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Associate Professor Alice Gorman has a B.A. (Hons) from Melbourne University and a PhD from the University of New England. She works for WHC on an as-needs, casual basis as a specialist heritage advisor.
She has more than 27 years experience in undertaking both small and large scale archaeological research and cultural heritage management projects in SA and Qld. These have included linear infrastructure, mining and exploration, space heritage assessments, water storage, urban development, built environment, lithic analysis, recreation, National Parks management, museum collections and exhibitions, and repatriation projects.
Alice has published widely in national and international journals, and has many years experience teaching archaeology and cultural heritage management to Aboriginal community members, undergraduate and postgraduate university students. She is perhaps best known for her pioneering and seminal work into the archaeology of space and space exploration.
Alice has a number of professional affiliations and registrations with relevant associations including the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA), and full membership with the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc. (AACAI).
Walsh, J., A.C. Gorman and P. Castaño 2022 Postorbital discard and chain of custody: The processing of artifacts returning to Earth from the International Space Station. Acta Astronautica 195:513-531.
Walsh, J. and A.C. Gorman 2021 A method for space archaeology research: the International Space Station Archaeological Project. Antiquity 95(383): 1331-1343.
Walsh, J., A.C. Gorman and W. Salmond 2021 Visual displays in space-station culture: An archaeological analysis. Current Anthropology 62(6): 804-818.
Gorman, A.C. 2021 Moonwalking. When other worlds belong to women. The Griffith Review 74: 118-129.
Gorman, A.C. 2021 Space debris, Space Situational Awareness and cultural heritage management in Earth orbit. In M. de Zwart and S. Henderson (eds), Commercial and Military Uses of Outer Space, Issues in Space, pp.133-151. Singapore: Springer.
Gorman, A.C. and Sarah May 2020 Future visions and the heritage of space: nostalgia for infinity. In A. Hogberg and C. Holtorf (eds), Cultural Heritage and the Future, pp.130-143. London and New York: Routledge.
Gorman, A.C. 2020 Geometry and the uncanny in the interior of the International Space Station. In R. Miller and P. Nespoli (eds), Interior Space: A Visual Exploration of the International Space Station, pp 53-57. Bologna: Damiani.
Gorman, A.C. 2020 Space Junk. In P. Tortell (ed.), Earth 2020: An Insider’s Guide to a Rapidly Changing Planet, pp.241-248. Open Book Publishers.
Salmond, W., J. Walsh and A.C. Gorman 2020 Eternity in Low Earth Orbit: icons on the International Space Station. Religions 11(11):611.
Gorman, A.C. 2019 Dr Space Junk vs the Universe: Archaeology and the Future. Sydney: New South Books. US Edition: Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
Smith, C., H.D. Burke, J. Ralph, K. Pollard, A.C. Gorman, C.J. Wilson et al. 2019 Pursuing social justice through collaborative archaeologies in Aboriginal Australia. Archaeologies 15(3):536-569.
Burke, H.D., S.A. Arthure, C. de Leiuen, J. McEgan and A.C. Gorman 2019 In search of the hidden Irish: Historical archaeology, identity and ‘Irishness’ in nineteenth century South Australia. Historical Archaeology 52(4):798-823.
Gorman, A.C. 2019 Ghosts in the machine: space junk and the future of Earth orbit. In L. Young (ed.), Machine Landscapes: Architectures of the Post-Anthropocene. Architectural Design 89(1):107-111.
Gorman, A.C. 2018 Gravity’s playground: dreams of spaceflight and the rocket park in Australian culture. In D. Jordan and R. Bosco (eds), Defining the Fringe of Contemporary Australian Archaeology. Pyramidiots, Paranoia and the Paranormal, pp.92-107. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Munt, S., A.R. Roberts and A.C. Gorman 2018 An investigation of human responses to climatic fluctuations at Allen’s Cave, South Australia, from ca. 40,000 to 5,000 BP, by a technological analysis of stone artefacts. Australian Archaeology 84:67-83.
Gorman, A.C. 2017 Not all space debris is junk – a comprehensive management strategy for culturally significant spacecraft. In International Astronautical Congress 2017. International Astronautical Federation, September 2017, pp 1-10.
