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Professor Lynley Wallis is the Principal Archaeologist with WHC.
She has previously held research and teaching positions at the University of Queensland, Flinders University, James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. In addition, she was also a Senior Heritage Officer with the Heritage Branch of the ACT Government from 2002-2003 and is currently, the heritage advisor for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation as well as working at Griffith University.
She has more than 20 years experience in undertaking both small and large scale archaeological research and cultural heritage management projects in Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Queensland, and also has international experience working in Thailand and Chile. Lynley’s extensive experience in the industry means that clients receive detailed and accurate heritage management advice so they can confidently proceed with planning their projects.
Lynley’s commitment to outstanding research, collaborative projects and community engagement is demonstrated by the community-led projects she undertakes. In 2019 alone, she was the lead CI on collaborative project in north QLD that received over $1 million in funding from the Australian Research Council and managed a community project in a remote Northern Territory community that was short-listed for the Best Collaboration Northern Territory Natural Resource Management Awards.
Lynley 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 currently an editorial board member for the Queensland Archaeological Research journal and an advisory editor of the Nulungu Publications series, having formerly been an editorial board member of the journals Australian Archaeology and Archaeology in Oceania.
Her formal qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy from The Australian National University (2001) and a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours from The University of Western Australia (1994).
Lynley has a number of professional affiliations and registrations with relevant associations including the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA), the Australasian Quaternary Association (AQUA), the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and full membership with the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc. (AACAI). From 2012-2015 she was the Co-Editor of the flagship journal of AAA, Australian Archaeology, and has also served in the past as the National President (2009-2011) and as the State Representative for South Australia (2006–2009). She has served as the Membership Secretary of AACAI (2018-2023), the National Vice-President (2016–2017) and the National President (2014–2015).
Pagels, A., H. Burke, L.A. Wallis and B. Barker 2023 Weapons of the Frontier Wars: Firearms and ammunition of the Native Mounted Police in Queensland. Queensland Archaeological Research 26:17–38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25120/qar.26.2023.4022
Brien, E., L.A. Wallis, H. Burke, Y.L. Perston, L. Bogdanek, T. Rogers, T. Rice, P. Eatts, R. Jansen and V. Levchenko 2023 The distribution, chronology, and significance of late Holocene aged stone-based structures on Pitta Pitta Country, western Queensland. Queensland Archaeological Research 26:1–16.
Huntley, J. and L.A. Wallis 2023 The destruction of Australian Aboriginal heritage and its implications for Indigenous peoples globally. In J.A.G. Zarandona, E. Cunliffe and M. Saldi (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Art and Heritage Destruction, pp.384–394. Oxon: Routledge.
Grguric, N., H. Burke, N. Cole, L.A. Wallis, E. Hatte and B. Barker 2023 The discipline of dress: Uniform buttons and accessories of the Native Mounted Police in Queensland, 1852–1929. Historical Archaeology 57:703–726.
Wallis, L.A., S. O’Sullivan, M. Nango, D. Djandjomerr, J. Huntley, B.L. MacDonald, C. Nadjamerrek and J. O’Brien 2023 Co-designed archaeological research in the Alligator Rivers region, Northern Territory, Australia. Advances in Archaeological Practice 11(3):274–288.
Burke, H., L.A. Wallis, N. Hadnutt, I. Davidson, K. Ellwood, S. Fogarty and L. Sullivan 2023 The difficult, divisive and disruptive heritage of the Queensland Native Mounted Police. Memory Studies.
Langley, M.C., L.A. Wallis, M. Nango, D. Djandjomerr, C. Nadjamerrek, R. Djandjul and R. Gamarrawu 2023 Fishhooks, fishing spears, and weaving: The bone technology of Madjedbebe, northern Australia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 33(2):221–234.
Davidson, I., H. Burke, P. Connelly, S. Porter, H. Sullivan, L. Sullivan, I. Tarragó and L.A. Wallis 2022 Oral tradition, history and archaeohistory of Indigenous Australia. In I. McNiven and B. David (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Australia and New Guinea, pp. C5.S1–C5.N8. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Hayes, E., R. Fullagar, J.H. Field, A.C.F. Coster, C. Matheson, M. Nango, D. Djandjomerr, B. Marwick, L.A. Wallis, M.A. Smith and C. Clarkson 2022 65,000-years of grinding stone use at Madjedbebe, Northern Australia. Scientific Reports 12(1).
Maloney, T.R., L.A. Wallis, I. Davidson, B. Barker, H. Burke, D. Melville and G. Jacks 2022 Stone tool technologies from a stone hut and stone arrangement complex in Pitta Pitta Country, western Queensland. Australian Archaeology 88(2):180–199.
McBride, E., L.A. Wallis, F. Hopf, S.G. Haberle and M. Dardengo 2022 Demonstrating the potential of amberat middens for understanding late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in the Central Pilbara, Western Australia. Quaternary International 634:99-110.
Florin, S.A., A.S. Fairbairn, M. Nango, D. Djandjomerr, Q. Hua, B. Marwick, D. Reutens, R. Fullagar, M.A. Smith, L.A. Wallis and C. Clarkson 2022 65,000 years of changing plant food and landscape use at Madjedbebe, Mirarr country, northern Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews 284.
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke and A.C. Gorman (eds) 2022 Cyborg: How Humans are Becoming Machines. Sherwood: Wallis Heritage Consulting.
Burke, H., L.A. Wallis, I. Davidson, E. Hatte and B. Barker 2021 The shape of absence: Community archaeology and the heritage of the Queensland Native Mounted Police, Australia. Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage 9(2):120–133.
Perston, Y., L.A. Wallis, H. Burke, C. McLennan, E. Hatte and B. Barker 2021 Flaked glass artifacts from nineteenth century Native Mounted Police camps in Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Historical Archaeology 26:789-822.
H. Burke, L.A. Wallis and A.C. Gorman (eds) 2021 Recycle(d): Objects and Their Afterlives. Sherwood: Wallis Heritage Consulting.
Burke, H., R. Kerkhove, L.A. Wallis, C. Keys and B. Barker 2021 Nervous nation: Fear, conflict and narratives of fortified domestic architecture on the Queensland frontier. Aboriginal History 44:21–57.
Wallis, L.A., B. Barker, H. Burke, M. Dardengo, R. Jansen, D. Melville, G. Jacks, A. Pagels, A. Schaefer and I. Davidson 2021 Huts and stone arrangements at Hilary Creek, western Queensland: recent fieldwork at an Australian Aboriginal site complex. Queensland Archaeological Research 24.
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke, B. Barker and N. Cole 2021 Fatal frontier: Temporal and spatial considerations of the Native Mounted Police and colonial violence across Queensland. In I. McNiven and B. David (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Australia and New Guinea. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Wilson, C.J., A. Roberts, M.C. Langley, L.A. Wallis, R. Luebbers, C. Westell, C. Morton and Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal Corporation 2021 Analysis and contextualisation of a Holocene bone point from Murrawong (Glen Lossie), Lower Murray River Gorge, South Australia. Australian Archaeology 86(1):36-48.
Florin, S.A., P. Roberts, B. Marwick, J. Shulmeister, C.E. Lovelock, L. Barry, Q. Hua, M. Nango, D. Djandjomerr, R. Fullagar, M. Smith, L.A. Wallis, A.S. Fairbairn, and C Clarkson 2021 Pandanus nutshell generates a palaeoprecipitation record for human occupation at Madjedbebe, northern Australia. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5(3):295-202.
Hayes, E.H., J.H. Field, A.C.F. Coster, R. Fullagar, C. Matheson, S.A. Florin, M. Nango, D. Djandomerr, L.A. Wallis, M. Smith, and C Clarkson 2021 Holocene grinding stones at Madjedbebe reveal the processing of starchy plant taxa and animal tissue. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 35.
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke and M. Dardengo 2021 A comprehensive online database about the Native Mounted Police and frontier conflict in Queensland. Journal of Genocide Research 24(3):402-418.
Wallis, L.A. 2020 Disrupting paradise: has Australian archaeology lost sight of what’s really important? Australian Archaeology 86(3):284-294.
