Coastal Connections: dynamic societies of Australia's Northwest frontier

该项目计划利用考古学来撰写澳大利亚西北部的第一个现代综合：一个拥有重要文化，自然和遗产价值的地区，包括两个国家遗产名录。该项目计划在重要的遗址和藏品中开展工作，这些工作将建立在最近令人兴奋的考古和岩石艺术发现和理论创新的基础上，以分析土著居民、欧洲人和亚洲人在边境殖民社会中的跨文化接触。该项目旨在提供数据和工具，以了解和管理对未来旅游业有价值的具有国家意义的濒危考古资源。

This project plans to use archaeology to write the first modern synthesis of Australia’s north-west: a region hosting significant cultural, natural and heritage values including two National Heritage List estates. The project plans to conduct work at significant sites and collections which will build on recent exciting archaeological and rock art discoveries and theoretical innovations to analyse the cross-cultural encounters between Aboriginal people, Europeans and Asians in frontier colonial society. The project aims to provide data and tools for understanding and managing nationally-significant threatened archaeological resources valuable for future tourist industries.