AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY INC.

NEWSLETTERSEPT 2001 Box 220 Holme Building

University of Sydney 2006ABN 41 196332496 Secretary: (02) 9558 6618

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Volume 31.3.2001Print Post Regulations No: PP24359/00114ISSN 0156-9295

STATE OF THE ART

ACT News

period, (prior to elections), or early next. The new Actwill continue to cover Aboriginal, natural and historicalheritage. The provisions should be in place by mid2002.

Australian Heritage CommissionCommonwealth heritage legislation amendments saga ­The Senate began. in August 200 I, to debate thelegislation and possible amendments to theGovernment's proposals. At this point (24/8/0 I) theDemocrats appear to be supporting the Government'sproposals with amendments and the other parties(whilst producing their own amendments just in case)are not supporting the Government's proposals. Themain proposed amendments are -

Australiall Democrats• expanded role and listing powers for the new

Australian Heritage Council• continuation of the RNE• a possible Indigenous trigger

ALP• a range of non-heritage specific amendments on

issues such as Native title. approval Bilaterals andRFAs

• expanded role and listing powers for the Council• revamping current AHC instead of creating a new

Council• retention of the RNE without specific protection

provisions.

When the Senate debate is concluded the Minister forEnvironment and Heritage will send the then agreedpackage to the House of Representatives where theGovernment is in control and some form of what hasbeen provided to them will be returned to the Senate. Itis then that the really serious debate will take place.There is no set timetable for this process. However,there are probably only a few weeks of sitting time leftto deal with the legislation prior to when an electionwill be called.

Australian Alps Project UpdateMining heritage - The Australian Alps LiaisonCommittee (AALC) is developing a consolidatedunderstanding of the mining heritage of the AustralianAlps and developing strategies for conserving andpresenting a range of mining heritage places to thepublic. This project will support efforts to increase therecognition of Australia's mining heritage for the 150thAnniversary of the Australian Gold Rushes, and will bedeveloped within the framework provided by state-widestrategies for the management of mining heritageplaces. The document produced by this project willprovide a framework and be a guide for the ongoingmanagement of the historic mining sites and landscapesof the Australian Alps.

Scientific heritage - Using the list of scientific sites ofcultural heritage significance in Robin and Griffiths'1994 report on the cultural significance of scientificsites in the Australian Alps, the AALC is identitying -• key themes in scientific research;• places associated with each key scientific theme in

each of the Australian Alps national parks; also• establishing the significance of these places;• developing conservation management strategies for

each set of thematic sites;• for each theme, identitying the sites that best

represent that scientific significance; and• developing an interpretation strategy for promoting

to the public the most appropriate places whichrepresent each theme.

For further details contact Debbie Argue 02 62072167.

Richard Morrison

New South Wales News

ACT Heritage UnitThe new Heritage Act for the ACT is being drafted fortabling either before the end of this (ACT) sitting

Parramatta Park: New LegislationParramatta Park is a cultural landscape of nationalsignificance. It is listed on the State Heritage Register,the Register of the National Estate and classified by the

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National Trust. It contains over 100 archaeologicalsites (Aboriginal and historic), monuments andbuildings in a rare combination of cultural and naturalfeatures.

In recognition of this significance, legislation toestablish Parramatta Park as a separate entity wasrecently passed by Parliament. On I July 200 I, thelegislation transferred management of the Park from theNSW National Parks & Wildlife Service to a newParramatta Park Trust. This Trust will be responsiblefor the conservation and management of the Park andwill be a stand alone entity, similar to the CentennialPark & Moore Park Trust.

This move will more properly acknowledge the Park'scultural heritage significance and improve its financialand fundraising opportunities. This means betterresources and facilities for the Park which is good newsfor families and visitors to Western Sydney. It will alsoallow for improved management of the Park'ssignificant cultural heritage.

Jillian ComberManager, Parramatta Park Trust

Wayne Johnson has mentioned that the Sydney HarbourForeshore Authority are "just putting the final toucheson conserving & interpreting Dawes Point". No doubtthere will be a more fulsome description in the nextNewsletter.

Jennie Lindbergh

South Australia News

Department of Archaeology, Flinders UniversityDr Bill Adams resigned from the Department ofArchaeology as of the end of June, 200 I. He has takenup a position at a new campus of the California StateUniversity in southern California.

