Michael Westaway

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Quick answer: Michael Westaway is Professor at The University of Queensland. Michael Westaway shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-17.

⭐ Available for supervision

Research interests

I am an Australian Research Council Future Fellow working in the field of bioarchaeology in Australia and New Guinea. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history, Anthropology, Archaeological science, Archaeology, Heritage, archive and museum studies, History, Heritage and Archaeology, Human Society

Selected publications (since 2023)

[2026] Tooth macrowear analysis of Indigenous Australian people from Yuendumu. Fiorenza, Luca, Hernaiz-García, María, Towle, Ian, Oxilia, Gregorio and Westaway, Michael (2026). Tooth macrowear analysis of Indigenous Australian people from Yuendumu. Archives of Oral Biology, 188 106601, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2026.106601 [2026] Aboriginal people harvested this native grass for millennia. Scientists have now found an odd trait in its DNA. Westaway, Michael, Silcock, Jennifer, Chandora, Rahul, Henry, Robert, Blinco, Sammi and Gorringe, Shawnee (2026, 07 17). Aboriginal people harvested this native grass for millennia. Scientists have now found an odd trait in its DNA The Conversation doi: 10.64628/AA.m36ma59ka [2026] Genome analysis of Channel millet reveals a wild dodecaploid shape

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