article

The dawn of everything: a new history of humanity

Westaway, Michael C. (2023). The dawn of everything: a new history of humanity. Archaeology in Oceania, 58 (1), 132-134. doi: 10.1002/arco.5288

The dawn of everything: a new history of humanity