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Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology Editorial Board
Dr Eleanor Casella, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Dr Sarah Colley, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.
Emeritus Professor Graham Connah, Australian National University.
Dr Clayton Fredericksen, Heritage Division, Dept of the Environment & Water Resources, Canberra, ACT.
Dr Susan Lawrence, Senior Lecturer, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Victoria. Professor Tim Murray, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Victoria.
Dr Neville Ritchie, Waikato Conservancy, Dept of Conservation, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Dr Martin Gibbs, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.
General Editor
Dr Mary Casey
Monograph Editors
Dr Martin Gibbs
Dr Peter Davies
Volume Editor
Dr Peter Davies
Cover Illustration
William Duke (1815-1853) ‘The Rounding’. Published by R.V. Hood, Hobart, 1848. Reproduced by permission of the W L Crowther Library, Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office.
*Note – In the absence of any historical images of Western Australian shore whaling, this contemporary Tasmanian drawing presents a scene which would have been almost identical to those seen on the southwest coast.