ARCH 3304 Maritime Archaeology Field School wasoffered for the first time in February 2001. This twoweek intensive field school was coordinated by DrMark Staniforth with lectures and supervision providedby Nathan Richards, Cass Philippou and Chris Lewczak(Department of Archaeology) as well as VickyRichards and Corioli Souter (WA Maritime Museum)and Associate Professor Peter Veth (James CookUniversity). Heritage SA (Bill Jeffery, Terry Arnott andRick James) also provided assistance, equipment andboats. The field school proved extremely successfulwith 15 students enrolled including students frominterstate and overseas. The field school will be offeredagain in 2002 and possible students should contact thetopic coordinator, Dr Mark Staniforth, as soon aspossible to reserve a place.

Mark Staniforth and Michael Hyde have published areader (Maritime Archaeology in Australia: A Reader)that has sold more than 100 copies in Austral ia andoverseas. Copies can be ordered through: SouthernArchaeology, 29 Woodleigh Road, Blackwood,SA 5051http://www.senet.com.au!~mhyde/burbanks_books.htm

In May 200 I Mark Staniforth was successful inobtaining a Premier's Community Fund grant of $2,750administered through the City of Holdfast Bay toconduct remote sensing and survey work on a historicalarchaeological site in Brighton, SA. This project isbeing conducted in collaboration with the Holdfast BayHistorical Society.

Mark Staniforth, Senior Lecturer, Department OfArchaeology, Flinders University

Work in progress in South Australia.Di Smith has returned to Flinders University this yearto commence her PhD in Archaeology. The focus ofher research is the archaeology of vehicle andmachinery assemblages associated with rural farmingproperties. The main contention of the research is thatthe investigation and interpretation of these sites willcontribute to a wider understanding of Australia's ruralheritage. The legacy of the farmers' graveyards, or'bone-yards' as they are affectionately referred to, isparticularly significant to agricultural heritage. 1t isargued that technological innovation and adaptation,together with a range of social and economic issues,can be discerned in the remains of discarded car, truckand tractor bodies deposited along with reapers,harrows and a plethora of other farming equipment.

Fieldwork has recently commenced to record therusting collections of these faithful workhorses thathave been laid to rest at predetermined sites on fanns.The fieldwork encompasses a study of four regions.Two regions of contrasting rainfall, Summertown­Uraidla and Pekina-Orroroo, in South Australia havebeen selected for study together with Heathcote inCentral Victoria, and an agricultural zone in Alberta(Western Canada). The regional studies include surveyand recording of farm sites and oral history interviews.A questionnaire that addresses a range of queriesrelated to the creation, maintenance and abandonmentof sites, and also content, chronology and site use hasbeen developed. Responses from farmers in Australiaand overseas are sought by mail and email via a website(presently under construction) linked to the Departmentof Archaeology's website (see:http://wwwehlt.flinders.edu.au/archaeologv! ).

Di would be very interested to hear from colleagueswho may be able to assist with photographic or anyother information about these sites.

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Di Smith, PhD Candidate, Flinders University.

The Old Treasury Building ProjectJune 2001 saw redevelopment of the Old TreasuryBuilding on the corner of Flinders Street and KingWilliam Street in Adelaide into a 5-star hotel. Due tothe heritage significance of this building to the state ofSouth Australia, the recording and preservation ofareas of historical interest has been of great concern tothe developers. A tender for the archaeological work tobe carried out on the site was won by TardisEnterprises (Andrea Murphy), and continuing work onthe site is being carried out by Tim Anson and AshleyMatic. Archaeologists have been present whenever itwas believed development work could affect areas ofheritage significance.

The primary concern of the developer was featuresassociated with the original Treasury Building,constructed in 1839 and since demolished. Through theuse of conjectural plans developed by historicalarchitects, Anson and Matic excavated two testtrenches in the courtyard of the building, and were ableto identify sections of the foundations for the original1839 structure. The location and depth below surfaceinformation gained from this excavation has been takeninto consideration by the developers, and work in thearea will be adjusted to avoid the destruction of theseand related features. Other features associated with the1839 structure to be preserved are two window archesfrom the original structure. found covered over insidethe current structure on what would have been theoriginal front wall of the building.

Tim Anson. PhD Candidate, Adelaide University.

Polish HilI River: Cultural Identity throughMaterial RemainsPolish Hill River was the first Polish settlementestablished in Australia (1856), and only the secondPolish rural settlement established outside Polandanywhere in the world (Sussex and lubrzycki 1985:3).The settlement was abandoned in the early decades ofthe twentieth century and all the remaining materialculture left standing has since been left to be destroyedby time, the environment and development. Thissettlement is the focus of my Masters research and thesite of a third year archaeological field-methods courserun through Flinders University. Students will travel tothe site for a week to learn how to survey, photographand draw the remaining buildings in various states ofdisrepair. The data they collect will go towardsanswering the research questions put forward in mythesis: what type of material remains can be used todetermine Polish ethnicity? Furthermore, did the Polishhave a distinct material culture different from otherEuropean cultures. such as the Germans, who wereliving near by in the Clare Valley? The answers to thesequestions will in turn then go on to help answer theoverall research question for this study: can a minority

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European culture living in Anglo-Saxon colonialAustralia be distinguished from other minorityEuropean cultures by their material remains?