Wallis, L.A. 2020 Response. Australian Archaeology 86(3).
Huntley, J. and L.A. Wallis 2020 Rock art conservation in an industrial context. News in Conservation 80:20–25.
Gorman, A.C., H. Burke and L.A. Wallis (eds) 2020 Space: An Exploration of Objects. Indooroopilly: Wallis Heritage Consulting.
Wallis, L.A., B. Stephenson and Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation 2020 A nardoo processing grinding stone from a rockshelter in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Australian Archaeology 86(2):112-117.
Lowe, K. and L.A. Wallis 2020 Exploring ground-penetrating radar and sediment magnetic susceptibility analyses in a sandstone rockshelter in northern Australia. Australian Archaeology 86(1):63-74.
Cole, N., L.A. Wallis, H. Burke, B. Barker and Rinyirru Aboriginal Corporation 2020 ‘On the brink of a fever stricken swamp’: Culturally modified trees and land-people relationships at the Boralga Native Mounted Police camp, Cape York Peninsula. Australian Archaeology 86(1):21–36.
Burke, H., B. Barker, L.A. Wallis, S. Craig and M. Combo 2020 Betwixt and between: trauma, survival and the Aboriginal troopers of the Queensland Native Mounted Police. Journal of Genocide Research 22(3):317–333.
Florin, S.A., A.S. Fairbairn, M. Nango, J. Djandjomerr, B. Marwick, R. Fullagar, M. Smith, L.A. Wallis and C. Clarkson 2020 The first Australian ‘bush foods’ at Madjedbebe, 65,000–53,000 years ago. Nature Communications 11(924).
Bryant, L., H. Burke, T. Ireland, L.A. Wallis and C. Wight 2020 Secret and safe: the underlife of concealed objects from the Royal Derwent Hospital, New Norfolk, Tasmania. Journal of Social Archaeology 20(2):166-188.
Barker, B., L.A. Wallis, H. Burke, N. Cole, K. Lowe, U. Artym, A. Pagels, L. Bateman, E. Hatte, C. De Leiuen, I. Davidson and L. Zimmerman 2020 The archaeology of the ‘Secret War’: the material evidence of conflict on the Queensland frontier 1849–1901. Queensland Archaeological Research 23:25–41.
Huntley, J., L.A. Wallis, B. Stephenson, Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation and Annabelle Davis 2020 A multi-technique approach to contextualising painted rock art in the Central Pilbara of Western Australia: integrating in-field and laboratory methods. Quaternary International.
Davidson, I., H. Burke, L. Sullivan, L.A. Wallis, U. Artym and B. Barker 2020 Cultural conflict in text and materiality: the impact of words and lead on the northwest Queensland colonial frontier. World Archaeology.
Lowe, K.M., S. Arthure, L.A. Wallis and J Feinberg 2020 Geophysical and archaeological investigations of Baker’s Flat, a nineteenth century historic
Irish site in South Australia. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 12:33.
Cole, N. and L.A. Wallis 2019 Indigenous rock art tourism in Australia: contexts, trajectories and multifaceted realities. Arts 8(162).
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke, N. Cole and B. Barker 2019 Archaeology and the teaching of frontier conflict in Australia. Teaching History June 2019:6–10.
Marshall, M., L.A. Wallis and K. Golson 2019 Marnda Gardairri: Facilitation of an Indigenous Ranger Rock Art Workshop. Nulungu Insights 3. Broome: Nulunug Research Institute, University of Notre Dame.
Moss, P., S. Ulm, L. Mackenzie, L.A. Wallis, D. Rosendahl and L. Steinberger 2019 Robust local vegetation records from dense archaeological shell matrixes: a palynological analysis of the Thundiy shell deposit, Bentinck Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 11(2):511–520.
Miller, G.H., J.W. Magee, M.L. Fogel, M.J. Wooller, P.P. Hesse, N.A. Spooner, B.J. Johnson and L.A. Wallis 2018 Wolfe Creek Crater: a continuous sediment fill in the Australian arid zone records changes in monsoon strength through the Late Quaternary. Quaternary Science Reviews 199:108–125.
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke, B. Barker, N. Cole, L. Bateman, U. Artym, T. Pagels, E. Hatte and I. Davidson 2018 The Archaeology of the ‘Secret War’ in Colonial Queensland, 1849 to 1904. Signals 124:14–19.
Wallis, L.A. 2018 Chapter 12 Phytolith analysis of sediment samples from Djadjiling (HD07-1A-04), HN-A9 (Jundaru) and HD07-3A-PAD13, Pilbara, Western Australia. In D. Cropper and B. Law (eds), Rockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range, Pilbara Region, Western Australia. British Archaeological Reports International Series, pp359–384. Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing.
Burke, H., B. Barker, N. Cole, L.A. Wallis, E. Hatte, I. Davidson and K. Lowe 2018 The Queensland Native Police and strategies of recruitment on the Queensland frontier 1849–1901. Journal of Australian Studies. DIO: https://doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2018.1474942
Lowe, K.M., N. Cole, H. Burke, L.A. Wallis, B. Barker, E. Hatte and Rinyirru Aboriginal Corporation 2018 The archaeological signature of ‘ant bed’ mound floors in the northern tropics of Australia: case study on the Boralga Native Mounted Police Camp, Cape York Peninsula. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 19:686–700.
Gorman, A.C., L.A. Wallis and H. Burke 2018 Road Tripping: A Journey of Artefacts. Brighton: Wallis Heritage Consulting.
Davidson, I., H. Burke, L.A. Wallis, B. Barker, E. Hatte and N. Cole 2018 Connecting Myall Creek and the Wonomo. In J. Lydon and L. Ryan (eds), Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre, pp.100–111. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing.
Wallis, L.A., N. Cole, H. Burke, B. Barker, K. Lowe, I. Davidson and E. Hatte 2017 Rewriting the history of the Native Mounted Police in Queensland. Nulungu Insights 1. Broome: Nulungu Research Institute.
Disspain, M.C.F, L.A. Wallis, S. Fallon, M. Sumner, C. St George, C. Wilson, D. Wright, S. Ulm and B.M. Gillanders 2017 Direct radiocarbon dating of fish otoliths from mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) and black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri) from Long Point, South Australia. Journal of the Anthropological Society of South Australia 41:3–17.
Gorman, A.C. and L.A. Wallis (eds) 2017 Loveable: The Stories Behind Thriftshop Objects. Brighton: Wallis Heritage Consulting.
Burke, H., L.A. Wallis, B. Barker, M. Tutty, N. Cole, I. Davidson, E. Hatte and K. Lowe 2017 The homestead as fortress: fact or folklore? Aboriginal History 40:151–177.
L.A. Wallis, Davidson, I., H. Burke, S. Mitchell, B. Barker, E. Hatte, N. Cole and K. Lowe 2017 Aboriginal stone huts along the Georgina River, southwest Queensland. Queensland Archaeological Research 20:1–8.
Clarkson, C., Z. Jacobs, B. Marwick, R. Fullagar, L.A. Wallis, M. Smith, R.G. Roberts, E. Hayes, K. Lowe, X. Carah, A. Florin, J. McNeil, D. Cox, L.J. Arnold, Q. Hua, J. Huntley, H.E.A. Brand, T. Manne, A. Fairbairn, J. Shulmeister, L.Lyle, M. Salina, M. Page, K. Connell, G. Park, K. Norman, T. Murphy and C. Pardoe 2017 New evidence for the human colonisation of northern Australia about 65,000 years ago. Nature 547(7663):303–310.
Moss, P., S. Ulm, L. Mackenzie, L.A. Wallis, D. Rosendahl and L. Steinberger 2016 Robust local vegetation records from dense archaeological shell matrixes: a palynological analysis of the Thundiy shell deposit, Bentinck Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. Lowe, K.M., S.M. Mentzer, L.A. Wallis and J. Shulmeister 2016 A multi-proxy study of anthropogenic sedimentation and human occupation of Gledswood Shelter 1: Exploring an interior sandstone rockshelter in northern Australia. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.
