[Aqualist] PhD Scholarship in the Fire, Flood and Food Project with Yung Balug and LTU

[Jillian Garvey]

Dear Aqualist,

This committed PhD scholarship will be awarded to undertake research on the archaeology and cultural heritage of Yung Balug Country in northern Victoria.   It will suit a qualified applicant with a background in Archaeology, Aboriginal Studies, or Heritage.

Fire, Flood and Food is a project funded by the ARC to explore how access to fire and the use of water have shaped land use from ancient times to the recent past in Yung Balug Country along the Loddon valley.  The project is a collaboration between a team from Archaeology and Aboriginal Studies at La Trobe and the Yung Balug Clan.  The aim of this PhD project is to investigate aspects of the archaeological record on Yung Balug Country.  The successful candidate will work with the project team to develop a research question on a topic such as the analysis of objects such as grindstones or scarred trees, the charcoal and pollen record, faunal remains and subsistence patterns, or topics on contact archaeology, the excavation of cooking mounds, or heritage management and cultural values.  The candidate will work closely with Yung Balug people and with staff at La Trobe University.  The research will inform cultural fire, traditional food growing and cultural heritage management practices in Victoria.

The PhD candidate will be based in Archaeology at La Trobe University (Melbourne).

Please send expressions of interest, including resume, transcripts, certificates and relevant publications (if any) in one PDF file to j.garvey at latrobe.edu.au<mailto:j.garvey at latrobe.edu.au> by 30 August 2022.  Please indicate the area of research of interest to you.


Regards
Jillian

Dr Jillian Garvey
Tracey Banivanua Mar Senior Research Fellow
Department of Archaeology and History
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country
School of Humanities and Social Sciences | La Trobe University | Bundoora 3086
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I live and work on unceded Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country. I pay my respects to their Elders and community, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations.