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Department of PreHistory
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- Department of Pre-History
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1969 -
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The Department of Prehistory was established on 9 May 1969, in what was then known as Research School of Pacific Studies. Jack Golson was the Foundation Professor. The first graduate of the discipline was Jim Allen, who graduated in the department’s founding year, having started prior to its formation.
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Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (1948 -)
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Golson, Jack (1926-2023)
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Cameron, Dorothy Olive (1917 - 2002)
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Dorothy Cameron donated her collection of artefacts to the ANU Centre for Archaeological Research and the Dorothy Cameron Prize for Pre-History at ANU was established after her death.
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Specht, James Richard (1940 -)
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Hughes, Philip
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Egloff, Brian J. (1940-)
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Christensen, Ole A. (- 1974)
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