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Dr ALICE CLAIRE GORMAN FSA FAHA MAACAI 

 +61 (0)428 450 418 

alice.gorman@flinders.edu.au 

QUALIFICATIONS 

2001 PhD Division of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of New England, NSW 

1986 BA (Hons) Combined Honours in Archaeology and Classics, University of Melbourne 

RECENT IMPACT AND ACHIEVEMENTS 

 Elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA), 2023 

 Appointed Vice-Chair, Global Expert Group for Sustainable Lunar Activities (2021-2024) 

 Finalist in the Australian Space Awards: Academic of the Year (2023) 

 Appointed to International Astronautical Federation Space Habitats Technical Committee (2020-2023)

 Co-author, Declaration of the Rights of the Moon (2021) 

 Appointed a mentor in the United Nations Space4Women program (2020-2021) 

 University of New England Distinguished Alumni Award (2020) 

 Awarded Life Membership of the Space Industry Association of Australia (2022) 

 Over 2 million reads at The Conversation (2022)

 Elected President of the Anthropological Society of South Australia (2019-2022) 

 Appointed to the Advisory Council of the Space Industry Association of Australia (2019-2022) 

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/COMMITTEES 

• International Astronautical Federation Space Habitat Technical Committee (member) 

• International Academy of Astronautics Space Debris Committee (member) 

• Space Industry Association of Australia Advisory Council (Life Member) 

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Senior Member, member of the History Committee and Vice-Chair of the Adelaide Section) 

• Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (London) 

• Australian Research Council (Assessor) 

• Australian Archaeological Association (member) 

• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (member) 

• Anthropological Society of South Australia (President; Editorial Board Member Journal of the Anthropological Society of South Australia) 

• Association of Critical Heritage Studies (member) 

• Moon Village Association (Cultural Considerations Committee member) 

• Fellow of the Outer Space Institute (University of British Columbia, Canada) 

• IAU Centre for the Protection of Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellations Interference (member) 

AWARDS 

Literary 

2019 Mark and Evette Moran NIB Literary Award for Non-Fiction People’s Choice (Waverley Council NSW) 

2019 Alex Buzo Shortlist Award (for being shortlisted for the Mark and Evette Moran NIB Literary Award) 

2019 John Mulvaney Book Award (Australian Archaeological Association) 

2017 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 

Shortlists 

2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards (Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction) 

2020 Adelaide Festival Literary Awards (Non-Fiction Award) 

2020 Book Authority Best New Archaeology Books 2020 

2019 Queensland Literary Awards (University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award) 

2015 3 Quarks Daily Science Prize semifinalist 

Academic 

2020 University of New England Distinguished Alumni Award 

2019 Research Communication Award (College of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University) 

2017 Shortlisted for an interactive poster award at the International Astronautical Congress, for Lunar mining and cultural heritage management: what are the issues? 

2010 No 1 Lecturer at Flinders University, UniJobs and CampusDaily Lecturer of the Year Awards. 

1998 AACAI Award for Best Student Presentation, Australian Archaeological Association Annual Conference 

Industry 

2023 Finalist for Academic of the Year, Australian Space Awards 

2022 Finalist for Academic of the Year, Australian Space Awards 

2021 Finalist for Researcher of the Year, Academic of the Year, Female Leader of the Year, Innovator of the Year, Australian Space Awards: 

2020 Finalist for Best Researcher of the year and Best Academic of the Year, Australian Space Awards 

2001 Finalist, Queensland Premier’s Awards for Excellence in Public Sector Management. Award category: Bridges to Reconciliation. For Awoonga Dam Cultural Heritage Project Stage 2 – training Indigenous community in archaeology 

 BOARD DIRECTORSHIPS 

• JustSpace Alliance, 2020 - 2024 

• Space Industry Association of Australia 2017 – 2019 

• 2ARM FM Community Radio Station, Armidale NSW, 1996 - 2000 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (ACADEMIC) 

2020-2024 Associate Professor College of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University 

2015-2019 Senior Lecturer College of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University (Note: 2012-2014 I took leave of absence to return to industry employment) 

 2009 – 2012, 2014-2015 Lecturer Level B Department of Archaeology, Flinders University 

 2008 Lecturer Level B (contract) Department of Archaeology, Flinders University 

 2005 - 2007 Contract Lecturer Department of Archaeology, Flinders University 

 2005 Casual lecturer Centre for Archaeology, The University of Western Australia 


RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

May 2013 – present Specialist Heritage Adviser Wallis Heritage Consulting. Duties include: 

