ARC Centre of Excellence - Indigenous & Environmental Histories & Futures

Vincent Backhaus

Vincent Backhaus

Geraldine Mate

Geraldine Mate

Sean Ulm

Sean Ulm

  • Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories
  • sean.ulm@jcu.edu.au
Understanding long-term Indigenous uses of the Great Barrier Reef: Re-excavating the Freshwater Bay Midden, Lizard Island (Old ID 27472)
Sean Ulm
01 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2023
This project aims to document Aboriginal Late Holocene use of Great Barrier Reef offshore islands th...
Microanalytical Facility Supporting Resources Development and Manufacturing (Old ID 27524)
Sean Ulm
20 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2023
The project aims to establish a state-of-the-art electron probe microanalysis facility enabling accu...
CABAH Cadetship Scheme: Stable Isotope Analysis (Old ID 27818)
Sean Ulm
06 Feb 2023 - 06 Feb 2024
The cadetship will consist of working in the Environmental Radioactivity Measurement Centre at the A...
Constructed Seascapes: Understanding Fishtrap Construction, Use, Condition and Future in the Wellesley Islands Region, Gulf of Carpentaria
Sean Ulm
01 May 2024 - 31 Dec 2027
This project is a partnership between the Wellesley Islands Rangers (WILSSED) and the PhD candidate ...

Do fish remains provide reliable palaeoenvironmental records? An examination of the effects of cooking on the morphology and chemistry of fish otoliths, vertebrae and scales

Humans, water, and the colonization of Australia

Robust local vegetation records from dense archaeological shell matrixes: a palynological analysis of the Thundiy shell deposit, Bentinck Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

Exploring ceremony: the archaeology of a men's meeting house ('kod') on Mabuyag, western Torres Strait

Obligations to objects: tangled histories and changing contexts of the Burnett River Rock Engravings

The natural setting of Caution Bay: climate, landforms, biota, and environmental zones

The Caution Bay Project field and laboratory methods

Complexities in the palaeoenvironmental and archaeological interpretation of isotopic analyses of the Mud Shell Geloina erosa (Lightfoot, 1786)

Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, north-west Australia

Cave dig shows the earliest Australians enjoyed a coastal lifestyle

Title: Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria
Reseracher: Sean Ulm (Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2003
Title: Australasian Quaternary Association
Reseracher: Sean Ulm (Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2002
Title: Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology
Reseracher: Sean Ulm (Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2002
Title: Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Reseracher: Sean Ulm (Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2002
Title: High Performance Computing Innovation Excellence Award
Reseracher: Sean Ulm (Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2021
Title: Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
Reseracher: Sean Ulm (Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Rhys Jones Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Archaeology
Reseracher: Sean Ulm (Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
Title: The Bruce Veitch Award for Excellence in Indigenous Engagement
Reseracher: Sean Ulm (Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2014
Title: Life Membership for Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Archaeological Association Inc.
Reseracher: Sean Ulm (Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2008
Title: Martin Davies Award for Best Public Archaeology Initiative
Reseracher: Sean Ulm (Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2007