by Josephine Flood

The Riches of Ancient Australia: An Indispensable Guide for Exploring Prehistoric Australia

 © by Josephine Flood

• Paperback: 382 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Queensland Pr; 3 edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0702230839
• ISBN-13: 978-0702230837

Dr Josephine Flood, an archaeologist with a unique knowledge of Aboriginal heritage sites, takes readers on a journey into prehistory. Numerous photographs, line drawings and maps complement up-to-date information on Aboriginal sites and the site authorities to contact for advice and access, making this an indispensable guide to exploring the riches of our past, both cultural and natural. This comprehensive publication is divided into clear sections for reference; Western Australia, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and New South Wales.

Josephine Flood:

Dr Josephine Flood was born in Yorkshire, England. She attended Cambridge University where she gained her BA degree. In 1963 she moved to Australia to live, and became a lecturer in archaeology at the Australian National University, where she later gained an MA degree and a PhD. In 1978 Dr Flood was appointed Senior Conservation Officer with the Australian Heritage Commission in Canberra, and in 1984 she became an Assistant Director as head of the Aboriginal Environment Section. In 1991 she was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Dr Flood has travelled extensively. She joined two women's mountaineering expeditions in the Himalayas, and participated in fieldwork in Australia, most recently in an expedition near Katherine in the Northern Territory. She is the author of numerous articles and papers on Australian prehistory, and three books: Four Miles High (1966), The Moth Hunters (1980) and Archaeology of the Dreamtime (1983, new edition 1989).

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