Wallis, L.A. and J. Matthews 2016 Built structures in rockshelters of the Pilbara, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 31(1):1-26.
Lowe, K.M., J. Shulmeister, J.M. Feinberg, T. Manne, L.A. Wallis and K. Welsh 2016 Using soil magnetic properties to determine the onset of Pleistocene human settlement at Gledswood Shelter 1, northern Australia. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 31(3):211–228.
Gorman, A.C. and L.A. Wallis 2015 Disposable: The Stories Behind Everyday Objects. Brighton: Wallis Heritage Consulting.
Matthews, J. and L.A. Wallis 2015 Broadcasting, listening and the mysteries of public engagement: An investigation of the AAA online audience. Australian Archaeology 81:1–11.
Moss, P., L. Mackenzie, S. Ulm, C. Sloss, D. Rosendahl, L. Petherick, L. Steinberger, L.A. Wallis, H. Heijnis, F. Petchey and G. Jacobsen 2015 Environmental context for late Holocene human occupation of the south Wellesley Archipelago, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Australia. Quaternary International 385:136–144.
Clarkson, C., M. Smith, B. Marwick, R. Fullagar, L.A. Wallis, P. Faulkner, T. Manne, Z. Jacobs, E. Hayes, X. Carah, K. Lowe, R.G. Roberts, J. Matthews and S.A. Florin 2015 The archaeology, chronology and stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): a site in northern Australia with early occupation. Journal of Human Evolution 83:46–64.
Rosendahl, D., K.M. Lowe, L.A. Wallis and S. Ulm 2014 Integrating geoarchaeology and magnetic susceptibility at three shell mounds: a pilot study from Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Journal of Archaeological Science 49:21–32.
Rosendahl, D., S. Ulm, H. Tomkins, L.A. Wallis and P. Memmott 2014 Late Holocene changes in shellfishing behaviours from the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 9(2):253–267.
Lowe, K.M., L.A Wallis, C. Pardoe, B. Marwick, C. Clarkson, T. Manne, M. Smith and R. Fullagar 2014 Ground-penetrating radar and burial practices in western Arnhem Land, Australia. Archaeology in Oceania 48(3):148–157
Fullagar, R.L.K. and L.A. Wallis 2014 Use-wear and phytoliths on bedrock grinding patches in north-western Australia. The Artefact 35:75–87.
Wallis, L.A. 2014 Review of ‘Consultation and Cultural Heritage: Let us Reason Together’ by Claudia Nissley and Thomas F. King. Australian Archaeology 78:138–140.
L.A. Wallis and S.J. Collins 2013 Just passing through: archaeological investigations of a late Holocene open site in the Mitchell Grass Downs, inland northwest Queensland. Queensland Archaeological Research 16:45–54.
St George, C., L.A. Wallis, B. Keys C. Wilson, S. Fallon, M. Sumner, S. Hemming and the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee 2013 Radiocarbon dates for shell midden sites at Long Point in the Coorong, South Australia. Australian Archaeology 77:141–147.
Wallis, L.A. 2013 A comparative study of phytolith assemblages in modern sediments from the Kimberley, Western Australia. Quaternary Australasia 30(2):6–20.
Wallis, L.A., A. Gorman and H. Burke 2013 The opportunities and challenges of graduate level teaching in cultural heritage management. Australian Archaeology 76.
Pitman, H.T. and L.A. Wallis 2012 The point of spinifex: A review of Aboriginal uses of spinifex grasses in Australia. Ethnobotanical Research and Applications 10:109-131.
Mondal, S., P. Memmott, L.A. Wallis and D. Martin 2012 Physico-thermal properties of Triodia resin bio-polymer. Materials Chemistry and Physics 133(2/3):692-699.
Gamage, H., S. Mondal, L.A. Wallis, P. Memmott, D. Martin, B. Wright and S Schmidt 2012 Indigenous and modern biomaterials derived from Triodia (spinifex) grasslands in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 60(2):114-127.
Litster, M. and L.A. Wallis 2011 Looking for the proverbial needle? The archaeology of Australian colonial frontier massacres. Archaeology in Oceania 46:105-117.
Wade, V., L.A. Wallis and Woolgar Valley Aboriginal Corporation 2011 Aboriginal rock art sites on Middle Park Station, inland northwest Queensland. Australian Archaeology 72:23-34.
Disspain, M., L.A. Wallis and B. Gillanders 2011 Developing baseline data to understand environmental change: a geochemical pilot study of archaeological otoliths from the Coorong, South Australia. Journal of Archaeological Science 38:1842-1857.
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.
Moffat, I., L.A. Wallis, M.W. Hounslow, K. Niland, K. Domett and G. Trevorrow 2010 Geophysical prospection for Late Holocene burials in coastal environments: A pilot study from South Australia. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 25(5):1-21.
Wallis, L.A., B. Keys, I. Moffat and S. Fallon 2009 Gledswood Shelter 1: initial radiocarbon dates from a Pleistocene aged rockshelter site in northwest Queensland. Australian Archaeology 69:71-74.
Alam, A.K.M.M., S. Xie and L.A. Wallis 2009 Reconstructing Holocene palaeoenvironments in Bangladesh: Phytolith analysis of archaeological soils from Somapura Mahavihara site in the Paharpur area, Badalgacchi Upazila, Naogaon District, Bangladesh. Journal of Archaeological Science 36:504-512.
Sim, R. and L.A. Wallis 2008 Northern Australian offshore island use during the Holocene: the archaeology of Vanderlin Island, Sir Edward Pellew Group, Gulf of Carpentaria. Australian Archaeology 67:95-106.
Wallis, L.A., I. Moffat, G. Trevorrow and T. Massey 2008 Locating places for repatriated burial: a case study from Ngarrindjeri ruwe, South Australia. Antiquity 82:750-760
Moffat, I., L.A. Wallis, A. Beale and D. Kynuna 2008 Trialing geophysical techniques in the identification of open Indigenous sites in Australia: a case study from inland northwest Queensland. Australian Archaeology 66:60-63.
Wiltshire, K.D. and L.A. Wallis 2008 A history of Aboriginal heritage protection legislation in South Australia. Journal of Environment Planning and Law 25(2):98-114.
Veth, P., K. Aplin, L. Wallis, T. Manne, T. Pulsford, E. White and A. Chappell 2007 The Archaeology of Montebello Islands, North-West Australia: Late Quaternary foragers on an arid coastline. BAR International Series 1668.
Hemming, S., D. Rigney, L.A. Wallis, T. Trevorrow, M. Rigney and G. Trevorrow 2007 Caring for Ngarrindjeri Country: collaborative research, community development and social justice. Indigenous Law Bulletin 6(27):6-8.
Domett, K.M., L.A. Wallis, D. Kynuna, A. Kynuna and H. Smith 2006 Late Holocene human remains from northwest Queensland, Australia: Archaeology and palaeopathology. Archaeology in Oceania 41:25-36.
Taylor, L., G.K. Ward, G. Henderson, R. Davis and L.A. Wallis (eds) 2005 The Power of Knowledge The Resonance of Tradition. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra.
Hiscock, P. and L.A. Wallis 2005 Pleistocene settlement of deserts from an Australian perspective. In P. Veth, M. Smith and P. Hiscock (eds) Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives. Blackwell Publishers, pp. 34-57.
Wallis, L.A., D. Smith and H. Smith 2004 Recent archaeological surveys on Middle Park Station, northwest Queensland. Australian Archaeology 59:43-50.
Wallis, L.A., H. Smith and D. Smith 2004 Investigations of Aboriginal hearth sites along the Flinders River, inland northwest Queensland. The Artefact 27:59-76.
