Jo McDonald
@jojomcd.bsky.social
Rock Art Professor CRAR+M UWA, Perth, Australia. Archaeologist. Mother, partner, daughter, sister, aunty, nana JoJo …
Inspiration on a sand dune😎
September 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Inspiration on a sand dune😎
That’s one word! Must have been the early rain!
June 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
That’s one word! Must have been the early rain!
Fabulous to have Martu and Ngada Ngarli, industry partners, researchers and collaborators together in Perth this week for our annual Desert to the Sea ARC LP research forum. Great to talk about what we have achieved already, working together. Exciting times planned for this year on country!
February 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Fabulous to have Martu and Ngada Ngarli, industry partners, researchers and collaborators together in Perth this week for our annual Desert to the Sea ARC LP research forum. Great to talk about what we have achieved already, working together. Exciting times planned for this year on country!
Lovely breakfast task today
January 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Lovely breakfast task today
Delighted that this paper has arrived just in time for the Festive Season!! A pioneering analysis the Pilbara fat-tailed macropod. Pilbara artists depicted this motif in very similar ways, with posture and gait accounting for most stylistic differences.
December 20, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Delighted that this paper has arrived just in time for the Festive Season!! A pioneering analysis the Pilbara fat-tailed macropod. Pilbara artists depicted this motif in very similar ways, with posture and gait accounting for most stylistic differences.
Graduation night is always more special when there is an amazing crop of new archaeologists- and many of the discipline group are there to celebrate 🎉 🎊
December 14, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Graduation night is always more special when there is an amazing crop of new archaeologists- and many of the discipline group are there to celebrate 🎉 🎊
Great to be part of the UWA contingent who travelled to Gimuy to take part in #AAA47. Fabulous sessions on Shared narratives and proud to have our Dating Project team present work done in collaboration with Murujuga. Happy the Big and small #s made a return to the schedule, with many worthy winners!
December 8, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Great to be part of the UWA contingent who travelled to Gimuy to take part in #AAA47. Fabulous sessions on Shared narratives and proud to have our Dating Project team present work done in collaboration with Murujuga. Happy the Big and small #s made a return to the schedule, with many worthy winners!
After lunch- and now Mick O’Leary talking about sea faring competencies and inter island travel in The Dating Murujuga’s Dreaming session #AAA47
December 6, 2024 at 3:35 AM
After lunch- and now Mick O’Leary talking about sea faring competencies and inter island travel in The Dating Murujuga’s Dreaming session #AAA47
Now Ben Mullins- talking about the MRAMP results and the complexities of natural vs anthropogenic effects on the rock at at Murujuga #AAA47
December 6, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Now Ben Mullins- talking about the MRAMP results and the complexities of natural vs anthropogenic effects on the rock at at Murujuga #AAA47
Now - John Fairweather describing his work with machine learning to explore the distribution of rock varnish at the landscape scale #AAA47
December 6, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Now - John Fairweather describing his work with machine learning to explore the distribution of rock varnish at the landscape scale #AAA47
Ishara Pathirage now is presenting on her geology PhD research in Rosemary Island gabbros
December 6, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Ishara Pathirage now is presenting on her geology PhD research in Rosemary Island gabbros
…Showing the relative ages of the rocks
December 6, 2024 at 12:58 AM
…Showing the relative ages of the rocks
The Dating Murujuga’s Dreaming session starts with Luke Gligainic describing how we can date rock through looking at surface exposure
December 6, 2024 at 12:43 AM
The Dating Murujuga’s Dreaming session starts with Luke Gligainic describing how we can date rock through looking at surface exposure
Now Dave Johnson wrapping up the session- embracing the small and big wins and celebrating the gains for Indigenous archaeology over multiple decades
December 5, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Now Dave Johnson wrapping up the session- embracing the small and big wins and celebrating the gains for Indigenous archaeology over multiple decades
And with an important spirit tree knocked down by a car- with the spirit still present 😍
December 5, 2024 at 11:39 PM
And with an important spirit tree knocked down by a car- with the spirit still present 😍
And training with Richard Kelly and with scarred trees on her country - with Sharon Sullivan and Isobel McBryde
December 5, 2024 at 11:37 PM
And training with Richard Kelly and with scarred trees on her country - with Sharon Sullivan and Isobel McBryde
And excavating with Wilfred Shawcross
December 5, 2024 at 11:35 PM
And excavating with Wilfred Shawcross
With an early image from the 90s
December 5, 2024 at 11:33 PM
With an early image from the 90s
Now Aunty/Babani Robyne Brancroft narrates her archaeological journey/ acknowledging Isobel McBryde as well as her matrilineal line
December 5, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Now Aunty/Babani Robyne Brancroft narrates her archaeological journey/ acknowledging Isobel McBryde as well as her matrilineal line
Now Annie Ross- looking back - to look forward- reflections on a long and illustrious career collaborating with Indigenous people #AAA47
December 5, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Now Annie Ross- looking back - to look forward- reflections on a long and illustrious career collaborating with Indigenous people #AAA47