Sussex, Roland and Zubrzycki, Jerzy (eds.). 1985.Polish People and Culture in Australia. Department ofDemography, Australian National University,Canberra.

Katrina Stankowski, Masters Candidate, FlindersUniversity.

Burra Community Archaeology ProjectAn interim report has just been produced for HeritageSouth Australia and the project's industry partners, theNational Trust of South Australia Burra Burra Branch,the Regional Council of Goyder and the Mid-Northregional Development Board. The report Whitewashand Red Clay summarizes the PhD research undertakenover the last eighteen months on miner's dugouts atMitchell Flat on the Burra Creek. Work on theseunusual features has included three excavation seasonsand has recorded both structural and spatialinformation. Interpretations and conclusions are at thispoint tentative, but it does seem clear that effort wasput into making these dwellings homes and not justshelter.

Peter Birt, PhD Candidate. Flinders University.

Cultural Heritage Management Issues in Australia:a comparative regional case study for themanagement of multiple cultural heritage sites indiscrete coastal regions of South Australia.

Cass is in the second year of her doctoral research atFlinders University. In September 2001, a group ofthird year undergraduate students will be assisting Cassin archaeological survey work at Tunkalilla Beach, onthe southern coast near Cape Jervis. This fieldwork isa component of her case study of the interpretation andmanagement of archaeological sites on the SouthernFleurieu Peninsula as part of her wider PhD researchon cultural heritage management issues in SouthAustralia.

Tunkalilla Beach contains a suite of archaeologicalsites. which evidence of pre-contact Indigenousoccupation (including lithic and burial sites), an earlyEuropean agricultural homestead, the wreck of a 1934cargo vessel, the MV Victoria, and also the site of theintensive salvage operation established to reclaimuseable elements from the stricken ship.

This site is one of the few on the Peninsula in whichmany archaeological elements of the landscape ajuxtaposed in a discrete region and as such fits nicelyinto the PhD research. It presents an opportunity tomore fully investigate the options available for an

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holistic approach to the interpretation and managementand subsequent increase in protection of archaeologicalsites as components of South Australian heritage.

Cassandra Philippoll. PhD Candidate. FlindersUniversity.

WAC 5 web-site up and running from FlindersUniversity.The 5th World Archaeological Congress websitemanagement has been taken over by Jody Steele andTim Owen, PhD Candidates of the Department ofArchaeology, Flinders University. The congress willbe held in June 2003 at the Catholic University,Washington. Or. Joan Gero of American University isthe Academic Secretary of the congress with Dr. ClaireSmith of Flinders University as Deputy AcademicSecretary. Or. Mark Staniforth of Flinders Universityshall be convening a Maritime Archaeology Session atthe congress. To see the website visit:http://www.american.edu/wac5 .

Tim Owen & lody Steele, PhD Candidates, FlindersUniversity.

Coordinator: lody Steele, PhD Candidate. FlindersUniversity.

Queensland News

Victoria Park, Brisbane.In June ARCHAEO Cultural Heritage Servicessubmitted its 6 volume draft report on the findings ofthe excavation of Victoria Park.

Between August and November of 1999, ARCHAEOCultural Heritage Services (formerly Wallin andGrimwade Heritage Services), with assistance from theTurrbal Association, undertook a rescue excavation atVictoria Park, Brisbane. This area was slated to be partof the Brisbane City Council's Inter City Bypass. Theproject area consisted of the portion of Victoria Parkbetween Gilchrist Avenue and the existing railwayeasement and bound on the east side by Bowen BridgeRoad. The focus of the project was a corridorapproximately 700 metres and approximately 60 meterswide, directly parallel to the existing railway easement.At the time of the excavations the area was an openspace within Victoria Park, used for sport and carparking.

The York's Hollow, as the study area was known asfrom the 1820s to 1880s, was essentially as chain ofponds around which activities such as include brickmanufacturing, immigrant camps, indigenous meetings,and a rifle range took place. The Victoria Park (1880s­1900s) period activities consisted of municipal rubbishdisposal and included the transformation of thelandscape to accommodate the railway. Victoria Park

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(1900s-1930s) period activIties centred on the finaltransformation of the study area from a shallow valleyto a leveled surface to be used as playing fields andlater, car parking.

