Themes
Language, kinship and heritage
Language revitalisation and education
Conference Papers
Session CH1.2: Indigenous archaeologies and the urban environment: maintaining our culture and heritage
1. Sam Wickman: Looking after Heritage: the Albury rail case study
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From August 2008 to present Sam Wickman has been working on a development site called the Wodonga Rail Bypass. This position has involved working in both the archaeololgical field and environmental field. This paper will focus primarily on the archaeological excavations undertaken from August 2008 to February 2009. Initially this paper will look at the question of urban/rural archaeology given that the bypass runs between two cities – Wodonga and Albury. Is this urban archaeology? What constitutes urban archaeology? and how has this project has effected the local Aboriginal community both politically, socially and economically.
Author bio:
Sam Juparulla Wickman was born in Alice Springs in 1952 and went to high school in Sydney. He gained a trade in motor body building in Sydney after completing year 10. Later on he worked as a public servant in Canberra followed by working in the Top End of the Northern Territory as Deputy Principal of the Katherine Institute for Aboriginal Health. He later moved back to Canberra to undertake an undergraduate degree in archaeology at the ANU where he graduated with honours. Sam has also graduated in cultural ceremony and is known as a wotti, a fully initiated man from Central Australia particularly the Tanami Desert where he graduated as a wotti with the Warlpiri nation. Sam is also a known artist, nationally and internationally, and has worked as a consultant archaeologist since graduating in 1993.
2. Ron Herron: Keeping Heritage and Culture Alive: the NSW NE Coast
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Indigenous archaeologist, Ron Heron provides his perspectives on Aboriginal archaeology management in urban Northern NSW.
3. Pam Hegarty: Working on urban archaeological projects with Traditional Owners in Queensland
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In her paper, Pam discusses her work as an Indigenous Archaeologist working in Queensland and working with Traditional Owners and the impacts of Urban development on her people and heritage.
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Pam Hegarty is a technical advisor undertaking archaeological and cultural heritage assessment mainly within the mining industry. She has previously worked in the New South Wales National Park Service. She completed an archaeology and anthropology degree at the Australian National University in 1995. She is currently Chairperson of the Aboriginal Advisory Panel of Desert Chanel Queensland in Longreach. The AAP represents the Traditional Owner groups within this region. She is also involved in assisting Traditional Owner groups with land management issues.
4. Ricki Mullett: TBA
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5. Norman Johnson: A group discussion on working with the mining Industry: An Indigenous perspective
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Norm will lead a discussion on issues relating to Indigenous cultural heritage and working with the mining industry.
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Norman Johnson has a degree in Education, graduaing in 1987 from Canberra College of Advanced Education. He has worked for DAA for many years and is a senior elder and spokesperson for the Wirri people of the Mackay and Nebo region. He has worked extensively in Aboriginal affairs, lobbying and working for his people in the heritage, administration and political sector.