Archaeology of the Dreamtime: The story of prehistoric Australia and its people

Josephine Flood was born in Yorkshire and came to Australia in 1963, having completed her BA at Cambridge. She began lecturing in archaeology at the Australian National University soon after her arrival and has since gained her MA and Ph.D. from the university. Dr Flood has participated extensively in Field work in most States and Territories in Australia, her most recent research being on rock art and archaeology in the Northern Territory. She has published widely on Australian prehistory and is the author of three other books: Four Miles High (the story of two women’s mountaineering expeditions to the Himalayas of India and Nepal, 1966), The Moth Hunters (the first account of Aboriginal prehistory in the Australian Alps, 1980) and The Riches of Ancient Australia: A Journey into Prehistory (a guide for exploring prehistoric Australia, 1990 and revised edition in 1993). Dr Flood worked as Director of the Aboriginal Environment Section of the Australian Heritage Commission in Canberra from 1978 to 1991, when she retired to devote herself to full-time research and writing. She has two sons and a daughter, and her major recreational interest is mountaineering.