Person
Bowdler, Sandra (1946 - )
- Born
- 29 June 1946
- Occupation
- Educator and Archaeologist
Summary
Sandra Bowdler was appointed Professor of Archaeology at the University of Western Australia in 1983. Research areas of interest to Bowdler include the archaeology of Aboriginal Australia, especially Tasmania's Shark Bay and coastal New South Wales, pre-neolithic archaeology of East and Southeast Asia and midden analysis.
Details
Chronology
- 1971
- Education - BA (hons), University of Sydney
- 1971 - 1972
- Career position - Tutor of Prehistory, University of Papua New Guinea
- 1973 - 1976
- Career position - Research Scholar in the Department of Prehistory Research at he School of Pacific Studies at Australian National University (ANU), Australian Capital Territory
- 1977 - 1980
- Career position - Lecturer in Archaeology, University of New England (UNE), New South Wales
- 1978 - 1987
- Career position - Member, Prehistory Committee, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
- 1979
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University
- 1980 - 1981
- Career position - President, Australian Archaeology Association
- 1981
- Career position - Consultant for Aboriginal Sites with the Forestry Commission of New South Wales
- 1982
- Career position - Sydney Archaeological Consultant
- 1982 - 1984
- Career position - Member, Executive Committee for Australasia, ICOMOS
- 1983 -
- Career position - Professor of Archaeology, University of Western Australia
- 1983 - 1992
- Career position - Member, Aboriginal Cultural Materials Committee
- 1984 -
- Career position - Member, Management Group, International Committee of Archaeological Heritage Management
- 1984 - 1989
- Career position - Member, Board of Trustees, Western Australian Museum
- 1988 - 1992
- Career position - Member, National Cultural Heritage Committee
- 2007
- Life event - Retired
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Book Sections
- Bowdler, S., 'The last typologist: Rhys Jones and the problem of the archaeologists' in History of the ages: essays in honour of Rhys Jones, Anderson, A., Lilley, I. and O'Connor, S., eds (Canberra: Pandanus Books and Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, 2001), pp. 35-44. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Sandra Bowdler publications 1971 - 2007', Australian Archaeology, 67 (2008), 117-20. Details
- Balme, Jane and O'Connor, Sue, 'Introduction to special volume: more unconsidered trifles', Australian Archaeology, 67 (2008), 1-2. Details
- Bowdler, S., 'Account of an Archaeological Reconnaissance of Hunter's Isles, North-West Tasmania, 1973/4', Records of the Queen Victoria Museum (Tasmania), 54 (1974), 22. Details
- Bowdler, S., 'Hunters and Farmers in the Hunter Islands', Records of the Queen Victoria Museum (Tasmania), 70 (1980), 17. Details
- Bowdler, Sandra, 'Archaeological Research at Shark Bay', Uniview, 5 (4) (1986), 6-7. Details
- Bowdler, Sandra and Clune, Genevieve, 'That shadowy band: the role of women in the development of Australian archaeology', Australian Archaeology, 50 (2000), 276-35. Details
- Dortch, Joe; Balme, Jane; Bowdler, Sandra; with Randolf, Peter, 'Charlie Dortch: history and archaeology across three continents', Australian Archaeology, 79 (2014), 78-80. Details
Resources
- 'Bowdler, Sandra (1946-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1200688. Details
See also
Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn
Created: 11 February 2003, Last modified: 11 December 2018