The 1999 excavation consisted of a series of trench andpit excavations. The purpose of the excavation was torediscover evidence of various documented activities atVictoria Park throughout time. Excavations involvedthe recovery of artefacts and recordation of subsurfacestrata and features that would help to reconstruct theoriginal landscape of the park and subsequentmodifications to that landscape. These activities, whichwere identified originally through the historicalassessment of the site, are grouped into temporalperiods associated with Brisbane's development duringthe nineteenth century and early twentieth century.

The most substantial evidence of activities associatedwith Victoria Park, apart from the massive 1880s and1930s land filling exercises, is the rediscovery of themunicipal rubbish deposits from the 1890s to 1900s.These deposits were laid down as a series of systematictrenches within the park. Artefacts from the rubbishdeposits comprise over 80 percent of the approximate112,500 artefacts recovered from across the site.

The 1890s rubbish deposits provided a rare andexciting opportunity to study the material culture of latenineteenth century Brisbane. Temporal analysisestablished that the rubbish deposits in the study areawere laid down between the early 1890s and 1900.

Functional analysis formed the basis for specialanalyses that able to establish type assemblages forfamily households, hospitals, and hotels. Comparisonof these assemblages and the collection as a whole gaveinsight into market access, nutrition, health, dietarypatterns, and economy.

Results of market assess studies demonstrate achanging pattern in Brisbane's consumerism; shiftingfrom a heavy reliance on foreign markets to markedincrease in domestic market preference. Economy indepression was illustrated in the paucity of buildingmaterials, dietary limitations, and recycle patterns.Analysis of fauna I and floral remains gave insight intoeating habits of nineteenth century Brisbane andindicate a heavy reliance on meat in the diet; inparticular sheep. This was supplemented by backyardproduce such as pumpkin, passionfruit, grapes, plums,and peaches. Health and hygiene in late nineteenthcentury Brisbane was shocking according to modemday standards. Archaeological record at Victoria Parkindicates that the general population preferred patentedremedies to traditional medicine and that while theconcept of oral hygiene was apparent, it was not widelypractice.

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The archaeological excavations at Victoria Parkprovide a unique opportunity to investigation a part ofBrisbane's past for which little is known. Historicalresearch brought together for the first time a concisepicture of Victoria Park's role in the development ofthis emerging state and national centre. Throughgeomorphology, remote sensing, and photogrammetrystudies the development of Victoria Park's landscapewere reconstructed from the time of early Europeancontact until the early twentieth century.

Jeanne HarrisARCHAEO Cultural Heritage Services

James Cook University PhD student Ewen McPheecontinues his research into the pearl shelling industry inTorres Stait. Ewen is looking at the land based pearlshelling stations within Torres Strait with a particularfocus on the islands within the Prince of Wales Group(ie. Wai Weer, Good's, Friday, Prince of Wales,Hammond, Horn and Thursday Islands).

Extensive surveying and surface collections wereundertaken on these Islands in 2000 during the firstphase of the recording program. Fieldwork is plannedfor 200 I to excavate key areas on one of these stations- Wai Weer Island. These land-based stations served asbases for the multicultural workforce that wasemployed within the industry. They accommodatedworkers, served as shell storage and dispatch stations,and were used as a repair base for the vessels employedin the industry. Vessel design and adaptation over timeare also being documented within the thesis framework.

Ewen McPhee, James Cook University

New Zealand News

Chris Jacomb, who has left Canterbury Museum to jointhe New Zealand Historic Places Trust as its SouthernRegion Archaeologist reports from southern NewZealand:

A new Art Gallery for Christchurch is now underconstruction on the site of several old buildings,including a church, a school and one of New Zealand'sfirst car sales yards. Consultant Katharine Watson hasbeen carrying out the monitoring on the site of thismajor civic project, which has involved the usualdodging in and out under swinging excavator bucketsamong other delights. Peter Petchey and Katharinehave also recently completed a survey of a large area ofquartz and alluvial gold workings, complete with ghosttown, at Macetown in Central Otago.

ASHA members who attended the Queenstownconference will be interested to hear that the town isbeing developed so rapidly that around two blocks ofthe historic town have now been archaeologically

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excavated since then, under the direction of both PeterPetchey and Jill Hamel. The largest single project hasbeen preparations for the construction of a casino,although restoration and repair of Eichardts hotel, onthe foreshore, also required extensive archaeologicalwork.

On Stewart Island, Peter has begun a major projectsurveying New Zealand's only tin mining venture whichtook place during the 1880s in the Tin Range.

