Dr Shane Burke began lecturing in archaeology and history in 2007. He received his PhD from the University of Western Australia in 2003 on the topic: 1827 to 1860 archaeology of the Swan district. Dr Burke received one of the first University of Western Australia Teaching Internships in 2000, and subsequent positions at Curtin University and the University of Western Australia Centre for Forensic Science have honed teaching skills. His research interests include the archaeology and history of Western Australia’s colonial period (1826 to 1900), particularly sites associated with the State’s first ten years of settlement showing settlers’ adaptive processes by their material remains. He is presently researching the 1830 dated Peel town site near Kwinana. |
