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Kelly D. Wiltshire

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Adjunct associate, Flinders University

Kelly is an archaeologist with 15 years experience in the cultural heritage industry, having worked as a community-based archaeologist with members of the Ngarrindjeri Nation in South Australia and as a collection manager at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in Canberra. Kelly has published several academic papers and lectured at the Australian National University, University of Canberra and Flinders University, where she holds adjunct status as a lecturer. More recently Kelly worked as a Repatriation Officer on the development of the National Resting Place for the Ngurra: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Precinct in Canberra. Kelly’s current role at Everick Foundation is focused on assisting several Aboriginal organisations in SE Qld with capacity development, as well as delivering education programs including school incursions, archaeological field schools and teacher professional development sessions on Deep Time History of Australia (Australian Curriculum, Version 9.0).

Kelly’s expertise includes: community-led archaeology; history of archaeology; stone artefacts; ancestral remains; repatriation; storytelling; archaeology education; deep time; archives; archiving; film and video archives; collection management; copyright; ICIP.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Senior Projects Officer, Everick Foundation
  • 2021–2022
    Senior Project/Repatriation Officer, AIATSIS
  • 2022–2022
    Curator (Aquisitions), AIATSIS
  • 2015–2020
    Senior Archive Officer, AIATSIS
  • 2017–2019
    Lecturer, Australian National University
  • 2011–2014
    Heritage Specialist, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority
  • 2007–2012
    Lecturer/Tutor, Flinders University
  • 2007–2011
    Archaeologist/Researcher, Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee

Education

  • 2019 
    Flinders University, Doctorate of Philosophy
  • 2006 
    Flinders University, Bachelor of Archaeology (Honours)

Publications

  • 2022
    Archaeology without excavation: the messy reality of community-based PhD research with and for the Ngarrindjeri Nation, THE COMMUNITY-BASED PHD: COMPLEXITIES, TRIUMPHS, MISTEPS AND JOYS OF COMMUNITY-BASED AND PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH AS GRADUATE STUDENTS
  • 2020
    Following the Franklin: using film footage to ethnographically study archaeological practice in Tasmania, AUSTRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2019
    Indigenous archaeologies: Australian perspective, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGY (2nd edition)
  • 2018
    ‘Necessary Self-Defence?’: Pastoral Control and Ngarrindjeri Resistance at Waltowa Wetland, South Australia, JOURNAL OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
  • 2017
    From Archaeologist to Archivist: Exploring the Research Potential, Content and Management of a Moving Image Archive, ADVANCES IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE
  • 2011
    Changes in Mindset: The Development of a Collaborative Research Methodology, ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW FROM CAMBRIDGE
  • 2008
    Unfinished Business: The Lower Murray Lakes Archaeological Study within an Historical and Political Context, AUSTRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2008
    A history of Aboriginal heritage protection legislation in South Australia, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING LAW JOURNAL

Grants and Contracts

  • 2018
    Restoring Dignity: Networked Knowledge for Repatriation Communities
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council