Rock Art Australia Public Lecture

In this special lecture, Rethinking the First Settlement of Sahul: What Australia’s Deserts Reveal, Laureate Professor Peter Veth will examine what early desert occupation reveals about the first peopling of Sahul. Drawing on new findings from the co-designed Desert People Laureate Project, he will offer fresh insights into the extraordinary adaptability of Australia’s First Peoples and their enduring connection to Country.

The evening begins with a welcome from Rock Art Australia CEO, Fiona Menzies. Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff, Rock Art Australia Minderoo Chair in Archaeological Science at the University of Melbourne, then shares an update on the complementary role of archaeological science in Indigenous Australian archaeology and highlights the growing research initiatives at the University of Melbourne, ahead of Professor Peter Veth’s presentation.

The lecture concludes with a Q&A, facilitated by RAA Director of Research, Dr Helen Green.

Registration required.