Biography

Tracy Ireland joined the University of Canberra in 2009  She has previously practiced as an archaeologist and heritage professional with over twenty years experience covering a broad range of heritage research and conservation management planning.  Tracy’s PhD from the University of Sydney, entitled An Artefact of Nation: Historical Archaeology, Heritage and Nationalism in Australia, won the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Heritage Prize in 2002.  Tracy is the editor of Australasian Historical Archaeology (http://www.asha.org.au/journal/), the major journal for historical archaeological research in the Australia-Pacific region.

Tracy’s most recent book, co-edited with Jane Lydon, Object Lessons: Archaeology and Heritage in Australia, was published in 2005. A feature of Tracy’s professional practice has been her work on social heritage values, Indigenous historic sites and the development of GIS methodologies for heritage research and management planning.  She has prepared Conservation Management Plans for many state and nationally significant places, such as the Australian War Memorial, Lake Burley Griffin, the Old Great North Road and the Defence lands of Jervis Bay. 

Tracy’s research interests include all aspects of historical archaeology and heritage management, the cultural politics of the past, contact sites, heritage interpretation and landscape archaeology.  She is currently working on an edited collection on heritage and ethics to be published by Springer, a project report on the historical archaeology of a region of the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus (http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/research/projects/taesp/) and is developing a new project on the conservation of in situ historical archaeological remains.

Selected Publications

Ireland, T, 2010, ‘From Mission to Maynggu Ganai: The Wellington Valley Convict Station and Mission Site’, International Journal of Historical Archaeology.DOI 10.1007/s10761-009-0098-6

Ireland, T and Casey, M 2006, ‘Judy Birmingham in conversation’, Australasian Historical Archaeology, Vol 24, Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology, Sydney, pp 7–16.

Lydon, J and Ireland, T (eds) 2005, Object Lessons: Archaeology and Heritage in Australia, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne.

Ireland, T 2005, ‘The Quest for the True Endeavour: Archaeology, Authenticity and the National Sacred’, in Lydon J, Ireland T (eds) Object Lessons: Archaeology and Society in Australia, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne.

Ireland, T 2004, ‘The Burra Charter and Historical Archaeology: the legacy of Port Arthur’, Historic Environment, Vol 18 (1), pp 25–29.

Ireland, T 2003, ‘The Absence of Ghosts: landscape and identity in the archaeology of Australia’s settler culture’, Historical Archaeology, Vol 37, No. 1, pp 56–72.

Ireland, T 2003, ‘Tea and petites madeleines at the Museum of Sydney, experiencing the past in the urban environment’, in Murray, T (ed), Exploring the Modern City: recent approaches to urban history and archaeology, Historic Houses Trust of NSW and La Trobe University, Melbourne.

Ireland, T 2002, ‘Giving Value to the Australian Historic Past: Archaeology, Heritage and Nationalism’, Australasian Historical Archaeology, Vol 20, pp 15–25.

Byrne D, Brayshaw H, and Ireland T 2001, Social Significance: a discussion paper, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville.

2001, with Michael Given, Bernard Knapp et al, Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project: First Preliminary Report, Department of Antiquities Cyprus.

Ireland, T 2000, ‘The Archaeology of Nation in Australia’, World Archaeological Bulletin, 11, pp 67–93.

Ireland, T (ed) 1999, Heritage Guidelines, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW.

Ireland, T 1996, ‘Excavating National Identity’, SITES Nailing the debate: archaeology and interpretation in museums, Museum of Sydney, Historic Houses Trust of NSW, Sydney, pp 85–106.

Ireland, T and Urwin, N 1993, ‘Satellite Imagery and Landscape Archaeology: An Interim Report of the Environmental Component of the Vinhais Landscape Archaeological Project’, Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol 5/6, 1992/1993, Sydney, pp 121–131.

Ireland, T and Urwin, N 1991 Environmental Description of the Historic Landscape of the Concelho of Vinhais, in A. Cremin (ed), Beyond the Mountains; History and Landscape in North Portugal, University of Sydney.

Ireland, T 1989, Archaeological Zoning Plans for Urban Areas, in Urban Digs - Historical Archaeological Guidelines, Department of Planning, Sydney, pp. 85-39.


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