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Jo McDonald @jojomcd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

That’s one word! Must have been the early rain!

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 · 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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Diego Turollo- talking about his PhD research on hydrological catchments around Murujuga #AAA47

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Eva Lowe talking about their Honours research on pollen in the tufa cores around Murujuga’s water holes at #AAA47

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Caroline Mather - the Tufa Queen - now talking about fresh water across the archipelago at Murujuga #AAA47

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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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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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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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Ying-Li Wu now talking about her characterisation of the microbiology of the varnish at Murujuga #AAA47

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Ishara Pathirage now is presenting on her geology PhD research in Rosemary Island gabbros

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…Showing the relative ages of the rocks

Now Katy Evans from Curtin and the MRAMP now talking about geology of Murujuga #AAA47

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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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Now Dave Johnson wrapping up the session- embracing the small and big wins and celebrating the gains for Indigenous archaeology over multiple decades

And with an important spirit tree knocked down by a car- with the spirit still present 😍

And training with Richard Kelly and with scarred trees on her country - with Sharon Sullivan and Isobel McBryde

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And excavating with Wilfred Shawcross

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With an early image from the 90s

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Now Aunty/Babani Robyne Brancroft narrates her archaeological journey/ acknowledging Isobel McBryde as well as her matrilineal line

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Now Annie Ross- looking back - to look forward- reflections on a long and illustrious career collaborating with Indigenous people #AAA47

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