Podcasts and Videos
Find out about the archaeological sites that have made the ABC News here, and for more in-depth reports check ABC Science here.
Archaeology at the Big Dig. Explore Sydney’s past through the archaeological excavation of The Big Dig site in The Rocks. The Big Dig excavations began in 1994, uncovering over a million artefacts and the remnant foundations of over 30 buildings, including early convict homes and businesses. It is one of the largest urban archaeological sites in Australia and provides a rare insight into early urban life in Sydney. The site is open to the public and plays an active educational role for school students. Available here.
The Australian Museum podcasts include several which cover their archaeological collections and the archaeological work of museum researchers.
Bungwahl Swamp Water Fern - an important Aboriginal food resource on the central East Coast of Australia explores Aboriginal use of the Bungwahl fern, including archaeology and land management. The video was produced by Meredith Walker (Sunshine Coast Reconciliation Group), researcher Bill Simmich and Kerry Jones (Kabi Kabi Traditional Owner).
The Burial Files is a nine-part series exploring the history and archaeology of Central Station in Sydney, the location of the former Devonshire Street Cemetery. Listen in here.
CAA Australasia (Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology) has a YouTube channel where you can find talks from their 2020 Digital Archaeology Conference, and more recent events. You can find it here.
Can You Dig It? Once a month, Dr Craig Barker joined Rhianna Patrick on ABC Radio to talk all things archaeological. Find past episodes here.
The Centre for Archaeological Research at the Australian National University has made seminar recordings available here.
Find out about Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia, by Billy Griffiths, on ABC Conversations here and on The Archaeology Show here.
Follow Foreign Countries: Conversations in Archaeology, as Ash Lenton talks with pioneering and influential archaeologists about new and innovative research in archaeology. You can find it here.
Geology, Landscape and European Settlement. Follow Dr Tony Webster’s research into the role that geology and landscape played in the early development of permanent European settlements in Australia. Find out about Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide here; and find out about Hobart here.
Find out about the International Space Station Archaeology Project on the Sapiens podcast here.
The Living Past is the La Trobe University Archaeology Society podcast, and you can find it here.
The Western Australian Museum hosts a series of Maritime Archaeology Podcasts here.
Object Matters is a monthly podcast from the Chau Chak Wing Museum, where Dr Craig Barker and a guest discuss one item in detail from the Museum’s collections. You can find it here.
Plague and the Bronze Age Collapse explores whether plague was a contributing factor in the decline of the Bronze Age and the birth of the Iron Age. An episode in The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages series, presented by Dr Louise Hitchcock.
Historical archaeology features in Series 3 Episode 6 of Restoration Australia, as part of the restoration of Grimes Cottage in Sydney. You can watch it here.
Talks recorded at the Royal Australian Historical Society include: Aboriginal Cooking and Domestic Life in South West Sydney; Maps, Spatial Data and Archaeology; The History of Australia’s Prehistory Part 1 and Part 2; and Conflict Archaeology and Local Communities.
Supplementary Information (SuppInfo) is a podcast from the Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage. You can find it here.
The Sydney Ideas podcasts cover a huge range of archaeological topics: An Ancient and Dynamic History, Archaeology and Heritage in the Tropical Pacific, How Archaeology can help Futureproof against Natural Disasters, The Road to Indigenous Repatriation, The Birth of State in Greater Mesopotamia, Being Collected: Insights into Repatriation, The Find of the Century for Archaeology, and Stolen Lives: Returning Identities to Pompeian Victims of the AD 79 Eruption.
Unearthing our Convict Past is an overview of the excavation of the Picton road station, just outside Kempton in Tasmania. The dig was run by the University of Tasmania as the Convict Archaeology Field School, for students from UTas and across Australia. Watch it here.
The University of New England Archaeology Society has recorded a huge range of talks over the last few years, and made them available to listen here.