This paper examines how white rural identities have been historically produced and
transformed over time as a result of colonial migration regimes, the racialisation of labour …

Drawing on posthumanist and sensory archaeology, this paper explores ensemble practices
as an alternative to Eurocentric conceptions of ritual as a heuristic of cross-cultural …

Melbourne grew during the 19th century from its fledgling roots into a global metropolitan
centre, and was home to many people from a range of social and cultural backgrounds. The …

Tea ware has been the focus of numerous North American and Australian historical
archaeology studies of female consumer behavior in colonial contexts. This article uses data …

On the southern side of the Soutpansberg lies the ruined village of Schoemansdal, the most
northern settlement of the Voortrekkers and a site of sustained archaeological investigations …

Abstract The Western Australian penal colony, enacted in 1850 and lasting until the mid-
1870s, has typically been examined as the end product of a larger pan-Australian process of …

In the earliest decades of the settlement of Melbourne, people's backgrounds and origins
were hazy and unknown, allowing a golden opportunity to reinvent and reprise not just …

This article shows how archaeology contributes to our understanding of life in the nineteenth-
century Jewish diaspora. Using both qualitative and quantitative (statistical) methods, I …

Parramatta was the second British settlement established in mainland Australia, and for a
time was the largest. Its burial ground and monuments, the oldest surviving British cemetery …

The consumption of food and drink in today's economy corners a healthy percentage of
consumer focus. Coffee shops, pubs, restaurants and bars each have a vital role in the …