● High-level peer review of heritage and expert witness reports 

● Tender preparation 

● Project management and fieldwork 

● Liaison with clients, Traditional Owners and government agencies 

 December 2013 – June 2014 Adelaide Resource Manager Ecology and Heritage Partners, Vic. Duties included: 

● Liaison with clients, Traditional Owners and government agencies 

● Marketing and business development 

● Staff training and mentoring 

● Tender preparation 

● Report review and editing 

August 2012 – May 2013 Team Leader – Archaeology Australian Cultural Heritage Management, SA Duties included: 

● Supervision of ten staff including mentoring and provision of training 

● Liaising with clients, Traditional Owners and government agencies 

● High-level report editing 

● Conducting performance reviews and job interviews 

● Tender preparation 

2003 Senior Conservation Officer Cultural Heritage Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, Rockhampton, Qld Duties included: 

● Issue of permits 

● Liaison with Indigenous and community groups, developers and other government agencies 

● Review of Cultural Heritage Management Plans and cultural heritage reports 

● Preparation of Ministerial Advice 

● Investigation of legislative breaches 

● Review of legislation change 

 

2000 – 2002 Team Leader, Archaeology Awoonga Alliance, Gladstone, Qld Duties included: 

● Consultation and liaison with Native Title Claimants and general public 

● Supervision of seven staff including Indigenous field technicians 

● Production of Cultural Heritage Management Plan for 300 sites 

● Permit applications and liaison with the Environmental Protection Agency 

● Provision of training to Indigenous field technicians 

● Research and report preparation 

 COMPETITIVE GRANTS 

2019 - 2021Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP190102747 International Space Station Archaeological Project (Value $244, 400.00) Role: Chief Investigator (with Assoc/Prof Justin Walsh, Chapman University, US). 

 2016 Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (ANSTO) Dating stick-nest rat middens in the inland Pilbara region to assist in reconstructing palaeoenvironments of the late Quaternary, especially the Holocene (Value $16 800) Role: Chief Investigator (with Lynley Wallis) 

Flinders Institute for Research in the Humanities (FiRTH) Research theme: Technologies of Memory and Affect (Value $10 000) Role: Chief Investigator (with Julian Meyrick, Tully Barnett, Julia Erhart and Son Vivienne) 

 2011 Knowledge Exchange Grant, South Australia City of Marion (SA) Cultural Heritage Baseline Study (Value $9000) Role: Chief Investigator 

2010 Australian Space Research Program Grant Place and Space: Perspectives in Earth Observation (Value $950,000) Role: Advisor and expert on Aboriginal consultation. 

2009 ACT Heritage Grant Orroral Valley NASA Tracking Station: The Archaeology of Australia’s Space Heritage (Value: $8189) Role: Chief Investigator 

2006 Flinders Research Grant, Flinders University The Archaeology of World War II in South Australia (Value: $9000) Role: Chief Investigator (with Heather Burke) 

2002 Museums Australia Regional Arts Development Fund Indigenous Collections Management A two-day workshop on museum skills for Gladstone Traditional Owners and local heritage societies, in collaboration with the Gladstone Regional Art Museum and Gallery. (Value: $1400) 

1988 Thyne Reid Memorial Fellowship University of Sydney (Value: $10, 000) 

PUBLICATIONS 

Books 

Gorman, A.C 2019 Dr Space Junk vs the Universe: Archaeology and the Future. Sydney: New South Books. US Edition: Cambridge MA: MIT Press 

Edited books 

Salazar, Juan Francisco and Gorman, A.C (eds) 2023 The Routledge Handbook of the Social Studies of Outer Space. London: Routledge Book 

Chapters

Gorman, A.C. Forthcoming ‘We are as strangers here now’: Interplanetary colonialism and contested landscapes. In Asif Siddiqi (ed) Cosmic Fragments. Dislocation and Discontent in the Global Space Age. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 

Gorman, A.C. Forthcoming. How we let the Moon die, and why it isn’t dead. In James Ellis (ed) The Final Frontier: Mythologies of Outer Space. Calgary: University of Calgary 

Gorman, A.C. 2024 Plastics in Outer Space. In Genevieve Godin, þóra Pétursdóttir, Estelle Praet and John Schofield (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Plastics, pp 506-520. London: Routledge DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003272311

