This volume provides an important new synthesis of archaeological work carried out in
Australia on the post-contact period. It draws on dozens of case studies from a wide …

The archaeological assemblage from the Hyde Park Barracks is one of the largest, most
comprehensive and best preserved collections of artefacts from any 19th-century institution …

Abstract Analysis of a large collection of textile fragments from the Hyde Park Barracks
Asylum for Infirm and Destitute Women in Sydney (1862–86) has provided new information …

Abstract The Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney, Australia, was established in 1819 to
accommodate male convicts, but in later years the building served as a depot for immigrant …

The outcome of over fifteen years research on large urban assemblages from the Australian
cities of Sydney and Melbourne is discussed in terms of approaches to the archaeology of …

Excavations during the early 1980s at Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney recovered over 120,000
artefacts. Approximately 90 per cent related to the post-1848 uses of the site as Sydney's …

Religion and spirituality have often been neglected by historical archaeologists, in spite of
the importance of religious devotion in public and private life. Recent investigation of …

The growing literature on underfloor archaeological deposits often observes exceptional
material preservation within these matrices. Drawing from recent work at Fremantle Prison …

ABSTRACT A recent discovery at the 19th‐century Hyde Park Barracks Destitute Asylum in
Sydney provides the earliest securely recorded zooarchaeological evidence for the house …

The surviving subsurface footings of the First Government House complex are the earliest
archaeological remains of British occupation in Australia, dating to the year of invasion and …