Wallis, L.A. 2003 An overview of phytolith production patterns in selected northwest Australian flora. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 125:210-48
Wallis, L.A. 2003 Phytoliths and other microfossils in tufa formations as a novel source of palaeoenvironmental data. In D.M. Hart and L.A. Wallis (eds) Proceedings of the State-of-the-Art in Phytolith and Starch Research in the Australian, Pacific and South East Asian Regions. pp.31-42. Pandanus Press: The Australian National University
Wallis, L.A. and D.M. Hart 2003 The history of phytolith researchers in Australia. In D.M. Hart and L.A. Wallis (eds) Proceedings of the State-of-the-Art in Phytolith and Starch Research in the Australian, Pacific and South East Asian Regions. pp.1-17. Pandanus Press: The Australian National University.
Clarkson, C. and L.A. Wallis 2003 The search for El Nino/Southern Oscillation in archaeological sites: recent results from Jugali-Ya rockshelter, Wardaman Country. In D.M. Hart and L.A. Wallis (eds) Proceedings of the State-of-the-Art in Phytolith and Starch Research in the Australian, Pacific and South East Asian Regions. pp.137-52. Pandanus Press: The Australian National University.
Hart, D.M. and L.A. Wallis (eds) 2003 Proceedings of the State-of-the-Art in Phytolith and Starch Research in the Australian, Pacific and South East Asian Regions. Pandanus Press: The Australian National University.
Wallis, L.A. 2002 AMS dates and palaeoenvironmental data from mud wasp and bird nests at Carpenter’s Gap 1, northern Australia. Australian Archaeology 55:35-9.
Wallis, L.A. 2001 Environmental history of northwest Australia based on phytolith analysis at Carpenter’s Gap 1. Quaternary International 83-85:103-17.
Bowdery, D.B., D. Hart, C. Lentfer and L.A. Wallis 2001 A universal phytolith key. In J.D. Meunier and F. Colin (eds) Phytoliths: Applications in Earth Science and Human History. pp. 267-78. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema Publishers.
Veth, P., S. O’Connor and L.A. Wallis 2000 Perspectives on ecological approaches in Australian archaeology. Australian Archaeology 50:54-66.
Wallis, L.A. and S. O’Connor 1998 Residues on points from Widgingarri Shelter 2, western Kimberley. In R. Fullagar (ed.) A Closer Look: Recent Australian Studies of Stone Tools, pp.149-178. Sydney: Archaeological Computing Laboratory, School of Archaeology, University of Sydney. Sydney University Archaeological Methods Series 6.
Wallis, L.A., M. Dardengo and H. Burke 2023 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 3: Archaeological Fieldwork in Biniirr National Park. Unpublished report prepared for Waarnthuurr-iin Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A. and H. Burke 2023 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 3: Archaeological Fieldwork on Normanby Station. Unpublished report prepared for Normanby Land Management.
Wallis, L.A. and M. Dardengo 2023 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 3: Archaeological Surveys on Mt Jack. Unpublished report prepared for Balnggarrawarra Aboriginal Corporation.
Dardengo, M., L.A. Wallis and J. Huntley 2023 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 3: Fieldwork in Melsonby (Gaarraay) National Park and Melsonby Freehold. Unpublished report prepared for Balnggarrawarra/Melsonby Rangers (South Cape York Catchments) and Balnggarrawarra Aboriginal Corporation.
Barker, B., M. Dardengo, T. Pagels and L.A. Wallis 2023 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 3: Fieldwork in Cape Melville National Park. Unpublished report prepared for Cape Melville, Flinders and Howick Islands Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A. and N. Cole 2023 Damage to the Laura River Crossing Engravings Site during Maintenance Works by the Department of Transport and Main Roads, July 2023. Unpublished report prepared for the Cape York Land Council and Laura People.
Wallis, L.A., M. Dardengo and A. Pagels 2023 Cultural Heritage Surveys of Some Disturbed Areas within the Jabiluka Mineral Lease. Unpublished report prepared for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (Commercial-in-Confidence).
Wallis, L.A., M. Dardengo and A. Pagels 2023 Results from the 2023 Cultural Heritage Audit of the Ranger Project Area. Unpublished report prepared for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (Commercial-in-Confidence).
Wallis, L.A. and H Burke 2023 Review of Policy Documents for South32. Unpublished report prepared for South32.
Dardengo, M., L.A. Wallis, C. Morgan and M. Aubert 2022 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 2: Archaeological Fieldwork in Biniirr National Park. Unpublished report prepared for Waarnthuurr-iin Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A. and M. Dardengo 2022 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 2: Report to Industry Partner Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. Unpublished report prepared for Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Dardengo, M., J. Huntley and L.A. Wallis 2022 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 2: Archaeological Fieldwork on Normanby Station. Unpublished report prepared for Normanby Land Management.
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke, J. Huntley, B. Barker and M. Dardengo 2022 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 2: Archaeological Fieldwork with the Laura Rangers. Unpublished report prepared for the Laura Rangers.
Barker, B., M Dardengo and L.A. Wallis 2022 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 2: Fieldwork in Cape Melville National Park. Unpublished report prepared for Cape Melville, Flinders and Howick Islands Aboriginal Corporation.
Dardengo, M., B. Barker and L.A. Wallis 2022 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 2: Fieldwork with Juunjuu Warra Members of the Buubu Gujin Aboriginal Corporation. Unpublished report prepared for Buubu Gujin Aboriginal Corporation (Juunju Warra).
Huntley, J., M. Dardengo and L.A. Wallis 2022 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 2: Dhaarba Members of the Buubu Gujin Aboriginal Corporation. Unpublished report prepared for Buubu Gujin Aboriginal Corporation (Dharraba).
Dardengo, M., L.A. Wallis, J. Huntley, C. Morgan, H. Burke and M. Aubert 2022 The Agayrr Bamangay Milbi Project Year 2: Field work in Ngaynggarr National Park, Melsonby (Gaarraay) National Park and Balnggarrawarra Freehold. Unpublished report prepared for Balnggarrawarra Aboriginal Corporation and South Cape York Catchments Inc (Balnggarrawarra/Melsonby Rangers).
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke and W. Beck 2022 A Desktop Literature Review of Cultural Heritage Associated with Cowie Station, Northwest Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for South32 and Kalkadoon Traditional Owners.
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke and W. Beck 2022 A Desktop Literature Review of Cultural Heritage Associated with Fishers Creek and Cowie Stations, Northwest Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for South32 and Mitakoodi Traditional Owners.
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke and W. Beck 2022 A Desktop Literature Review of Cultural Heritage Associated with Cowie Station, Northwest Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for South32 and Yulluna Traditional Owners.
Wallis, L.A. and Y. Perston 2022 Documentation of Cultural Heritage Sites on Marion Downs Station. Unpublished report prepared for Pitta Pitta Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A. 2022 Cultural Heritage Assessment at South Alligator. Unpublished report prepared for Djigardaba Enterprise Aboriginal Corporation and Parks Australia.
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke, M. Dardengo and B. Barker 2021 Aboriginal Rock Art and Cultural Heritage Management in the Sandstone Country of Southeast Cape York Peninsula: Year 1 Report. Unpublished report prepared for Waarrnthuurr-iin Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke, M. Dardengo and B. Barker 2021 Aboriginal Rock Art and Cultural Heritage Management in the Sandstone Country of Southeast Cape York Peninsula: Year 1 Report. Unpublished report prepared for Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Burke, H., L.A. Wallis, M. Dardengo, B. Barker and J. Huntley 2021 Aboriginal Rock Art and Cultural Heritage Management in the Sandstone Country of Southeast Cape York Peninsula: Year 1 Report. Unpublished report prepared for Normanby Land Management.
Barker, B., L.A. Wallis, M. Dardengo, J. Huntley and H. Burke 2021 Aboriginal Rock Art and Cultural Heritage Management in the Sandstone Country of Southeast Cape York Peninsula: Year 1 Report. Unpublished report prepared for Buubu Gujin Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A., M. Dardengo, B. Barker, H. Burke and J. Huntley 2021 Aboriginal Rock Art and Cultural Heritage Management in the Sandstone Country of Southeast Cape York Peninsula: Year 1 Report. Unpublished report prepared for Balnggarrawarra Aboriginal Corporation and South Cape York Catchments Inc (Balnggarrawarra/Melsonby Rangers).
