Revitalisation of Indigenous Culture & Knowledge Project – review of AV footage 1980s

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the traditional Aboriginal owners of the lands on which our compuses are located, as well as other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations from which our students, staff and community are drawn. Project Description and Context The University archives already has a substantial listing of sources relating to … More Revitalisation of Indigenous Culture & Knowledge Project – review of AV footage 1980s

3D Scanning – Artec Professional handheld scanner

This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. The following is a brief outline of the 3D digitisation process used by staff, students and volunteers at the UON’s GLAMx Digitisation Lab.  The process uses Artec 3D SPIDER Professional Handheld 3D Scanner and software. Several … More 3D Scanning – Artec Professional handheld scanner

Rock Art as a Contextual Archive

The following paper was delivered at the 20th INTERNATIONAL ROCK ART CONGRESS IFRAO 2018 VALCAMONICA Darfo Boario Terme (BS) Italia 29 August – 2 September 2018. “Rock Art as a Contextual Archive: Respecting Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions within a Comprehensive Scientific Approach” This paper approaches Rock Art as a human archive; applying archival theory to archaeological … More Rock Art as a Contextual Archive

Deep Time Project – REFLECTION I

This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. During 2018 several Work Integrated Learning (WIL) students and volunteers have worked on The Deep Time Project, 3D scanning and photographing artefacts, as well as collating information to better understand this significant Aboriginal archive. The following … More Deep Time Project – REFLECTION I

Deep Time Virtual Reality – Transforming Humanities in the digital age

This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. This information has been compiled for HASS1000 lectures during Semester 1, 2018. The Deep Time Project is a digital humanities project and involves many disciplines to help build new knowledge about Aboriginal cultures.  The project is … More Deep Time Virtual Reality – Transforming Humanities in the digital age

GLAMx Lab Placement

This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. Victoria has been on placement in the GLAMx Lab during Semester 2 working on the DeepTime Project with other students, volunteers and UON staff. The project was initiated early in 2017 by the Innovation Team at … More GLAMx Lab Placement

Aboriginal Artefacts Project -Natural History Illustration

This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. Emma Heath is on the Deeptime Team and undertook a UON Natural History Illustration project in the GLAMx Lab to illustrate hundreds of artefacts from the former Palais site in Newcastle West. Emma sketched each artefact … More Aboriginal Artefacts Project -Natural History Illustration

Deep Time Project

  This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land.   12 April, 2019. UON Media Release. “Virtual reality unearths ancient Indigenous artefacts” 24 April, 2019. Gionni di Gravio interviewed by Jenny Marchant, ABC 1233 Newcastle. “Indigenous History of Newcastle” LISTEN HERE The Deep Time … More Deep Time Project