I have an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and an Honours and PhD in Archaeology from the University of Queensland. My research focusses on reconstructing Indigenous pasts in the Australasian region through archaeology and anthropology with an emphasis on Australian Aboriginal Hunter-Gatherer Societies. This research is community based and involves working in partnership with indigenous communities. I have published widely in both national and international journals and currently have research projects in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, on the central Queensland coast and in the western Gulf of Papua in Papua New Guinea.