Wallis, L.A., M. Dardengo, B. Barker and H. Burke 2021 Aboriginal Rock Art and Cultural Heritage Management in the Sandstone Country of Southeast Cape York Peninsula: Year 1 Report. Unpublished report prepared for Cape Melville, Flinders and Howick Islands Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke, M. Dardengo and B. Barker 2021 Aboriginal Rock Art and Cultural Heritage Management in the Sandstone Country of Southeast Cape York Peninsula: Year 1 Report. Unpublished report prepared for the Laura Rangers.
Wallis, L.A. and M. Dardengo 2021b Mudjinberri Pipeline Cultural Heritage Assessment. Unpublished report prepared for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (Commercial-in-Confidence).
Wallis, L.A. and M. Dardengo 2021a Bowali Works Area Cultural Heritage Assessment. Unpublished report prepared for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation and Parks Australia (Commercial-in-Confidence).
Wallis, L.A. 2021 Archaeological Site Recording in Kalpowar Nature Refuge. Unpublished report prepared for Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation.
Wallis, L.A., H. Burke, Y. Perston and E. Brien 2021 Archaeological Surveys and Site Recording on Marion Downs Station, 4–12 June 2021. Unpublished report prepared for the Pitta Pitta Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A. and M. Dardengo 2020 Potential Archaeological Deposits (PADs) Associated with Open Sites across Minerals Australia Tenements (Job Number A984_01). Unpublished report prepared for BHP.
Wallis, L.A. and M. Dardengo 2020 Jabiru Lease Area Cultural Heritage Survey (Job No. 20-1087). Unpublished report prepared for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation and NT Government (Commercial-in-Confidence).
Dardengo, M. and L.A. Wallis 2020 Interim Report: Jabiru Town Survey Clearance Areas 1, 2 and 3 (Job No. 20-1087). Unpublished report prepared for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation and NT Government (Commercial-in-Confidence).
Dardengo, M. and L.A. Wallis 2019d Cultural Heritage Surveys on the Ranger Project Area. Unpublished report prepared for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation and Energy Resources of Australia (Commercial-in-Confidence).
Dardengo, M. and L.A. Wallis 2019c ERA Ranger Audit Summary September 2019. Unpublished report prepared for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation and Energy Resources of Australia (Commercial-in-Confidence).
Dardengo, M. and L.A. Wallis 2019b ERA Ranger Audit Summary August 2019. Unpublished report prepared for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation and Energy Resources of Australia (Commercial-in-Confidence).
Wallis, L.A. and M. Dardengo 2019b Identifying, Documenting and Preserving Cultural Heritage in Tagalaka Country, Queensland: Outcomes from a Workshop and Recording Program, June 2019. Unpublished report prepared for Northern Gulf Region Management Group.
Wallis, L.A. and M. Dardengo 2019a ERA Ranger Audit Summary June 2019. Unpublished report prepared for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation and Energy Resources of Australia (Commercial-in-Confidence).
Wallis, L.A. 2019 Cultural Heritage Site Inspection Report: Madjedbebe. Unpublished report prepared for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (Commercial-in-Confidence).
Disspain, M. and L.A. Wallis 2019 Djenj Project: June 2019 Project Progress Report. Unpublished report prepared for the Kakadu West Arnhem Social Trust.
Huntley, J. and L.A. Wallis 2019 Conservation Management Plan Stage 3 Monitoring Program: Training Workshop Report (Job Number A693_03). Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton.
Wallis, L.A. 2019 Archaeological Significance Assessment of Site PK12-076, in the Vicinity of Pinarra Creek Valley, Pilbara, Western Australia. Unpublished report prepared for the Puutu Kunti Kurama and Pinikura Native Title Claim Group.
Wallis, L.A. 2019 Peer Review of Report entitled ‘Paradise Waters, Near Ipswich, Queensland, Aboriginal Archaeological Assessment’ by Extent. Unpublished report prepared for Norton Rose Fulbright Australia.
Wallis, L.A. and J. Huntley 2019 Detailed Recording of Six Painted Rock Art Sites in the Central Pilbara and Yandi Areas, Western Australia (Job Number A693_03). Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton.
Wallis, L.A. and N. Cole 2018 Biniirr National Park Preliminary Cultural Heritage Reconnaissance Trip, 4–5 December 2018. Unpublished report prepared for Waarnthuurr-iin Aboriginal Corporation and Queensland Parks and Wildlife.
Huntley, J. and L.A. Wallis 2018 Desktop Review of Rock Art Conservation and Management for Banjima Painted Art Sites, Central Pilbara (Job Number A693_03). Unpublished report prepared for BHP.
Wallis, L.A. and J. Matthews 2018 A Study of Built Structures in South Flank s18 Area, Central Pilbara (Job Number A293_05). Unpublished report prepared for BHP Iron Ore.
Wallis, L.A. 2018 An Investigation of Built Structures in Rockshelters. RTIO: 2016_31 West Angelas Deposits C & D Stage 1. Unpublished report prepared for Gavin Jackson Cultural Resource Management, Rio Tinto and Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A. and B. Stephenson 2018 An Investigation of Use-Wear and Residues on Grinding Stones Salvaged from Rockshelters. RTIO: 2016_31 West Angelas Deposits C & D Stage 1. Unpublished report prepared for Gavin Jackson Cultural Resource Management, Rio Tinto and Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation.
Marshall, M., L.A. Wallis and K. Golson 2018 Marnda Gardairri: An Indigenous Rangers Rock Art Management Workshop. Unpublished report prepared for Rio Tinto Iron Ore.
Wallis, L.A., A. Schaefer and J. Huntley 2018a Looking After Painted Rock Art in BHP Tenements: A Workshop with Banjima Native Title Holder Representatives 27–28 April 2018. Unpublished report prepared for BHP Iron Ore and Banjima Native Holders.
Wallis, L.A., J. Huntley and A. Schaefer 2018b Detailed Recording of Six Rock Art Sites in BHP Tenements in Banjima Country. Unpublished report prepared for BHP Iron Ore and Banjima Native Title Holders.
Wallis, L.A. 2018 Peer Review of Report entitled ‘Adani Mine Area 1a Cultural Heritage Survey Draft Rev03′ by ARCHAEO Cultural Heritage Services. Unpublished report prepared for Everick Heritage Consultants Pty Ltd.
Wallis, L.A. and J. Huntley 2018 Preliminary Advice on the Analysis of Pigments, Residues on Grinding Stones, and Built Structures in the West Angelas Deposits C and D Area, Pilbara. Unpublished report prepared for Gavin Jackson Cultural Resource Management (on behalf of Rio Tinto).
Matthews, J. and L.A. Wallis 2018 Preliminary Advice on the Study of Walled and Human Made Structures within South Flank and PW1 s18 Area, Central Pilbara, August 2017 (Job Number A293_05). Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Marshall, M. and L.A. Wallis 2017 Aboriginal Heritage Work Clearance Survey: Kimberley Material Pits Strategy (SLK267) Confidential Report. Unpublished report prepared for Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation and Main Roads WA.
Cole, N. and L.A. Wallis 2017a Report on Workshop on Rock Art/Cultural Heritage Recording with Waarnthuurr-iin Aboriginal Corporation for Biniirr NP (CYPAL), 22 May 2017. Unpublished report prepared for Waarnthuurr-iin Aboriginal Corporation and Queensland Parks and Wildlife.
Cole, N. and L.A. Wallis 2017b Workshop on Rock Art and Cultural Heritage Recording with Buubu-Guijin Aboriginal Corporation for Daarrba NP (CYPAL), Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpa NP (CYPAL), Melsonby (Gaarraay) NP (CYPAL) and Muundhi (Jack River) BP CYPAL), 23 May 2017. Unpublished report prepared for Buubu-Guijin Aboriginal Corporation and Queensland Parks and Wildlife.
Cole, N. and L.A. Wallis 2017c Report on Rock Art/Cultural Heritage Workshop with Balnggarrawarra Aboriginal Corporation for Biniirr NP (CYPAL), 24 May 2017. Unpublished report prepared for Balnggarrawarra Aboriginal Corporation and Queensland Parks and Wildlife.
