Overview
Background
I am an Australian Research Council Future Fellow working in the field of bioarchaeology in Australia and New Guinea.
Availability
- Professor Michael Westaway is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Works
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2022
Conference Publication
New investigations of Aboriginal huts and village sites in Mithaka Country, Central Australia
Westaway, Michael (2022). New investigations of Aboriginal huts and village sites in Mithaka Country, Central Australia. World Archaeology Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-8 July 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
The lost mines of the Mithaka: Hunter-gatherer minig for trade and local use in Channel Country, Far South West Queensland
Williams, Douglas, Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation and Westaway, Michael C. (2022). The lost mines of the Mithaka: Hunter-gatherer minig for trade and local use in Channel Country, Far South West Queensland. World Archaeology Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-8 July 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
The Vermillion Accord and the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Ancestral Remains collection: A tragedy in three acts
Pappin, Gary, Kelly, Jason, Williams, Doug and Westaway, Michael (2022). The Vermillion Accord and the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Ancestral Remains collection: A tragedy in three acts. World Archaeology Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-8 July 2022.
2022
Book
Kirrenderri, heart of the Channel Country: a University of Queensland Anthropology Museum touring exhibition
Michael C. Westaway, Mandana Mapar, Tracey Hough, Shawnee Gorringe and Geoff Ginn eds. (2022). Kirrenderri, heart of the Channel Country: a University of Queensland Anthropology Museum touring exhibition. Brisbane, QLD Australia: UQ Anthropology Museum.
2021
Journal Article
Gilparrka Almira, a rock art site in Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland: cultural connections, dreaming tracks and trade routes
Franklin, Natalie R., Giorgi, Marisa, Habgood, Phillip J., Wright, Nathan, Gorringe, Josh, Gorringe, Betty, Gorringe, Brett and Westaway, Michael C. (2021). Gilparrka Almira, a rock art site in Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland: cultural connections, dreaming tracks and trade routes. Archaeology in Oceania, 56 (3), 284-303. doi: 10.1002/arco.5244
2021
Journal Article
Isotopic analyses of prehistoric human remains from the Flinders Group, Queensland, Australia, support an association between burial practices and status
Adams, Shaun, Westaway, Michael C., McGahan, David, Williams, Doug, Zhao, Jian-Xin, Feng, Yuexing, Nguyen, Ai, Pearce, John, Flinders, Clarence and Collard, Mark (2021). Isotopic analyses of prehistoric human remains from the Flinders Group, Queensland, Australia, support an association between burial practices and status. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 13 (7) 121. doi: 10.1007/s12520-021-01376-3
2021
Journal Article
What can Australia do to prevent human rights abuses in West Papua?
Webb-Gannon, Camellia, Westaway, Michael, Swift, Jaime, Wright, Nathan and Adams, Richard (2021). What can Australia do to prevent human rights abuses in West Papua?. Asia-Pasific Journal: Japan Focus, 19 (10) 5601, 1-15.
2021
Journal Article
A contextualised review of genomic evidence for gene flow events between Papuans and Indigenous Australians in Cape York, Queensland
Wasef, Sally, Wrobel, Gabriel, Wright, Nathan, Wright, Joanne L., Adams, Shaun, Kariwiga, Jason, Leavesley, Matthew, Collard, Mark and Westaway, Michael C. (2021). A contextualised review of genomic evidence for gene flow events between Papuans and Indigenous Australians in Cape York, Queensland. Quaternary International, 603, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.02.011
2021
Journal Article
Hidden in plain sight: the archaeological landscape of Mithaka Country, south-west Queensland
Westaway, Michael C., Williams, Douglas, Lowe, Kelsey, Wright, Nathan J., Kerkhove, Ray, Silcock, Jennifer, Gorringe, Joshua, Miszkiewicz, Justina, Wood, Rachel, Adams, Richard, Manne, Tiina, Adams, Shaun, Miscamble, Tony, Stout, Justin, Wrobel, Gabriel D., Kemp, Justine, Hendry, Brooke, Gorringe, Max, Gorringe, Betty, Lander, Keiron, Gorringe, Shawnee, Andrews, Ian and Collard, Mark (2021). Hidden in plain sight: the archaeological landscape of Mithaka Country, south-west Queensland. Antiquity, 95 (382) PII S0003598X21000314, 1-18. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2021.31
2020
Journal Article
A Community Bioarchaeology Project in the Flinders Group, Queensland, Australia
Adams, Shaun, Collard, Mark, Williams, Doug, Flinders, Clarence, Wasef, Sally and Westaway, Michael C. (2020). A Community Bioarchaeology Project in the Flinders Group, Queensland, Australia. Archaeologies, 16 (3), 436-459. doi: 10.1007/s11759-020-09411-w
2020
Journal Article
Insights Into Aboriginal Australian Mortuary Practices: Perspectives From Ancient DNA
Wasef, Sally, Wright, Joanne L., Adams, Shaun, Westaway, Michael C., Flinders, Clarence, Willerslev, Eske and Lambert, David (2020). Insights Into Aboriginal Australian Mortuary Practices: Perspectives From Ancient DNA. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8 217. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00217
2020
Other Outputs
Ancient DNA Insights into Aboriginal Australian Mortuary Practices
Wasef, Sally, Wright, Joanne L, Adams, Shaun, Westaway, Michael C, Flinders, Clarence, Willerslev, Eske and Lambert, David (2020). Ancient DNA Insights into Aboriginal Australian Mortuary Practices. doi: 10.1101/2020.06.11.145482