Most of Stewart Island is being turned into our newestnational park and, because of that, there are likely to bedevelopment pressures in the Oban area. Some of NewZealand's earliest European occupation was in thevicinity of Oban, and I recently visited Stewart Islandto begin to assess the likely effects of development onthe historic heritage there with staff from the Trust andthe Department of Conservation. One of the mostinteresting sites there is Acker's Cottage, which wasbuilt of granite in the early 1830s.

Chris Jacomb, NZHPT

Northern Territory News

4th Fannie Bay Gaol Archaeological Field SchoolBetween 3rd and 6th August the fourth annualarchaeological field school was held at Fannie BayGaol in Darwin. The gaol is administered as part of theMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory(MAGNT) and the archaeological field school isorganised and facilitated by Dr Mickey Dewar (curatorof history at MAGNT) and Clayton Fredericksen.Participants in this year's school included NTUarchaeology students, MAGNT staff, and interestedmembers of the public. The excavation focused onceagain on the site of the guards' barracks, the scene offield school investigations in 1999 and 2000.

The barracks were constructed in 1883, the year thegaol opened. Early photographs and plans show thatthe building was a single storey structure with wideverandah and steep pitched roof. It was built into onecorner of the gaol perimeter fence so that guards had abackyard view of the interior of the gaol and a frontyard vista of the ocean. Fannie Bay Gaol wasevacuated of prisoners in World War Two to allow thebuildings to be used by the RAAF. The barracksbuilding was probably utilised during this time as eithera sick bay or mess. In the mid 1950s the barracks weredemolished as part of remodelling of the gaol. Todayno visible evidence ofthe building can be seen.

This year's excavation uncovered the porcellanite stonefoundations of the interior wall of the barracks. Thefoundations were at least three courses high, withstones held in place by mortar. An upper course wasprobably removed during demolition of the building as

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blocks and fragments of porcellanite were scatteredoutside the foundation wall. Excavation behind thewall revealed rough concrete and compacted earthfloors, extensions of the floors discovered last year.These may relate to courtyards or paths at the rear ofthe building. Artefacts recovered by this year's workwere mainly nails and glass fragments. However, alsofound were a number of diagnostic items, includingbuttons (one pearl shell), two coins dated 1916 and1943, a few pieces of china, and, intriguingly, aUSSR/China friendship society medallion minted inSydney.

A report on the archaeology of the barracks is plannedfor next year.

Clayton FredericksenNorthern TerritOlY University

News From The Secretary

Sale of publications - any ASHA member who is also amember of AIMA gets an extra 20% discount on all ourpublications. Also for those members attending theCanberra conference, boxed sets of the Journal will beavailable to take away for the one-off price of $50 ­members will have to get in early as we only have cl 0complete sets left (Vols 2-18), after which some of theindividual issues of the Journal will gradually becomeunavailable

Charles Brackenridge infonns us that as ASHA is amember of the Royal Australian Historical Society anymember wanting to use their facilities as an individualmember is able to do so at no charge - of course ifyou're doing research for business charges apply.

Forthcoming Conferences

The Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology21st Annual Conference,

Australian National University, Canberra28 September - I October 2001

The 21 st Annual Conference is to be held in Austral ia' snational capital, to mark the Centenary of theFederation of the Australian colonies into theCommonwealth of Australia. Many special events aretaking place in Canberra and the Conference will giveyou an opportunity to sample some of them.

The main attraction for archaeologists is probably thenew Museum of Australia, close to the ANU campuswhere the conference is being held, but there are manyothers: an exhibition on the Chinese in Canberra('Southern Gold' at the Canberra Museum) and one oncostume ('Boots, Brims and Bustles' at Lanyon

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homestead). There are always brilliant shows at theNational Art Gallery (www.nga.gov.au). the NationalLibrary (www.nla.gov.au). the National Archives, theNational Film and Sound Archives and the AustralianWar Memorial (www.awnu!Ov.aul.

There is a lively cultural scene, great art galleries,theatres and reasonably priced cafes, all within easyreach of the ANU campus. There are also wineries atMurrumbateman and Bungendore, about 20-30 minutesdrive away. This year's 'Floriade' flower show isdedicated to Federation and is accompanied by aFestival of Contemporary Arts.

Springtime in Canberra is a delight and your stay hereshould be a very pleasant one. We shall furnish youwith tourist literature when you arrive or, before that,you can contact the Canberra Visitors Centre(www.canberratourism.com.au).

The conference organisers are Emeritus ProfessorGraham Connah (formerly of the University of NewEngland, NSW) and Or Aedeen Cremin (fonnerlysenior lecturer at the University of Sydney), both ofwhom are now Visiting Fellows at the AustralianNational University. The conference is sponsored bythe School of Archaeology.