Cole, N. and L.A. Wallis 2017d Report on Cultural Heritage Recording Workshop with Rinyurru Aboriginal Corporation, Rinyurru National Park, 7 June 2017. Unpublished report prepared for Rinyurru Aboriginal Corporation and Queensland Parks and Wildlife.
Wallis, L.A. and M. Marshall 2017b Fitzroy Crossing Pioneer Cemetery Project: Stage Two Community Report. Unpublished report prepared for the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre, and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs Heritage Section, July 2017.
Wallis, L.A., J. Huntley and B. Stephenson 2017 The Analysis of Ochres and Grindstones in the Baby Hope Project Area, Central Pilbara Job Number 2016_02_Baby Hope Salvage. Unpublished report prepared for Snappy Gum Heritage Services, Rio Tinto Iron Ore and Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation, June 2017.
Wallis, L.A., J. Huntley, A. Watchman and J. Ralph 2017 A Study of Painted Rock Art Sites in the Central Pilbara: Final Report (Job Reference Number A693_01). Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Wallis, L.A. and M. Marshall 2017a Fitzroy Crossing Pioneer Cemetery Project: Stage One Community Report. Unpublished report prepared for the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre, and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs Heritage Section, June 2017.
Wallis, L.A., J. Matthews and R. Hovingh 2017 Preliminary Advice on the Study of Walled and Human Made Structures within South Flank s18 Area, Central Pilbara, March 2017 (Job Reference Number A293_03). Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore, April 2017.
Wallis, L.A. and J. Matthews 2016 An Investigation of Built Structures in Rockshelters of the Pilbara, Western Australia: Parts 1 and 2 (Job Reference Number A293_02). Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore, September 2016.
Wallis, L.A. and J. Huntley 2016 Preliminary Advice on the Analysis of Ochres in the Baby Hope Project Area, Central Pilbara. Unpublished report prepared for Snappy Gum Heritage Services, Rio Tinto Iron Ore and Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A. 2016 Peer Review of ‘Helensvale, Qld: Cultural Heritage Duty of Care Assessment’ by Everick Heritage Consultants. Unpublished report prepared for Jabree Ltd.
Wallis, L.A., J. Huntley, A. Watchman and J. Ralph 2015 Painting the Pilbara: An overview of the painted rock art of the Hamersley Plateau. Unpublished report prepared for the Banjima Native Title Holders in relation to Project A693_01 for BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Wallis, L.A., J. Huntley, A. Watchman and J. Ralph 2015 A Study of Painted Rock Art Sites in the Central Pilbara: Final Report. Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Wallis, L.A. and E. McBride 2015 Preliminary Advice on the Sampling of Stick Nest Rat Middens, Central Pilbara, September 2015. Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Wallis, L.A., J. Huntley and A. Watchman 2015 Preliminary Advice on the Site Inspection and Study of Art Sites, Central Pilbara, July 2015. Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Wallis, L.A., J. Huntley and J. Ralph 2015 Preliminary Advice on the Site Inspection and Study of Art Sites, Central Pilbara, June 2015. Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Wallis, L.A. and J. Matthews 2015 Archaeological Excavations of Two Rockshelters (PIL_5968 and PIL_6001), Packsaddle Range, Pilbara. Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Wallis, L.A. 2015 Findings from the Archaeological Investigation of Two Walled Rockshelters, Packsaddle Range, Pilbara. Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Wallis, L.A. 2014 Preliminary Advice on the Investigation of the PIL_5968 and PIL_6001 Rockshelters in the Packsaddle 4 Deposit, Mining Area C, Pilbara. Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore
Wallis, L.A. 2014 Preliminary Advice on the Investigation of Two Walled Rockshelters in the Packsaddle 4 Deposit, Mining Area C, Pilbara. Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Wallis, L.A. 2014 Wilpinjong Coal Mine Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan. Unpublished management plan prepared for Wilpinjong Coal Pty Ltd.
Wallis, L.A. 2013 Provision of Expert Advice for the Rewan 1 Work Area, Arcadia Valley, Central Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for the Karingbal Endorsed Parties and Santos Ltd.
Lowe, K.M. and L.A. Wallis 2013 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of Possible Aboriginal Burial Sites in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Unpublished report prepared for Nipapanha Community Inc.
Wallis, L.A. 2013 Peer Review of ‘WCP216 Archaeological Excavations: Test and Open Area’ by Kayandel Archaeological Services. Unpublished report prepared for Wilpinjong Coal Pty Ltd.
Wallis, L.A. and J. Matthews 2013 Salvaged Artefacts from Sections A, B, C and D of the North South Haul Road, Mount Margaret Project, Cloncurry. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. and J. Matthews 2013 Salvaged Artefacts from the E1 Tenement, Mount Margaret Project, Cloncurry. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. 2013 Inspection of Drill Pads on the Multi-User Rail Loading Facility Site near Cloncurry, October 2012. Unpublished report prepared for Ernest Henry Mining, on behalf of Joint Venture Parties EHM, CuDeco and MMG (commercial-in-confidence).
Wallis, L.A. 2013 (March) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of Additional Areas along the North South Haul Road, March 2013. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. 2012 (December) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of 12 Drill Pads, the Monakoff Haul Road North Route Option and the Monakoff Pit (Southeast Portion), as well as the North-South Haul Road Cooler and Laydown Area, and the Western Drain Infill Area in E1, November – December 2012. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. 2012 (December) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of the Spillway and Haul Road Easement in the Monakoff Tenement, December 2012. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. 2012 (November) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of Select Areas in the Monakoff Tenement, October 2012. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A., J. Barr and T.S. Lim 2012 (October) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of the North-South Haul Road and Monakoff Fence Line, September 2012 (Revised). Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. 2012 (September) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of Select Areas in the E1 and Monakoff Tenements, Mount Margaret Project Area, September 2012. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. 2012 (August) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of Drill Pads in Monakoff East, 26–27 August 2012. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. 2012 (August) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of the Water Dam and Pit Dewatering Evaporation Pond, E1 Tenement, Mount Margaret Project Area, August 2012. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. 2012c (August) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of the West Diversion Drain Containment Line (Survey Area B), and the East Pit and Northwest Corner (Survey Area A) in the E1 Tenement, Mount Margaret Project Area, 23–25 August 2012. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. 2012b (July) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of Select Areas in the E1 Lease, Mount Margaret Project Area, near Ernest Henry Mine, Cloncurry, North Queensland, 26–30 July 2012. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. 2012 (July) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of Areas in the E1 Lease, near Ernest Henry Mine, Cloncurry, North Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Wallis, L.A. 2012 (June) Provision of Expert Advice for Determination of Cultural Heritage Protection Recommendations. Unpublished confidential report prepared for Mount Margaret Mining Pty Ltd and the Mitakoodi People.
Lowe, K.M. and L.A. Wallis 2012 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Site Assessment of Drill Pads in Petroleum Exploration Tenement ATP974P near Richmond, Northwest Galilee Basin, North Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for Westside Corporation Pty Ltd.
Wallis, L.A. 2011 Review of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Clearance for Northern Seismic Exploration Program, Minyango Project (MLA80173), Central Queensland, September 2011. Unpublished confidential report prepared for Blackwater Coal Pty Ltd.
Wallis, L.A. 2011 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Survey of Transmission Line Easement South of the Flinders Highway between Richmond and Julia Creek, Wanamara People Core Country Claim area, north Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for VisionStream.
Wallis, L.A. 2011 (Oct) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of 26 Drill Pad Locations for the Teresa Project (MLA 70405 and 70442), Central Queensland: Part I. Unpublished report prepared for Linc Energy Pty Ltd.
Wallis, L.A. 2011 (Aug) Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Survey of Drill Pad Locations for the Teresa Project (MLA 70405 and 70442), Central Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for Linc Energy Pty Ltd.
Wallis, L.A. 2011 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Site Clearance Trepell Creek, Cannington Mine Site, North Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for BHP Billiton Minerals Pty Ltd.