Gorman, A.C. 2023 Space and time through material culture: an account of space archaeology. In Juan Francisco Salazar and Alice Gorman (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Social Studies of Outer Space, pp 44-56. London: Routledge 

Gorman, A.C. 2023 A post-geocentric gravitography of human culture. In Juan Francisco Salazar and Alice Gorman (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Social Studies of Outer Space, pp 480-492. London: Routledge 

Gorman, A.C. 2023 Contact zones and outer space environments. a feminist archaeological analysis of space habitats. In James Schwartz, Linda Billings and Erika Nesvold (eds) Reclaiming Space. Progressive and Multicultural Visions of Space Exploration, pp 215 - 231. Oxford: Oxford University Press 

Gorman, A.C. 2023 Cultural landscapes in outer space. In Cari Goetcheus and Steve Brown (eds) Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Practice, pp 308-312. London: Routledge 

Gorman, A.C. and Justin Walsh 2023 Archaeology in a vacuum: obstacles to and solutions for developing a real space archaeology. In Hans Barnard and Ran Boytner (eds) Archaeology Outside the Box: Investigations at the Edge of the Discipline. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press 

Gorman, A.C. 2021 Moonwalking. When other worlds belong to women. The Griffith Review 74: 118-129 

Gorman, A.C. 2021 Space debris, Space Situational Awareness and cultural heritage management in Earth orbit. In M. de Zwart and S. Henderson (eds) Commercial and Military Uses of Outer Space, Issues in Space, pp 133-151. Singapore: Springer 

Gorman, A.C. and Sarah May 2020 Future visions and the heritage of space: nostalgia for infinity. In Anders Hogberg and Cornelius Holtorf (eds) Cultural Heritage and the Future, pp 130 -143. London and New York: Routledge 

Gorman, A.C. 2020 Geometry and the uncanny in the interior of the International Space Station. In Roland Miller and Paolo Nespoli (eds) Interior Space: A Visual Exploration of the International Space Station, pp 53-57. Bologna: Damiani 

Gorman, A.C. 2020 Space Junk. In Philippe Tortell (ed) Earth 2020: An insider’s guide to a rapidly changing planet, pp 241-248. Open Book Publishers 

Gorman, A.C. 2019 Ghosts in the machine: space junk and the future of Earth orbit. In Liam Young (ed) Machine landscapes: architectures of the post-Anthropocene. Architectural Design 89(1):107-111 

Gorman, A.C. 2018 Gravity's playground: dreams of spaceflight and the rocket park in Australian culture. In Darran Jordan and Rocco Bosco (eds) Defining the Fringe of Contemporary Australian Archaeology. Pyramidiots, Paranoia and the Paranormal, pp. 92-107. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 Trace fossils. The silence of Ediacara, the shadow of uranium. In Julianne Schultz and Patrick Allington (eds) State of Hope. The Griffith Review 55: 257-266. 

Gorman, A.C. 2016 Tracking cable ties: contemporary archaeology at a NASA satellite tracking station. In Ursula K. Frederick and Anne Clarke (eds) That Was Then, This Is Now: Contemporary Archaeology and Material Cultures in Australia, pp 101-117. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press. 

Gorman, A.C. 2015 Robot avatars: The material culture of human activity in Earth orbit. In B.L. O'Leary and P.J. Capelotti (eds) Archaeology and Heritage of the Human Movement into Space, pp. 29–47. Heidelberg: Springer. 

Gorman, A.C. and B.L. O’Leary 2013 The archaeology of space exploration. In P. Graves-Brown, R. Harrison and A. Piccini (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Contemporary World, pp.409–424. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Gorman, A.C. 2013 Space archaeology. In C. Smith (ed) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, pp.6943–6948. SpringerReference. 

Gorman, A.C. 2012 Space archaeology. In N. Silberman (ed) The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, pp.197–200. New York: Oxford University Press. 

 Burke, H.D., A.C. Gorman, K. Mayes and D. Renshaw 2011 The Heritage Uncertainty Principle: Excavating air raid shelters from the Second World War. In K. Okamura and A. Matsuda (eds), New Perspectives in Global Public Archaeology, pp.139–154. New York: Springer. 

Gorman, A.C. 2009 The archaeology of space exploration. In D. Bell and M. Parker (eds), Space Travel and Culture: From Apollo to Space Tourism, pp.129–142. Wiley-Blackwell. 

