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Jo McDonald

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Rock Art Professor CRAR+M UWA, Perth, Australia. Archaeologist. Mother, partner, daughter, sister, aunty, nana JoJo …

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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Members of the Australian delegation to Paris, led by Ngarda-Ngarli and MAC, describe why the Murujuga Cultural Landscape listing is so important theconversation.com/we-were-part...
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We were part of the world heritage listing of Murujuga. Here’s why all Australians should be proud
Murujuga is Australia’s 21st world heritage property, but only the second property listed exclusively for its Indigenous cultural values.
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Got some weekend reading for you! www.crarm.uwa.edu.au/post/rocks-v...
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Rocks, Varnish, Water and an Impact Crater!
France Champenois, John Fairweather, Ying-Li WuDating Murujuga’s Dreaming’s first fieldwork for 2025 was a two-part extravaganza that took place in early April. Fieldwork started at Murujuga, where th...
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Happy #IWD2025 from the Art Tarts and all our esteemed colleagues
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Fabulous to have Martu and Ngada Ngarli, industry partners, researchers and collaborators together in Perth this week for our annual Desert to the Sea ARC LP research forum. Great to talk about what we have achieved already, working together. Exciting times planned for this year on country!
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Very helpful.. 😂
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Delighted that this paper has arrived just in time for the Festive Season!! A pioneering analysis the Pilbara fat-tailed macropod. Pilbara artists depicted this motif in very similar ways, with posture and gait accounting for most stylistic differences.
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Graduation night is always more special when there is an amazing crop of new archaeologists- and many of the discipline group are there to celebrate 🎉 🎊
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Great to be part of the UWA contingent who travelled to Gimuy to take part in #AAA47. Fabulous sessions on Shared narratives and proud to have our Dating Project team present work done in collaboration with Murujuga. Happy the Big and small #s made a return to the schedule, with many worthy winners!
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Diego Turollo- talking about his PhD research on hydrological catchments around Murujuga #AAA47
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Eva Lowe talking about their Honours research on pollen in the tufa cores around Murujuga’s water holes at #AAA47
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Caroline Mather - the Tufa Queen - now talking about fresh water across the archipelago at Murujuga #AAA47
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
After lunch- and now Mick O’Leary talking about sea faring competencies and inter island travel in The Dating Murujuga’s Dreaming session #AAA47
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Now Ben Mullins- talking about the MRAMP results and the complexities of natural vs anthropogenic effects on the rock at at Murujuga #AAA47
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Now - John Fairweather describing his work with machine learning to explore the distribution of rock varnish at the landscape scale #AAA47
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Ying-Li Wu now talking about her characterisation of the microbiology of the varnish at Murujuga #AAA47
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Ishara Pathirage now is presenting on her geology PhD research in Rosemary Island gabbros
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Now Katy Evans from Curtin and the MRAMP now talking about geology of Murujuga #AAA47
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The Dating Murujuga’s Dreaming session starts with Luke Gligainic describing how we can date rock through looking at surface exposure
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Now Dave Johnson wrapping up the session- embracing the small and big wins and celebrating the gains for Indigenous archaeology over multiple decades
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Now Aunty/Babani Robyne Brancroft narrates her archaeological journey/ acknowledging Isobel McBryde as well as her matrilineal line
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Now Annie Ross- looking back - to look forward- reflections on a long and illustrious career collaborating with Indigenous people #AAA47
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Day 3 Plenary just starting at #AAA47 Chaired by Dave Johnson
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Plenary Speaker John Schofield at #AAACairns with some suggested solutions for the wicked problems related to climate change
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
#AAA47 Day 2 about to kick off- with Steve Brown introducing our Plenary Speaker John Schofield
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The Murujuga Dating Project team- aggregating for lunch- almost all here now!
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
#AAA47 Plenary starting now from the SING Indigenous Genomics panel
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
#AAA47 is about to start— the WA clan is gathering!
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John Hoopes @jwhoopes2.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
The Society for American Archaeology’s open letter to Netflix was published on November 30, 2022. The first draft was written by myself and Flint Dibble at the request of SAA president Dan Sandweiss. It’s worth reading again carefully. You’re welcome. documents.saa.org/container/do...
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
My conference prep procrastination knows no bounds www.nytimes.com/badges/games...
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Play The Mini Crossword
All the fun of the larger New York Times Crossword, but you can solve it in seconds.
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
This wonderful project by the Martuwarra team has been rewarded with a WA Heritage Council Award for Interpretation! Well done all!
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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Amazing research to demonstrate how the first Australians began to modify the environment soon as they moved into new landscapes
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