Tom Griffiths discusses the career of Mike Smith, author of The Archaeology of Australia’s Deserts. CROUCHED in the red sand, handling a stone artefact with an arc of blue desert sky above him, Mike Smith is at home. This connoisseur of deserts, who revolutionised our understanding of the human history of Central Australia, has a [...]

Writing an honours thesis in the field of History? Want to meet honours students from other universities and discuss how to research and write your thesis?   The School of History of the Australian National University invites you to an intensive History Honours Workshop in Canberra on the weekend of 24-26 May 2013 (it will [...]

Mike Smith National Museum of Australia, Canberra Cambridge World Archaeology, ISBN-13: 9780521407458. This is the first book-length study of the archaeology of Australia’s deserts, one of the world’s major habitats and the largest block of drylands in the southern hemisphere. Over the last few decades, a wealth of new environmental and archaeological data about this fascinating [...]

Position title Head of Research Section Curatorial and Research Classification EL2 Immediate Supervisor Assistant Director of Collections, Content and Exhibitions Status Ongoing Fulltime Location Acton, Canberra Application close date 5pm 24 March 2013 Position contact Dr Mathew Trinca, Assistant Director of Collections, Content and Exhibitions. 02 6208 5362 If you are deaf, hearing or speech [...]

The 2013 Mike Smith prize winners: (left to right) Sonya Duus, Alessandro Antonello and Christina Dyson. Photo: George Serras. Previously known as the Student Prize for Australian Environmental History and the History of Australian Science. The National Museum of Australia, in partnership with the Australian Academy of Science, awards the Mike Smith prize to a postgraduate [...]