Gorman, A.C. 2009 The cultural landscape of space. In A. Darrin and B.L. O’Leary (eds), The Handbook of Space Engineering, Archaeology and Heritage. Boca Raton: CRC Press, pp.331–342. 

Gorman, A.C. 2009 Heritage of Earth orbit: Orbital debris – its mitigation and heritage. In A. Darrin and B.L. O’Leary (eds) The Handbook of Space Engineering, Archaeology and Heritage. Boca Raton: CRC Press, pp 377–393. 

Gorman, A.C. 2009 Beyond the Space Race: The significance of space sites in a new global context. In A. Piccini and C. Holtorf (eds), Contemporary Archaeologies: Excavating Now. Bern: Peter Lang, pp.161–180. 

 Gorman, A.C. 2008 The primitive body and colonial administration: Henry Ling Roth’s approach to body modification. In R. McDougall and I. Davidson (eds), The Roth Family, Anthropology and Colonial Administration. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press, pp.83–103 

Gorman, A.C. and B.L. O’Leary 2007 An ideological vacuum: The Cold War in space. In J. Schofield and W. Cocroft (eds) A Fearsome Heritage: Diverse Legacies of the Cold War. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press, pp 73–92 Finalist, Best Scholarly Publication, British Archaeological Awards 

Refereed Journal Articles 

Walsh, Justin St. P., Rao Hamza Ali, Alice C. Gorman and Amir Kanan Kashefi 2023 First approximation of population distributions on the International Space Station. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.A35686 

Walsh, Justin, A.C. Gorman and Paola Castaño 2022 Postorbital discard and chain of custody: The processing of artifacts returning to Earth from the International Space Station. Acta Astronautica 195:513-531 

Hamza, Rao Ali, Amir Kanan Kashefi, Justin Walsh, Alice Gorman and Erik Linstead 2022 Automated identification of astronauts on board the International Space Station: A case study in space archaeology. Acta Astronautica 200: 262-269 

Walsh, Justin St. P. and A.C. Gorman 2021 A method for space archaeology research: the International Space Station Archaeological Project. Antiquity 95(383): 1331-1343. 

Walsh, Justin, A.C. Gorman and Wendy Salmond 2021 Visual displays in space-station culture: An archaeological analysis. Current Anthropology 62(6): 804-818 

Salmond, Wendy, Justin Walsh and AC Gorman 2020 Eternity in Low Earth Orbit: icons on the International Space Station. Religions 11(11):611 

Smith, C., H.D. Burke, J. Ralph, K. Pollard, A.C. Gorman, C.J. Wilson et al. 2019 Pursuing social justice through collaborative archaeologies in Aboriginal Australia. Archaeologies 15(3):536-569 

Burke, H.D., S.A. Arthure, C. de Leiuen, J. McEgan and A.C. Gorman 2019 In search of the hidden Irish: Historical archaeology, identity and ‘Irishness’ in nineteenth century South Australia. Historical Archaeology 52(4):798-823 

Munt, S., A.R. Roberts and A.C. Gorman 2018 An investigation of human responses to climatic fluctuations at Allen’s Cave, South Australia, from ca. 40,000 to 5,000 BP, by a technological analysis of stone artefacts. Australian Archaeology 84:67-83 

Gorman, A.C. 2016 Culture on the Moon: bodies in time and space. Archaeologies 12(1):110-128 

 Gorman, A.C. 2014 The Anthropocene in the Solar System. Journal of Contemporary Archaeology 1(1):73–132. 

Wallis, L.A., A.C. Gorman and H.D. Burke 2013 The opportunities and challenges of graduate level teaching in cultural heritage management. Australian Archaeology 76:52–61. 

Gorman, A.C. 2011 The sky is falling: How Skylab became an Australian icon. Journal of Australian Studies 35(4):529–546. 

Wallis, L.A. and A.C. Gorman 2010 A time for change? Indigenous heritage values and management practice in the Coorong and Lower Murray Lakes region, South Australia. Australian Aboriginal Studies 2010(1):57–73. 

 Gorman, A.C. 2009 The gravity of archaeology. Archaeologies 5(2):344–359. 

Gorman, A.C. 2007 La terre et l’espace: Rockets, prisons, protests and heritage in Australia and French Guiana. Archaeologies 3(2):153–168. 