Wallis, L.A. 2011 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Survey of Drill Pad Locations on Burleigh, Coalbrook, Grampian Valley and Rainscourt Stations, north Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for Linc Energy Pty Ltd.
Wallis, L.A. 2011 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Survey of Drill Pad Locations near Julia Creek and Richmond, Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for Linc Energy Pty Ltd.
Wallis, L.A. 2011 Final Report on Phytolith Analysis of Sediment Samples from Sites HN-A9 (Jundaru) and HD07 3A PAD13, Pilbara, Western Australia. Unpublished report prepared for Australian Cultural Heritage Management.
Rosendahl, D. and L.A. Wallis 2010 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Survey: NW01 and NW02, Richmond, Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for Westside.
Wallis, L.A. 2010 Preliminary Report on Phytolith Analysis of Sediment Samples from Site HD07 3A PAD 13, Pilbara, Western Australia. Unpublished report prepared for Australian Cultural Heritage Management.
Wallis, L.A. 2010 Preliminary Report on Phytolith Analysis of Sediment Samples from Site HN-A9 (Jundaru), Pilbara, Western Australia. Unpublished report prepared for Australian Cultural Heritage Management.
Wallis, L.A. 2010 Final Report on Phytolith Analysis of Plant and Sediment Samples from Djadjiling Rockshelter (Project Code MIB50), Pilbara, Western Australia. Unpublished report prepared for Australian Cultural Heritage Management.
Wallis, L.A. 2010 Yurbi Ponds Expansion Project, Cannington Mine, Northwest Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for the Mitakoodi Mayi People and BHP Billiton.
Wallis, L.A. 2010 Aboriginal Archaeological Heritage Survey: Calvale to Stanwell Transmission Line and Bauldercombe to Stanwell Transmission Line. Unpublished report prepared for Powerlink.
Wallis, L.A. 2010 Preliminary Report on Phytolith Analysis of Plant and Sediment Samples from Djadjiling Rockshelter (Project Code MIB50), Pilbara, Western Australia. Unpublished report prepared for Australian Cultural Heritage Management.
Wallis, L.A. 2010 Archaeological Expert Opinion – Wyaralong Dam, Southeast Queensland Project. Unpublished report prepared for Queensland Water Infrastructure.
Wallis, L.A. 2010 Archaeological Expert Opinion – Blunder Road Project. Unpublished report prepared for Brisbane City Council.
Wallis, L.A. 2010 Ivanhoe Australia Cloncurry Project Area – Yulluna People: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Technical Advisor’s Report on Fieldwork Conducted 8-10 April 2010. Unpublished report prepared for Ivanhoe Australia.
Wallis, L.A. 2010 Ivanhoe Australia Cloncurry Project Area-Kalkadoon People: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Technical Advisor’s Report on Possible Dolerite Axe Head Quarry. Unpublished report prepared for Ivanhoe Australia.
Wallis, L.A. and M. Disspain 2008 Archaeological Excavations of Midden Sites at Long Point, April 2008. Unpublished report prepared for the Dapung Talkinyeri Aboriginal Corporation, Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee and Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority Inc.
Wallis, L.A. 2008 Archaeological Excavations at Gledswood 1 Shelter, Northwest Queensland. Unpublished final report prepared for the Woolgar Valley Aboriginal Corporation and Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (Grant Number G2007/7270).
Fullagar, R. and L. Wallis 2008 Use-Wear and Residues on Aboriginal Grinding Patches from the Fortescue Metals Group Rail Construction Corridor Project, Pilbara, WA. Confidential report prepared for Fortescue Metals Group Pty Ltd.
Wallis, L.A. 2008 Residue Samples from the Fortescue Metals Group Rail Construction Project – Phytolith analysis results. Unpublished report to Gavin Jackson P/L on behalf of the Fortescue Metals Group.
Wallis, L.A. 2007a Long Point Indigenous Cultural Heritage Survey: Archaeological Results (Stage One, Section 571). Unpublished report to the Dapung Talkinyeri Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A. 2007b Long Point Indigenous Cultural Heritage Survey: Archaeological Results (Stage Two, Section 572). Unpublished report to the Dapung Talkinyeri Aboriginal Corporation and Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee.
Wallis, L.A. 2007c Emergency Salvage Excavation and Reburial of an Old Person at Long Point, Coorong. Unpublished report to the Dapung Talkinyeri Aboriginal Corporation, Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee and Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority.
Wallis, L.A., K. Domett and K. Niland 2007 The Hack’s Point Burial Project; Recording, understanding and protecting an Old People’s Place at the Kurangk, South Australia. Unpublished report prepared for the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee (NHC), Ngarrindjeri Native Title Management Committee (NNTMC) and Ngarrindjeri Tendi (NT).
Wallis, L.A. 2007 Archaeological Investigations on Bora Station, Northwest Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra (Grant Number G2004/6898) and the Woolgar Valley Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A. 2007 Investigations of, and Management Planning for, a Ngarrindjeri Burial Complex at Hack’s Point. Unpublished report prepared for the Ngarrindjeri Lands and Progress Association in relation to the Federal IHP Ngarrindjeri Cultural Heritage Project.
Wallis, L.A., A. Gorman and M. Litster 2006 A Collection of Repatriated Stone Artefacts from the Lake Eyre Region. Unpublished report prepared for George Trevorrow and Reg Dodd.
Wallis, L.A. (ed.) 2006 ARCH3305 Indigenous Archaeology in Australia Field School, Ngarrindjeri Ruwe, 18-29 September 2006: Student Reflective Journals. Unpublished report prepared for the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee (NHC), Ngarrindjeri Native Title Management Committee (NNTMC) and Ngarrindjeri Tendi (NT).
Wallis, L.A. 2006 An Overview of Archaeological Fieldwork in Northwest Queensland, June 2006. Unpublished report prepared for the Woolgar Valley Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A. and S. Hemming 2006 Preliminary Archaeological/Cultural Heritage Field Visit to Sunnyside, River Murray March 2006. Private and confidential unpublished report prepared for the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee (NHC), Ngarrindjeri Native Title Management Committee (NNTMC) and Ngarrindjeri Tendi (NT).
Wallis, L.A. 2006 Archaeological Assessment of Lot 82 (Piggott Property), Tailem Bend, March 2006. Private and confidential unpublished cultural heritage survey report prepared for the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee (NHC), Ngarrindjeri Native Title Management Committee (NNTMC) and Ngarrindjeri Tendi (NT).
Wallis, L.A. and S. Hemming 2006 Assessment of Lot 82 (Piggott Property), Tailem Bend, March 2006. Unpublished cultural heritage survey report prepared for the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee (NHC), Ngarrindjeri Native Title Management Committee (NNTMC), Ngarrindjeri Tendi (NT) and Mr Piggott.
Wallis, L.A., S. Hemming and C. Wilson 2006 The Warnung (Hack’s Point) Old People’s Places Project: A collaborative approach to archaeological survey, research and management planning. Confidential report prepared for the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee (NHC), Ngarrindjeri Native Title Management Committee (NNTMC) and Ngarrindjeri Tendi (NT).
Wallis, L.A. 2005 Possibilities for Dating Burials and Shell Middens at the Coorong. Confidential unpublished report prepared for the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee.
Wallis, L.A. 2004 Interim Report to AIATSIS, October 2004: Archaeological investigations on Bora Station, Northwest Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra.
Wallis, L.A. 2004 Cultural Heritage Survey of MDL365, Pentland, North Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for Xstrata Coal and the Kudjala Jirandali Traditional Owners.
Wallis, L.A. 2004 Cultural heritage survey of the Sandy Creek exploration area, northwest Queensland (including MLA90122 and MLA90123). Unpublished report prepared for Strategic Minerals and the Woolgar Native Title Claimant Group.
Wallis, L.A. 2004 What Do Archaeologists Do? Investigating Aboriginal Cultural Heritage in Northwest Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for the Woolgar Valley Aboriginal Corporation.
Paton, R., L.A. Wallis and W. Shawcross 2003 Aboriginal Site Survey and Training Project 2003. Unpublished manual prepared for an ACT Heritage Grants Program, Canberra.
