Professor Martin Gibbs
Professor of Australian Archaeology - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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Martin Gibbs (PhD UWA 2006) was appointed as Professor of Australian Archaeology in 2014, having previously taught at University of Western Australia, James Cook University and University of Sydney. His key research areas are in Australasian-Pacific historical and maritime archaeologies. Recent major projects include 'The Archaeology of Shore-Based Whaling in Western Australia ', 'Beyond the New World: Spanish colonisation and Indigenous Contact in the Solomon Islands 1568-1595', and the 'Australian River Heritage Project' (with Dr Brad Duncan), with a variety of other projects on WWII sites, early mining and settlement, as well as maritime industry, infrastructure and social systems. His current major project is 'Landscapes of Production and Punishment', exploring the industrial aspects of the convict system as it operated in the Australian colonies. This includes 'Mapping Convict Landscapes' (with Dr Richard Tuffin) which locates the sites and works of convict Australia on an interactive webmap (https://convictlandscapes.com.au/) as a means of geolocating convict activities and life courses.