Gorman, A.C. 2005 The cultural landscape of interplanetary space. Journal of Social Archaeology 5(1):85–107. 

Refereed Conference Proceedings 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 Not all space debris is junk - a comprehensive management strategy for culturally significant spacecraft. In International Astronautical Congress 2017. International Astronautical Federation, September 2017, pp 1-10. 

Horner, J., B. Nicholson, A. Cairns, W. Short and A.C. Gorman 2017 The gender balance of the Australian space research community: A snapshot from the 16th ASRC, 2016. In Wayne Short (ed) Proceedings of the 16th Australian Space Research Conference, RMIT 

Horner, Jonathan, A.C. Gorman, Ann Cairns, and Wayne Short 2016 The gender balance of the Australian Space Research Community: A snapshot from the 15th ASRC, 2015. In Graziella Caprarelli (ed) Proceedings of the 15th Australian Space Research Conference, Canberra 

Gorman, A.C. 2005 The archaeology of orbital space. In Antonnette Joseph (ed), Proceedings of the Australian Space Science Conference 2005, pp 338–357. Melbourne: RMIT University. 

Gorman, A.C. 1997 The archaeology of body modification, or, decorating Rita. In I. Soliman (ed.), Rita Asks: Does the Body Count? pp 12–25. Armidale: Women’s and Gender Studies and the Academic Women’s Association, University of New England. 

Gorman, A.C. 1995 Gender, labour and resources: The female knappers of the Andaman Islands. In W. Beck and J. Balme (eds), Gendered Archaeology, pp.87–91. Canberra: Division of Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University. 

Gorman, A.C. 1994 Freud, Hobbes and Engels: Theories of prehistoric inequality. In L. Smith and H. du Cros (eds), Women in Archaeology: A Feminist Critique, pp.46–50. Canberra: Division of Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University.

 Edited student books 

Lynley A. Wallis, Heather Burke and A.C. Gorman 2022 Cyborg: how humans are becoming machines. Brisbane: Wallis Heritage Consulting 

Burke, Heather, Lynley A. Wallis and A.C. Gorman 2021 Recycle(d): objects and their afterlives. Brisbane: Wallis Heritage Consulting

Burke, Heather, Lynley A. Wallis and A.C. Gorman 2021 War and peace: a material culture study. Brisbane: Wallis Heritage Consulting 

Gorman, AC, Heather Burke and Lynley Wallis (eds) 2020 Space: an exploration of objects. Brisbane: Wallis Heritage Consulting 

Gorman, A.C, Lynley Wallis and Heather Burke (eds) 2017 Road tripping: a journey of artefacts. Adelaide: Wallis Heritage Consulting 

Gorman, A.C, and Lynley Wallis (eds) 2016 Loveable: the story behind objects from thrift shops. Adelaide: Wallis Heritage Consulting 

Gorman, A.C, and Lynley Wallis (eds) 2015 Disposable: the story of everyday objects. Adelaide: Wallis Heritage Consulting 

Archaeological data sets

Justin Walsh, Alice Gorman, and Wendy Salmond 2021 International Space Station from Off World. In Archaeology of the International Space Station. Justin Walsh, Alice Gorman, Wendy Salmond (Ed). Released: 2021-01-27. Open Context. ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2000cr6x 

 Gorey, Kathleen and A.C. Gorman 2016 Turners Paddock. Australian Research Data Commons https://researchdata.edu.au/turner8217s-paddock/653920 

Other selected publications 

Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activity (GEGSLA) Recommended Framework and Key Elements for Peaceful, and Sustainable Lunar Activities. (Co-author and Chair of the Drafting Group) https://moonvillageassociation.org/gegsla/documents/gegsla-recommended-framework/ 

Gorman, A.C. 2023 The sustainable management of lunar natural and cultural heritage: suggested principles and guidelines. Reference document for the GEGSLA Recommended Framework. https://moonvillageassociation.org/gegsla/documents/gegsla-reference-documents/ 

Gorman, A.C. 2023 S is for Space Junk. In Michael Picard, Albert Brenchat, Timothy Carroll, Jane Gilbert and Nicola Miller (eds) Wastiary: A Bestiary of Waste. Think Pieces 4. Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London 

Gorman, A.C. 2022 The book that changed me: journeying to the self with Anaïs Nin’s sensual, transgressive diaries. The Conversation, April 26. https://theconversation.com/the-book-that-changed-me-journeying-to-the-self-with-ana-s-nins-sensual-transgressive-diaries-176135 

 Gorman, A.C. 2022 Space cowboys. The Big Issue #667 Space Travel, pp 16-17 

Gorman, A.C. 2022 Here now the sun: a poem for Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. In Midge Goldberg (ed) Outer Space. 100 Poems, pp 137-142. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 

Gorman, A.C., Gooch, T., Maloney, M. Dovey, C. and M. Margil 2021 The Declaration of the Rights of the Moon. 