Wallis, L.A. 2003 Archaeological Investigations in Wanamara Country, Northwest Queensland, Aug-Oct 2002. Unpublished report prepared for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra and Woolgar Valley Aboriginal Corporation.
Wallis, L.A. 2003 Cultural Heritage Issues in MLA90122 and MLA90123, Middle Park Station, Northwest Queensland. Unpublished report prepared for the Central Queensland Land Council and Woolgar Native Title Claimant Group.
Wallis, L.A. 2003 The Impact of Fires on Aboriginal Rockshelter Sites in Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. Unpublished report prepared for Environment ACT.
Wallis, L.A. and A. Carey 2003 The Impact of Fires on Aboriginal Rock Art Sites in Namadgi National Park. Unpublished report prepared for Environment ACT.
Wallis, L.A. 2000 Preliminary Report on a Pilot Study of Phytoliths Recovered from Pleistocene Lake Brachina, Flinders Ranges. Unpublished report prepared for Martin Williams (University of Adelaide).
Wallis, L.A. 2000 Preliminary Examination of Phytoliths Recovered from Wolfe Creek Crater, Northwest Australia. Unpublished report prepared for Gif Miller (University of Colorado) and John Magee (ANU).
Wallis, L.A. 1998 Preliminary Analysis of Phytoliths from the Archaeological Site of Navatu 17A, Viti Levu, Fiji. Unpublished report prepared for Geoff Clark (ANU).
As a consequence of poor preservation and a lack of depositional sites, palaeoecological records are almost entirely nonexistent for the tropical semi-arid region of northwestern Australia. Subsequently, our knowledge relating to late Quaternary environments and the interrelationship between people and the northwest landscape is impoverished. This theses presents the results of investigations of phytoliths in archaeological and other late Quaternary sediments in the Kimberley region as a means of partially rectifying this problem. Three specific research goals were addressed. Firstly, to examine the nature of phytolith production in extant Kimberley flora. Secondly, to examine the nature of phytolith assemblages preserved in non-archaeological sediments. Finally, to apply the derived knowledge to the study of prehistoric plant exploitation and palaeoenvironment at an archaeological site.
In order to examine aspects of variability in phytolith production by modern plants, a comparative reference collection of 338 specimens (representing 54 families) was constructed. This revealed a range of patterns, from a total absence of phytoliths through to the production of massive quantities, across both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants. At the family level these results are largely in line with those from similar studies conducted elsewhere. Sufficient morphological variation has been demonstrated to exist to enable the use of phytoliths as a microfossil system for broad-level vegetation reconstruction in the savannah regions of northern Australia. Whether phytoliths provide a sufficient level of detail to address specific archaeological research questions is an issue that requires further investigation. A number of important economic plants in the Kimberley have been shown to produce distinctive phytoliths, however, in many more phytoliths are absent, or only redundant types are produced.
Following the baseline floristic study the focus of the research then shifted to the analysis of phytoliths recovered from modern sediments associated with a range of different ecological and vegetational settings. The results indicate there is a degree of homogeneity between samples, reflecting the dominance of grasses in most vegetation communities of the Kimberley. However, a more positive outcome is that it is possible to identify a number of distinct vegetation communities and environments on the basis of their associated sedimentary microfossil assemblages. Additionally, the examination of phytoliths from a small number of mud nests and tufa formations demonstrates the potential of such novel sediment sources to serve as chronological and environmental data traps in this region.
The application of phytolith analysis to an archaeological study site completed the study. Carpenter’s Gap 1 is a rockshelter located along the Napier Range in the inland southwest Kimberley, with an occupation sequence spanning ca. 43,000 years. A detailed assessment of the formation processes at the site suggests the phytolith assemblage contained therein comprises primarily of two components, a largely naturally derived grass element and a predominantly culturally derived non-grass element. The phytolith record is interpreted as indicating that significant changes have occurred in both the local vegetation, and people’s behaviours, throughout the period of occupation of the site. The presence of certain grass and palm phytoliths at the base of the site suggests there had been a greater availability of water in the landscape ca. 43,000 BP. By 34,000 BP the local grassland vegetation had apparently shifted to a spinifex dominated community, probably as a result of increasing aridity. Additionally, by the onset of the Last Glacial Maximum palms had disappeared from the sequence, providing further evidence of decreased precipitation in the site vicinity. However, despite the wider climatic and vegetation shifts, the presence of vine thicket type phytoliths throughout the sequence indicates the maintenance of such communities along the range at all times until at least 17,000 BP, although the extent of these patches cannot be gauged. These vine thicket patches would have provided a valuable focus for Aboriginal plant exploitation activities, as would have (semi-) permanent water sources represented by Cyperaceae type phytoliths. The occurrence of substantial quantities of sponge spicules and diatoms in the LGM levels of the site are interpreted as representing a need of people to transport water to the site in response to environmental stress associated with increased glacial aridity. The evidence from the archaeological phytolith analysis was examined within the wider regional context and found to fit reasonably well with the other evidence for vegetational and climatic change in the area.
Overall, the study has demonstrated the suitability of phytolith analysis to questions of palaeoenvironmental interest in the tropical semi-arid areas of northern Australia. The application of the technique to Carpenter’s Gap 1 further demonstrates the potential of the approach in the archaeological discipline, providing researchers with glimpses into aspects of human plant exploitation. However, much remains to be discovered about the usefulness of phytolith analysis for addressing specific research questions in Australian archaeology and broader issues in palaeoenvironmental studies, and this theses serves as a basis for such future studies in the region.
This project set out to examine the question of artefact functions and to determine if they could be related to environment, resources and technology using the site of Widgingarri Shelter 2 in the western Kimberley, Western Australia, as a case study. Residue analysis was selected as the means by which function would attempt to be determined, since it had been successfully applied to other sites in Australia and as David (1993) had advocated it as a suitable technique to discern the function of debitage (i.e. unretouched flakes)
Three specific aims were formulated:
To determine the function of non-formal artefacts;
To determine the function of the points; and,
To examine artefact variability through time in relation to the changing environment, resource availability and technology.
A program of investigation involving high and low powered microscopy, IKI fume testing, staining, hemastix testing and immunoglobin assays was carried out in order to address these aims.
The results from this study indicated that the non-formal artefacts (i.e. mostly debitage) did possess a high suitability for examination by the techniques of residue analysis in order to ascertain function. The residues on these artefacts suggested they were involved in a range of tasks, including woody and starchy plant working. There were no signs of these artefacts having been involved in animal processing activities, despite there being a wide variety of faunal remains preserved at the site.
Interestingly, neither did the stone points in the assemblage retain evidence of animal-related residues, such as blood or collagen. While this provides tentative evidence to suggest points may have functioned as multi-purpose tools in the past in Australia, the issue requires further investigation, involving the study of a larger sample of points from a wider variety of site types and locations.
Despite the changes in environment, available resources and technology through time, there appeared to be little variation in artefact function temporally. This corresponds with the findings of O’Connor (1990) based on debitage analysis, which similarly showed that the artefact assemblage at Widgingarri displayed very little morphological variation through time. It was thought that the introduction of shell as a raw material for adzing might have resulted in a decrease in the number of stone artefacts used for wood working during the Holocene levels of the site, however this proved not to be the case; in fact, there appeared to be an increase in wood working at the site in the Holocene. As the increase in wood working appeared to occur around 7500 BP, approximately 3000 years before points were introduced, it was suggested it was not related to the introduction of point technology. It may, however, be related to the changed position of the site relative to the present sea level stand.
In light of the results obtained, the value of the IKI fume test when applied to artefacts that have been handled at any time during or after recovery is questioned.
Although this study has gone some way towards investigating the relationships between people and changing environments, resources and technology, it has only been on a very small sample and much work remains to be done. It is suggested that determination of plant species targeted through comparisons of starch grains with reference collections, and resin identification through chromatography, may help to further indicate if behaviours changed in response to other variables. The issue of the function of points needs to be further addressed, and this study has demonstrated that residue analysis has the potential to do this.
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