Please join us in this year of celebration and contributeby presenting a paper or poster session on the topic ofyour choice: we have eschewed fonnal themes in orderto encourage diversity.

Presentations of student work, or work in progress, arevery welcome. If you have any doubt about thesuitability of your project, please do not hesitate todiscuss it with Aedeen Cremin, fax (+61 2) 6239 6294,email <aedeenc@bigpond.com>. Graham Connah willbe on fieldwork at Lake Innes throughout August andSeptember but will be in touch with Aedeen during thattime.

Registration Form

Name

Address, including telephone/mobile, fax and email

Institutional affiliation/company

Are you offering a paper/poster? If so, please giveworking title{Don't forget to send 500-word abstract by 15 Augustto Graham Connah (ASHA Conference), School ofArchaeology, Faculty of Arts, ANU, ACT 0200; or byemail toaedeenc(mbigpond.com).

Do you wish to receive details of accommodation oncampus?

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We have reserved a limited amount of accommodationon the ANU campus. Bookings have to be finalized byend August.

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Heritage Issues ICoffeeHeritage Issues 2

Do you wish to attend the Conference Dinner onSaturday 29 September? The Dinner will be atCaterina's on campus. Cost $38 not including drinks,bar available.

Do you wish to go on the Field Trip on Monday IOctober? This will include a visit to Braidwood historictown and some of the adjacent gold fields. Tour guideswill be Barry McGowan and Aedeen Cremin. Cost willdepend on numbers.

Registration fee includes: reception on Friday evening,tea/coffee breaks and lunches on Saturday and Sunday,but not the Dinner or Field Trip.

Payment in advance would be appreciated. Please makecheques payable to ASHA 2001 Conference and tickbelow as appropriate.

Full fee: $120; retired: $100, student/pensioner: $60;daily rate: $30.

ASHA CONFERENCE 2001: PROVISIONALSCHEDULE

MONDAY 1 OCTOBEROptional tour to Braidwood and gold district (Price andschedule to be advised)

ASHA CONFERENCE 2001: LIST OF PAPERS

ENCOUNTERSChair: Campbell Macknight

Helen Cooke (Archaeologist, Adelaide, SouthAustral ia), 'Reflections'.Michael Slack (Masters Candidate, Archaeology,Australian National University), 'IndigenousCommunities and Historical Archaeology'.Judy Birmingham (Chief Investigator, CAAP,Archaeology, University of Sydney), 'Surveying theVitric Sources: Contact texts and footnotes in the sand'.Darren Griffin (Archaeology, Flinders University ofSouth Australia), 'IdentifYing domination andresistance through the spatial organisation of PoonindieMission, SA'.Angela Middleton (Doctoral Candidate, Archaeology,University of Auckland), 'Maori and MissionaryLandscapes at Te Puna, Bay of Islands, NZ'Nigel Prickett (Auckland Museum), 'FortificationStrategies of the New Zealand Wars'.

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBERPhysics Building, ANU

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBERAD Hope Building, ANU6-8pm Welcome party at Classics Museum,

(Payment can be done there, for thosewho have already registered)

SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBERPhysics Building, ANU9-IOam Annual General Meeting10.15-12.15 Parallel session: Rural Landscapes10.15-12.15 Parallel session: Database Workshop12.30- I.30 Lunch

9-IOamlOam

10.15-12.1510.15-12.1512.30-1.302-3pm3.35-3.504-66-6.45

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Registration and coffeeFormal Opening by EmeritusProfessor John MulvaneyParallel session: EncountersParallel session: Material CultureLunchUrban Archaeology 1CoffeeUrban Archaeology 2The new Australian heritagelegislationConference Dinner at Catalina's, oncampus

MATERIAL CULTUREChair: Aedeen Cremin

Graham Connah (School of Archaeology andAnthropology, Australian National University), '·' ..wesee through a glass, darkly ..": The Lake Innesexcavations and the archaeology of socio-economicdifference' .David Pearson (Archaeology, Australian NationalUniversity), 'Annabella Boswell and Paolo Veronese:The case of the vanishing painting'.Katrina Stankowski (Masters Candidate,Archaeology, Flinders University of South Australia),'Polish Hill River Settlement: Cultural identity frommaterial remains'.Sam George (Heritage Victoria), 'Unbuttonedperspectives of Convicts and Whalers in Nineteenth­Century Tasmania'.Alasdair Brooks (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Archaeology,La Trobe University), 'The Use of British Assemblagesin International Comparisons of Nineteenth-CenturyPottery' .Sophie Pullar (Inscale Illustration and Design)'Illuminating Households: A study of lighthouses onthe NSW south coast'.