Gorman, A.C. 2021 Space Junk. In Dyani Lewis (ed) Best Australian Science Writing 2021, pp 260-277. Sydney: New South Publishing 

Gorman, A.C. 2020 Space heritage: artefacts and archaeology. Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 94-96 

Keats, Jonathon and A.C. Gorman 2019 The Cosmic Welcome Mat: an experiment in public and alien engagement. Astrosociological Insights 7(1):22-27 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 Guest commentary: Australian Space Act. The Précis, XVI: 31-33 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 Comet Quest. How the Rosetta mission created a new archaeological site in space. Anthropology News 58(1):63-70 

Gorman, A.C. 2016 Pluto and the human gaze. In Jo Chandler (ed) The Best Australian Science Writing 2016. Sydney: New South Press 

Gorman, A.C. 2015 Australian Aboriginal place names in the solar system. Astrosociological Insights 4(2):14-15 

Gorman, A.C. 2015 Job description. In Bianca Nogrady (ed) The Best Australian Science Writing 2015. Sydney: New South Publishing Gorman, A.C. 2014 Valley of the Cable Ties. In Scott Huler (ed) OpenLab 2013. The Best of Science Writing on the Web. Science Online 

Gorman, A.C. 2014 Beyond the morning star. In Ashley Hay (ed) The Best Australian Science Writing 2014. Sydney: New South Press, pp 267–271 

Gorman, A.C. 2010 Saving sites of significance. SA Mines and Energy Journal 10:34–35. 

Gorman, A.C. 2008 Dead in Space. New Scientist 2675, 24 September. 

Gorman, A.C. 2007 Saving Woomera. Australasian Science, June pp.38–40. 

Gorman, A.C. 2005 Space cowboys: The Wild West and the myth of the American hero. The New England Review, February, pp.10–12. 

Gorman, A.C. 2004 Lithic artefact illustration. In H. Burke and C. Smith, The Archaeologist’s Field Handbook, pp 300-301, Sydney: Allen and Unwin 

Gorman, A.C. 2004 Collecting radiocarbon samples in the field. In H. Burke and C. Smith (eds) The Archaeologist’s Field Handbook, pp 154-155. Sydney: Allen and Unwin 

Gorman, A.C. 2003 The impact of feral and other animals on cultural heritage sites. Newsletter, Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists 92:15-17 

Gorman, A.C. 1997 Obsidian razors from Mexico and New Guinea. International Bulletin for Obsidian Studies 19:5-6 

Gorman, A.C. and J. Mitchell 1995 On the cutting edge. Lithics 15:32-41 

Blogs 

2004 – present: Space Age Archaeology http://zoharesque.blogspot.com/ Archived at the National Library of Australia as a significant scientific publication 

Selected Consulting Reports 

Gorman, A.C. 2019 An interpretation plan for the MOST radiotelescope at Molonglo, NSW. Report to MOST Community Project, Canberra 

Gorman, A.C 2018 A Heritage Survey of the Fleurs Radiotelescope Field Site, Badgerys Creek, NSW. Report to Jacobs Arcadis Joint Venture 

Gorman, A.C. 2013 Cultural Flows Case Study: the Lower Murray and Lakes, South Australia. Report to National Native Title Council, Melbourne, through ACHM. 

Gorman, A.C. 2012 An archaeological investigation of the Orroral Valley NASA Tracking Station. Report to ACT Heritage 

White, J., A.C. Gorman and D. Howard 2013 Hahndorf to Verdun Distribution Power Line (SA Power Networks). GTP001 Kaurna Heritage Survey. Report to SA Power Networks through ACHM. 

Gorman, A.C., D. Howard and L. Sivak 2013 Aboriginal Heritage Survey of the Proposed Dutton Road Upgrade for the District Council of Mount Barker. Report to District Council of Mount Barker, through ACHM. 

