May Nango, Dr Florin and Djaykuk Djandjomerr collecting plants in Kakadu. Credit: Elspeth Hayes, with permission of the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation.
Ancient food debris tells the story of 65,000 years
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Australia’s oldest known plant foods, eaten by early communities 65,000 years ago, have been discovered by researchers working at a remote rockshelter in…

Western cavity, Pudjinuk Rockshelter. Credit: Amy Roberts, Flinders University
Graffiti records the stories of conflict
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Archaeologists from Flinders University have analysed 188 engravings in a remote South Australian rockshelter, which depict symbols of conflict and stand as…

One of the iconic boab trees with a carving in the Kimberley, WA. Credit: Jane Balme
Recording the stories carved in ancient boab trees
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Research leaders from four Australian universities, supported through one of the first ARC Special Research Initiative for Australian Society, History and…

Darryl Kickett (centre) with Narrogin-based Research Assistant and Dryandra Wilman Elder Travis Abraham (left) and Wilman Elder Clive Abraham (right). Credit: Curtin University
Healing land and people with biodiversity research
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A Discovery Indigenous research project led by Mr Darryl Kickett from Curtin University's School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry is advancing…

Mud wasp nest samples and their development sequence. Credit: Damien Finch
Dating Gwion Gwion rock art figures in the Kimberley
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A team of ARC-supported archaeologists has been able to accurately date a significant number of the Kimberley’s most remarkable ancient rock art to more…

Westward facing aerial view of Cape Bruguieres Channel at high tide. Credit: J. Leach
First underwater indigenous sites found on Australian seabed
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An international team of archaeologists from Flinders University, The University of Western Australia, James Cook University, Airborne Research Australia…

Professor Sharon Parker. Credit: Centre for Transformative Work Design.
The changing workforce under COVID-19
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Professor Sharon Parker is an ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow at Curtin University, who has established the Centre for Transformative…

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Economic modelling of COVID-19 scenarios
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Early in the pandemic, in March 2020, researchers Professor Warwick McKibbin and Roshen Fernando in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing…

The novel gown.
Rolling out a paper-based medical gown
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As mass shortages, poorly manufactured and misused personal protective equipment (PPE) continues to plague many countries in their fight against COVID-19,…

ARC Australian Laureate Fellow, Professor Edward Holmes FRS FAA. Credit: The University of Sydney.
ARC-supported researchers at the forefront of the race to understand COVID
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ARC Australian Laureate Fellow, Professor Edward Holmes at The University of Sydney, is an expert in the evolution and emergence of infectious viruses…

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Effects of COVID-19 on globalisation and migration
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Theoretical modelling by a group of pandemic researchers has shown that populations typically disperse following major global crises, including contagions…

Associate Process Qilin Wang. Credit Kev Anastacio.
Harvesting human waste for green energy
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Associate Professor Qilin Wang is an ARC Future Fellow and winner of the 2020 Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Care