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Forthcoming Newsletters

WORKSHOP: Convener, Penny Crook, 'Debatingdatabases'

Dec Aedeen Creminemail: aedeenc(a)bigpond.com

This issue Rick McGovern-Wilsonemail: rmcgwilson((l)historic.org.nz

-Marie M. Williams et aI..Histology, University of

in Nineteenth-Century Australian

of Territory History, Museum and Art Gallery of theNorthern Territory), 'Public Archaeology and Historyin Fannie Bay Gaol, NT'.Jody Steele and Tim Owen (Archaeology, FlindersUniversity of South Australia), 'Moving HistoricalArchaeology into the 21 SI Century: The user-friendlymodel of historical archaeology'.Catherine Hunt and Jane James (Archaeology,Flinders University; Cultural Tourism, FlindersUniversity of South Australia), 'Tourism potential of anArchaeological Site: Monarto Zoological Park, SA'.Nigel Prickett and Neville Ritchie (AucklandMuseum; Conservancy Archaeologist, Department ofConservation, Waikato, NZ), 'Queen's Redoubt: Arestoration and development project'.Paul Rheinberger and Ray Christison (SeniorArchaeologist, Umwelt Australia P/L; Chairman, Cityof Greater Lithgow Mining Museum Inc.), 'Out of theAshes: The archaeology of the Eskbank railwayprecinct' .Lori Sciusco (NSW Manager, Austral Archaeology),'The Assessment of Significance of Historic Bridges inNew South Wales'.CIaire Everett and Maria Whipp. (Archaeology &Heritage Specialist, RTA; Senior Environment &Heritage Planner, RTA), 'Managing Main RoadsHeritage - Heritage Management in the NSW Roadsand Traffic Authority'.lain Stuart (Principal, Archaeology and HeritageManagement, HLA-Envirosciences PI L), 'Of the hut Ibolted: A preliminary account of prefabricated semi­circular huts in Australia'.Aedeen Cremin (Visiting Fellow, Archaeology,Australian National University) 'The Archaeology ofNazi Berlin and its Public Presentation'.

POSTER: Anne(Anatomy andSydney), 'StrontiumChildren's Teeth'

In order to facil itate a more efficient newsletter production.all contributions should be forwarded to the e-mail address ofyour state rep by the second week of the month prior to

The ASHA Newsletter is produced quarterly with theassistance of guest editors. The 200 I guest editors are:

HERITAGE ISSUESChairs: Rick McGovern Wilson and Wayne Johnson

RURAL LANDSCAPESChair: Michael Pearson

Tim Murray and Penny Crook (Professor and Headof School of Historical and European Studies, La TrobeUniversity; Project Archaeologist), 'The Archaeologyof the Modem City: 1788-1900'.Caitlin Alien (Archaeologist, NSW Heritage Office),'Peeling the urban onion: archaeological landscapesand urban design'.Richard Mackay (Managing Director, GoddenMackay Logan P/L and Adjunct Professor, La TrobeUniversity), 'Urbane Archaeology: New approaches toarchaeological heritage management at Parramatta,NSW'.Denis Gojak (Heritage Asset Manager, NSWDepartment of Urban Affairs and Planning), 'TheArchaeology of Three Chinese Market Gardens in InnerSuburban Sydney'.Sarah Myers (Consultant Archaeologist, BA Hons,Melbourne) 'A Preview of the Artefact Assemblagefrom Cohen Place in Chinatown, Melbourne'.Susan Piddock (Doctoral candidate, Archaeology,Flinders University of South Australia), 'Anappropriate and healthy site: Site selection factors andthe Destitute Asylum of Adelaide'.Andrew Wilson (Archaeological ComputingLaboratory, University of Sydney), 'Sydney TimeMap:Building an historical GIS'.

URBAN ARCHAEOLOGYChairs: Jennie Lindbergh and Mac North

Clayton Fredericksen and Mickey Dewar (Lecturer,Anthropology, Northern Territory University; Curator

Robyne Bancroft (Indigenous Heritage Consultant),'Landscape in black and white: The Washpool, NSW'.Chris Jacomb (Archaeologist, New Zealand HistoricPlaces Trust), 'French Farm: A French naval settlementin New Zealand, 1840-1846'.Peter Birt (Doctoral Candidate, Flinders University ofSouth Australia), 'Whitewash and Red Clay: The BurraCreek dugout homes, SA'.Kirsty Altenburg (Historic Environment, AustralianHeritage Commission), 'Reidsdale, NSW: A culturallandscape' .Oona Nicolson, Bianca DiFazio and Sam George(Senior Cultural Heritage Consultant, Biosis ResearchP/L, Sydney; Archaeologist, Biosis Research P/L,Melbourne; Heritage Victoria), 'The HazelwoodProject: An Overview of Seven Historical HomesteadSites in the La Trobe Valley, Victoria'.Meaghan Russell (BA Hons, Australian NationalUniversity), 'Monasteries of New Norcia, WesternAustralia' .