Gorman, A.C. 2008 A Survey for Aboriginal Archaeological Sites: ‘Narnu Waterways’ Residential Canal Development, Hindmarsh Island, South Australia. Report to the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee. 

Gorman, A.C. and J. Birckhead 2007 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Survey of Eight Drill Sites and Access Tracks within the Yellabinna Reserve for the Far West Coast Native Title Claim Group and Minotaur Ventures Pty Ltd. Report to the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Native Title Unit, through ACHM. 

Gorman, A.C. and T. Cuthbertson 2006 Access Inspection Survey with Mirning Native Title Group and Iluka Resources: Tripitaka Prospect, Fowlers and Scott Bays, RAB Water Exploration, South Australia. Report to Mirning People Native Title Claim Group, through ACHM. 

Gorman, A.C. 2006 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Survey of Proposed Drill Sites on ELs 3428, 3432, 3470 and 3494, Kokatha. Report to Kokatha Mula Nation Land Council, through ACHM. 

Czerwinski, P. and A.C. Gorman 2005 Fred’s Landing and Beresford Ground Water Interception Scheme Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Survey. Report to Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division, SA Department of Premier and Cabinet. 

Gorman, A.C. and the Traditional Owners of the Gooreng Gooreng, Bailai and Gurang 2002 Cultural Heritage of the Boyne Valley. Awoonga Dam Raising and Infrastructure Project, Calliope Shire, Central Queensland Survey, Excavation, Analysis and Management. Report to Awoonga Alliance and the Gladstone Area Water Board. 

Gorman, A.C. 1998a Aboriginal and European Heritage in the Severn Shire: An Overview. Report to Wakefield Planning. 

Gorman, A.C. 1998b An Archaeological Survey at the NRTV Broadcast Site, Parrot’s Nest, near Lismore, NSW. Report to Hassell. 

Gorman, A.C. 1998c Scarred Trees and Satellites: Management of Aboriginal Heritage at the Site of a Proposed Satellite Tracking Station, Telemetry and Commanding Ground Station, Big Ridge Road, Uralla, NSW. Report to Wakefield Planning. 

Gorman, A.C. 1997 An Archaeological Survey for Aboriginal Sites for a Proposed Subdivision at ‘Summerend Lodge’, Castledoyle Road, Armidale, NSW. Report to T.J. Stewart. 

Gorman, A.C. 1996 Nambucca District Water Supply: An Archaeological Investigation of Aboriginal and European Heritage at Bowraville, NSW. Report to the Department of Public Works, NSW. 

Winston-Gregson, J.H. and A.C. Gorman 1993 Mount Lambie to Wilsons Creek. Archaeological Survey. Report to the Roads and Traffic Authority, Bowenfels District, NSW. 

Gorman, A.C. 1991 Charbon Colliery Open Cut Coal Mine: An Archaeological Survey for Aboriginal Sites. Report to Sinclair Knight and Partners. 

Gorman, A.C. and E. Rich 1991a Springvale Colliery Coal Conveyor Belt: An Archaeological Survey for Aboriginal Sites. Report to Sinclair Knight and Partners. 

Gorman, A.C. and E. Rich 1991b Proposed Transmission Line and Water Treatment Works at Woronora Dam: An Archaeological Survey for Aboriginal Sites. Report to Sinclair Knight and Partners. 

Technical Reports 

Wallis, L.A., A.C. Gorman and M. Litster 2006 A Collection of Repatriated Stone Artefacts from the Lake Eyre Region. Report to George Trevorrow and Reg Dodd, Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee. 

Gorman, A.C. 1998 Use-Wear and Residue Analysis of Artefacts from the Bayswater Colliery, Hunter Valley, NSW. Report to Katrina McDonald, Research Fellow, UNE. 

Gorman, A.C. 1994 Flaked Pebble and Core Tools from Angel Beach, North Ballina. Report to E. Rich, Archaeological Consultant. 

Gorman, A.C. 1994 Aboriginal Artefacts from RH/46, The Rouse Hill Post Office. Report to Casey and Lowe Associates 

Gorman, A.C. 1993 Industrial Glass from PK/CD 4-6. Report to Brayshaw McDonald for Rouse Hill Infrastructure Project Stage 1. 

Gorman, A.C. 1992 The Doctor's Creek Open Sites: Analysis of Retouch and Use-Wear. Report to Haglund and Associates. 

