Project Publications
ACROSS will share publications as they begin to come out. They will all be Open Access, so watch this space…
Late Pleistocene Palaeo Environment Reconstruction from 3D Seismic data, NW Australia. The ACROSS project – Australasian Research: Origins of Seafaring to Sahul. Fogg, A., Dix, J. K., Farr, R. H. 2019, Earth and Space Science Open Archive https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10501584.1
Changing tidal dynamics and the role of the marine environment in the maritime migration to Sahul. Kuijjer, E., Haigh, I., Marsh, R., Farr, R. H. 2020 Palaeoanthropology Special Issue: The impact of Upper Pleistocene climatic and environmental change on hominin occupations and landscape use (In Press)
Retracing our ancestors’ first ocean voyages. Farr, R. H. 2018. Re:Action Magazine Spring 2018, page 9.
News and Educational Resources
There are many educational resources that may be useful for understanding some of the themes, methods and data within the ACROSS project.
Here are some websites and educational resources to explore:
Heritage and Archaeology
CABAH tells the story of Epic Australia
Australian Archaeological Association
Indigenous heritage and museums: Indigenous Australia exhibition at the British Museum is insider activism at its best The Conversation
Indigenous heritage and the power of language we use: Discovery, settlement or invasion? The power of language in Australia’s historical narrative The Conversation
Cave dig shows the earliest Australians enjoyed a coastal lifestyle The Conversation
An incredible journey: the first people to arrive in Australia came in large numbers, and on purpose The Conversation
In a first discovery of its kind, researchers have uncovered an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed The Conversation
How to get to Australia … more than 50,000 years ago The Conversation
Australia’s coastal living is at risk from sea level rise, but it’s happened before The Conversation
Australia’s epic story: a tale of amazing people, amazing creatures and rising seas The Conversation
Update: Explorers successfully voyage to Japan in primitive boat in bid to unlock an ancient mystery Science, June 2019 (with a comment from ACROSS PI)
Indigenous watercraft at the Australian National Maritime Museum
Earth Science and Oceanography
Explore the coast: Geoscience Australia and NOAA
Learn about Acoustic Survey