Gorman, A.C. 2017 Trace fossils. The silence of Ediacara, the shadow of uranium. In J. Schultz and P. Allington (eds), State of Hope. The Griffith Review 55:257-266.
Gorman, A.C. 2016 Tracking cable ties: contemporary archaeology at a NASA satellite tracking station. In U.K. Frederick and A. Clarke (eds), That was Then, This is Now: Contemporary Archaeology and Material Cultures in Australia, pp.101-117. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Gorman, A.C. 2015 Robot avatars: The material culture of human activity in Earth orbit. In B.L. O’Leary and P.J. Capelotti, (eds), Archaeology and Heritage of the Human Movement into Space, pp.29-47. Heidelberg, Switzerland: Springer.
Wallis, L.A., A.C. Gorman and H.D. Burke 2013 The opportunities and challenges of graduate level teaching in cultural heritage management. Australian Archaeology 76:52-61.
Gorman, A.C. and B. O’Leary 2013 The archaeology of space exploration. In P. Graves-Brown, R. Harrison and A. Piccini (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Contemporary World, pp.409-424. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Gorman, A.C. 2011 The sky is falling: how Skylab became an Australian icon. Journal of Australian Studies 35(4):529-546.
Wallis, L.A. and A.C. Gorman 2010 A time for change? Indigenous heritage values and management practice in the Coorong and Lower Murray Lakes region, South Australia. Australian Aboriginal Studies 2010(1):57-73
Gorman, A.C. 2009 The gravity of archaeology. Archaeologies: The Journal of the World Archaeological Congress 5(2):344-359.
Gorman, A.C. 2008 The primitive body and colonial administration: Henry Ling Roth’s approach to body modification. In I. Davidson and R. McDougall (eds), The Roth Family: Anthropology and Colonial Administration, pp.83-103. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press.
Gorman, A.C. 2007 La terre et l’espace: rockets, prisons, protests and heritage in Australia and French Guiana. Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress 3(2):153-168
Gorman, A.C. 2005a The cultural landscape of interplanetary space. Journal of Social Archaeology 5(1):85-107.
Gorman, A.C. 2019 An interpretation plan for the MOST radiotelescope at Molonglo, NSW. Report to MOST Community Project, Canberra.
Gorman, A.C. 2018 A Heritage Survey of the Fleurs Radiotelescope Field Site, Badgerys Creek, NSW. Report to Jacobs Arcadis Joint Venture.
Gorman, A.C. 2013 Cultural Flows Case Study: the Lower Murray and Lakes, South Australia. Report to National Native Title Council, Melbourne, through ACHM.
White, J., A.C. Gorman and D. Howard 2013 Hahndorf to Verdun distribution power line (SA Power Networks). GTP001 Kaurna Heritage Survey. Unpublished report prepared for SA Power Networks.
Gorman, A.C., D. Howard and L. Sivak 2013 Aboriginal Heritage Survey of the proposed Dutton Road upgrade for the District Council of Mount Barker. Unpublished report prepared for District Council of Mount Barker, SA.
Gorman, A.C. 2012 An archaeological investigation of the Orroral Valley NASA Tracking Station. Report to ACT Heritage
Gorman, A.C. 2008 A survey for Aboriginal archaeological sites: “Narnu Waterways” Residential Canal Development, Hindmarsh Island, South Australia. Unpublished report prepared for the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee.
Gorman, A.C. and J. Birckhead 2007 Aboriginal cultural heritage survey of eight drill sites and access tracks within the Yellabinna Reserve for the Far West Coast Native Title claim group and Minotaur Ventures Pty Ltd. Unpublished report prepared for the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Native Title Unit.
Gorman, A.C. and T. Cuthbertson 2006 Access Inspection Survey with Mirning Native Title Group and Iluka Resources: Tripitaka Prospect, Fowlers and Scott Bays, RAB Water Exploration, South Australia. Unpublished report prepared for the Mirning People Native Title Claim Group.
Gorman, A.C. 2001 PhD The archaeology of body modification. Identifying symbolic behaviour through use-wear and residues on flaked stone tools. Division of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of New England
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