Profile Display Name
Michele Bird
Title
Ms.
First Name
Michele
Last Name
Bird
Membership
Full member
E-mail Address
Phone
07 4728 3081
Mobile
0417 767 099
Address
81 Freshwater Drive
Suburb
DOUGLAS
Post Code
4814
State
QLD
Country/Region
Australia
Company
North Queensland Cultural Heritage P/L
Qualification
* BA (Hons), James Cook University
Availability
Anywhere; anytime
Professional Associations
Full Member, Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc.nMember, Australian Archaeological Association Inc.nFull Member, Australia ICOMOSnMember, World Archaeological CongressnMember, Australasian Society of Historical Archaeology
Consulting Experience
Some 24 years experience working as a cultural heritage consultant in Queensland. More than 15 years based at Northern Archaeology Consultancies Pty Ltd, Townsville. Now Director and Principal Archaeologist of North QLD Cultural Heritage Pty Ltd, Townsville.
Extensive experience in EIS-related cultural heritage assessments, specialising in indigenous archaeology and cultural heritage management in Northern Queensland.
Over 500 cultural heritage assessment reports and/or contracts for Government and corporate clients, private developers, Aboriginal communities/corporations, mining companies, etc.
Extensive experience in undertaking archaeological surveys, site recording and significance assessments (including coastal, tropical, temperate and semi-arid environments).
Experience in compilation of Cultural Heritage Management Plans.
Extensive experience in undertaking consultation with Aboriginal Traditional Owner groups, corporations and land councils.
Research interests in tropical coastal archaeology. Special interest in Late Holocene Aboriginal adaptations to the coast and offshore islands in North Queensland, and the impacts of tropical cyclones on the archaeological record in northern Australia.
Extensive experience in EIS-related cultural heritage assessments, specialising in indigenous archaeology and cultural heritage management in Northern Queensland.
Over 500 cultural heritage assessment reports and/or contracts for Government and corporate clients, private developers, Aboriginal communities/corporations, mining companies, etc.
Extensive experience in undertaking archaeological surveys, site recording and significance assessments (including coastal, tropical, temperate and semi-arid environments).
Experience in compilation of Cultural Heritage Management Plans.
Extensive experience in undertaking consultation with Aboriginal Traditional Owner groups, corporations and land councils.
Research interests in tropical coastal archaeology. Special interest in Late Holocene Aboriginal adaptations to the coast and offshore islands in North Queensland, and the impacts of tropical cyclones on the archaeological record in northern Australia.
Selected Publications
BIRD, M. 1987 'Life's A Beach': A Preliminary Investigation of the Coastal Archaeology of Wunjunga (Upstart Bay), North Queensland. Unpublished BA (Hons) thesis, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville.
BIRD, M. 1992 The impact of tropical cyclones on the archaeological record: An Australian example. Archaeology in Oceania 27:75-86.
BIRD, M. 1995 Coastal morphodynamics and the archaeological record: Further evidence from Upstart Bay, North Queensland. Australian Archaeology 40:57-58.
BIRD, M. in prep. Coastal Archaeology and Late Holocene Aboriginal Adaptations to the Tropical Maritime Environment, Hinchinbrook Island, North Queensland. Unpublished PhD thesis, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville. (currently deferred).
BIRD, M. 1992 The impact of tropical cyclones on the archaeological record: An Australian example. Archaeology in Oceania 27:75-86.
BIRD, M. 1995 Coastal morphodynamics and the archaeological record: Further evidence from Upstart Bay, North Queensland. Australian Archaeology 40:57-58.
BIRD, M. in prep. Coastal Archaeology and Late Holocene Aboriginal Adaptations to the Tropical Maritime Environment, Hinchinbrook Island, North Queensland. Unpublished PhD thesis, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville. (currently deferred).
Expertise
Indigenous Maritime
Indigenous Expertise
Excavation Site Recording Site Survey
Maritime Expertise
Site Recording Site Survey
Special Fields
Cultural heritage management
Liaison with Traditional Owners
Tropical archaeology
Ethnobotany in northern Australia
Coastal Archaeology
Shell midden analysis
Archival research and collation of oral history
Photography
Liaison with Traditional Owners
Tropical archaeology
Ethnobotany in northern Australia
Coastal Archaeology
Shell midden analysis
Archival research and collation of oral history
Photography