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circulation. See ASHA contacts on last page for addressdetails.

The guest editors are asked to finalise the newsletter in thethird week of the month prior to circulation. Final copy mustreach the General Editor. (Ross Gam). by the final week ofthe month prior to circulation.

This is your newsletter and .LQ!!! contributions are vital.Please check deadlines diligently. Your etliciency will begreatly appreciated. I look forward to your forthcoming newsof events.

Ross GamGeneral EditorASHA Newsletter

email: .Hwnwlturbo\\cb.nct.au

Post: "Windemere Cottage"RMB 130R Nundle RoadTamworth NSW 2340Phone: 02 67694103

The Last Word

As a concession to the guest editors, who strive to putthis Newsletter together for the membership, I havedecided to include a new section where we may ventour spleen and raise issues. The perennial one for allguest editors, I am sure, is the difficulty we faceextracting copy out of the State reps. it is akin togetting blood from stone. So if there doesn't appear tobe anything happening in some states, it is only becausewe have had no reports.

As we approach the Conference and AGM theCommittee are faced with a difficult problem - bothour Secretary and our Treasurer have indicated thatthey do not intend seeking renomination for thesepositions. The Committee are very grateful to CharlesBrackenridge, outgoing Treasurer, for his stirling workover the past two years in getting us through theintroduction of GST, and to Rowan Ward, ourSecretary for the past four years, who (like anyorganisation's secretary) has kept us going and hasbecome the institutional memory of ASHA. They willbe sorely missed and we are very keen for people toput their names forward to replace them.

Finally, we turn again to the question of membersreceiving the Newsletter electronically as a means ofcutting costs to the organisation. An option that couldbe considered is to offer an incentive, such as areduction in subs, to people who are prepared toreceive their Newsletter via email.This topic and morewill be discussed at the AGM, so I'll see you inCanberra in the near future.

Rick McGovern-Wilson, NZ Historic Places Trust

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ASHA CONTACTS

ACT Richard Morrison25 Forbes Street. Turner. ACT 2612

NSW .Iennie Lindbergh23 Thomas Street. Darlington. NSW. 2008

NZ Neville RitchieDept of Conservation. Private Bag 3072.Hamilton. NZ

NT Clayton FredericksenDept of Anthropology, Northern TerritoryUniversityDarwin. NT. 0909

QLD Gordon GrimwadePO Box 9. Yungaburra. QLD. 4872

SA Pam SmithDept of Archaeology. Flinders UniversityPO Box 2100. Adelaide. SA 5001

TAS Mick .IonesParks and Wildlife TasmaniaPO Box 44A. Hobart. TAS 7001

VIC Fiona Weaver24 The Avenue. Belmont. Vie., 3216

WA Alistair PatersonArchaeology, University of Western AustraliaNedlands. WA 6907

ph: 02 6274 2133 W 0262479574 Hfax: 02 6274 2095e-mail: richard.morrison.iiea.gov.au

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ph: 08 9380 2867fax: 08 9380 1023e-mail: paterson((l.cyllene.uwa.edu.au

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AGENDA

2001 Annual General Meeting of the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology Inc. tobe held at the Australian National University, Canberra ACT Australia on Sunday 30

September at 9:00 -11:00 AM

1. President's Welcome

2. Members Present/Apologies

3. Minutes of the 2000 Annual General Meeting

4. Matters Arising from the Minutesi. Amendments to the ASHA Constitutionii. Emailling of Newsletter to Membersiii. Back Catalogue ofNewsletter on ASHA Website

5. President's Report

6. Treasurer's Report

7. Secretary's Report

8. Journal: General Editor's Report

9. Newsletter: General Editor's Report

10. Other Publications Reporti. 1901 successii. Chinese thematic volume

11. Declaration of the 2002 ASHA Committee

12. 2002 Newsletter Guest Editors

13. 2002 Conference Venue

14.2002 Membership Fees

15. 2002 Seminar Series

16. Other Businessi. AIMA/ASHA Joint Initiativesii. ASHA as a Lobby Group

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