2020
Journal Article
Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago
Rizal, Yan, Westaway, Kira E., Zaim, Yahdi, van den Bergh, Gerrit D., Bettis, E. Arthur, Morwood, Michael J., Huffman, O. Frank, Grün, Rainer, Joannes-Boyau, Renaud, Bailey, Richard M., Sidarto,, Westaway, Michael C., Kurniawan, Iwan, Moore, Mark W., Storey, Michael, Aziz, Fachroel, Suminto,, Zhao, Jian-xin, Aswan, Sipola, Maija E., Larick, Roy, Zonneveld, John-Paul, Scott, Robert, Putt, Shelby and Ciochon, Russell L. (2020). Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago. Nature, 577 (7790), 381-385. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1863-2
2019
Journal Article
Giving it a burl: towards the integration of genetics, isotope chemistry, and osteoarchaeology in Cape York, Tropical North Queensland, Australia
Collard, Mark, Wasef, Sally, Adams, Shaun, Wright, Kirsty, Mitchell, R. John, Wright, Joanne L., Wrobel, Gabriel, Nagle, Nano, Miller, Adrian, Wood, Rachel, Pietsch, Timothy J., Van Holst Pellekaan, Sheila, Flinders, Clarence and Westaway, Michael C. (2019). Giving it a burl: towards the integration of genetics, isotope chemistry, and osteoarchaeology in Cape York, Tropical North Queensland, Australia. World Archaeology, 51 (4), 602-619. doi: 10.1080/00438243.2019.1686418
2019
Conference Publication
Island South East Asia and its important role in Hominin speciation
Westaway, Michael C. (2019). Island South East Asia and its important role in Hominin speciation. European Society for Human Evolution, Liege, Belgium, 19-21 September 2019.
2019
Journal Article
The first hominin fleet
Westaway, Michael C. (2019). The first hominin fleet. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3 (7), 999-1000. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0928-9
2019
Journal Article
A strontium isoscape of north-east Australia for human provenance and repatriation
Adams, Shaun, Grün, Rainer, McGahan, David, Zhao, Jian-Xin, Feng, Yuexing, Nguyen, Ai, Willmes, Malte, Quaresimin, Michael, Lobsey, Brett, Collard, Mark and Westaway, Michael C. (2019). A strontium isoscape of north-east Australia for human provenance and repatriation. Geoarchaeology, 34 (3), 231-251. doi: 10.1002/gea.21728
2019
Journal Article
A palaeontological perspective on the proposal to reintroduce Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia to suppress invasive predators
Westaway, Michael C., Price, Gilbert, Miscamble, Tony, McDonald, Jane, Cramb, Jonathon, Ringma, Jeremy, Grün, Rainer, Jones, Darryl and Collard, Mark (2019). A palaeontological perspective on the proposal to reintroduce Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia to suppress invasive predators. Biological Conservation, 232, 187-193. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.02.002
2018
Journal Article
Ancient nuclear genomes enable repatriation of Indigenous human remains
Wright, Joanne L., Wasef, Sally, Heupink, Tim H., Westaway, Michael C., Rasmussen, Simon, Pardoe, Colin, Fourmile, Gudju Gudju, Young, Michael, Johnson, Trish, Slade, Joan, Kennedy, Roy, Winch, Patsy, Pappin, Mary, Wales, Tapij, Bates, William Badger, Hamilton, Sharnie, Whyman, Neville, Pellekaan, Sheila van Holst, McAllister, Peter J., Tacon, Paul S. C., Curnoe, Darren, Li, Ruiqiang, Millar, Craig, Subramanian, Sankar, Willerslev, Eske, Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Sikora, Martin and Lambert, David M. (2018). Ancient nuclear genomes enable repatriation of Indigenous human remains. Science Advances, 4 (12), eaau5064. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5064
2018
Journal Article
Big data little help in megafauna mysteries
Price, Gilbert J., Louys, Julien, Faith, J. Tyler, Lorenzen, Eline and Westaway, Michael C. (2018). Big data little help in megafauna mysteries. Nature, 558 (7708), 23-25. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-05330-7
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the economy of Mithaka settlements
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alison Crowther
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding prehistoric human mobility along the coast of Papua New Guinea through strontium isotope mapping
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn
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Doctor Philosophy
Princess Charlotte Bays rock art galleries: understanding the boundaries, connections, and the importance of style signatures across time and space in the Coral Sea.
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating prehistoric mobility in Motupore Islanders through strontium isotope mapping
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the economy of Mithaka settlements
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alison Crowther
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Master Philosophy
Plant exploitation and management on Mithaka Country, south-western Queensland: Developing frameworks for understanding cultivation, niche construction, and domestication in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn
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Doctor Philosophy
Archaeobotanical Analysis of Plant Processing on Mithaka Country
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn, Dr Alison Crowther
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Master Philosophy
An archaeobotanical framework for empirically distinguishing Indigenous plant collection, cultivation, and agriculture on Mithaka Country southwest Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn
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