The Two Lakes Project: A Research History of Lakes Mungo and Gregory

The Two Lakes Project addresses knowledge gaps and stumbling blocks in narrating Australia's past. A plethora of scientific, cultural and management research into deep-time landscapes has been compiled, but 'peopled' pasts are still difficult to imagine. The Two Lakes project investigates the history of collaborative research conducted at Lake Mungo in western NSW and Lake Gregory in the SE Kimberley since the 1960s. It deploys history and archaeology to investigate the context in which significant discoveries were made, and it tracks the changing collaborations between researchers, Traditional Custodians and managers. This project ultimately delivers an accessible history that bridges modern and ancient Indigenous histories.