Baker, N. and A.C. Gorman 1992 Narama Salvage Project: Lower Bayswater Creek, Hunter Valley, NSW - Volume 4 - Technological Studies. Report to Envirosciences and Narama Joint Venture. 

Gorman, A.C. 1992 First Government House Aboriginal Artefacts: A Preliminary Assessment. Report to A. Bickford and Associates.

Gorman, A.C. 1992 Stone Collections from the Observer Hotel. Report to Casey and Lowe Associates. 

Science Communication 

Gorman, A.C. 2023 Was going to space a good idea? The Conversation, December 5. https://theconversation.com/was-going-to-space-a-good-idea-218235 

Margil, Mari, Alice Gorman and Michelle Maloney 2023 Imposing lunar time zones, a giant leap toward colonizing the Moon. Centre for Environmental and Democratic Rights, USA. https://www.centerforenvironmentalrights.org/news/imposing-lunar-time-zones-a-giant-leap-toward-colonizing-the-moon 

Gorman, A.C. 2022 Will NASA rename the James Webb Space Telescope? A space expert explains the Lavender Scare controversy. The Conversation, July 19. https://theconversation.com/will-nasa-rename-the-james-webb-space-telescope-a-space-expert-explains-the-lavender-scare-controversy-187076 

Gorman, A.C. 2022 After 45 years, the 5-billion-year legacy of the Voyager 2 interstellar probe is just beginning. The Conversation, August 19. https://theconversation.com/after-45-years-the-5-billion-year-legacy-of-the-voyager-2-interstellar-probe-is-just-beginning-188077 

Gorman, A.C. 2022 Looking back from beyond the Moon: how views from space have changed the way we see Earth. The Conversation, December 9, https://theconversation.com/looking-back-from-beyond-the-moon-how-views-from-space-have-changed-the-way-we-see-earth-195650 

Gorman, A.C. 2022 An ecofeminist approach to the sustainable use of the Moon. SpaceWatch Global. https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/spacewatchgl-opinion-an-ecofeminist-approach-to-the-sustainable-used-of-the-moon/ 

Gorman, A.C. 2022 Space junk: what is being done? 360Info, 4 February. https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/space-junk-what-is-being-done/ (commissioned) 

Gorman, A.C. 2022 A rogue rocket is on course to crash into the Moon. It won’t be the first. The Conversation, January 28. https://theconversation.com/a-rogue-rocket-is-on-course-to-crash-into-the-moon-it-wont-be-the-first-175834 

Gorman, A.C. and J. St. P. Walsh 2021 Outer space –the final frontier for the art market? Apollo Magazine, 21 October https://www.apollo-magazine.com/outer-space-the-final-frontier-for-the-art-market/  

Walsh, J. St.P. and A.C. Gorman 2021 Private space stations are coming. Will they be better than their predecessors? December 6, https://theconversation.com/private-space-stations-are-coming-will-they-be-better-than-their-predecessors-170871 

Gorman, A.C. 2021 Dreaming in Space. Commissioned essay in the series How do we understand the Cosmos as our home? Centre for Humans and Nature, 26 April, https://www.humansandnature.org/dreaming-in-space 

Gorman, A.C. and Thomas Gooch 2021 Managing the Moon. A model for engaging with planetary environments. Room. The Space Journal of Asgardia, March pp 106-110 

Gorman, A.C. 2021 The growing problem of space junk. CNN op-ed, May 9 https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/08/opinions/long-march-5b-space-junk-growing-problem-gorman/index.html 

Gorman, A.C. 2020 Who is responsible for heritage in outer space? 23 November, Apollo: The International Art Magazine. https://www.apollo-magazine.com/artemis-accords-heritage-outer-space/. Print: December issue as Saving Space, pp 29-31 

Gorman, A.C. 2020 Hayabusa2 comes home: remarkable space probe could open another window into how life originated. The Guardian, December 5 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/05/hayabusa2-comes-home-remarkable-space-probe-could-open-another-window-into-how-life-originated 

Gorman, A.C. 2020 Plague on Spaceship Earth. STRP Festival, April https://strp.nl/program/alice-gorman 

Gorman, A.C. 2019 Cosmic Sweep. The Wheeler Centre https://www.wheelercentre.com/notes/cosmic-sweep 

Gorman, A.C. 2019 We need to protect the heritage of the Apollo missions. https://theconversation.com/we-need-to-protect-the-heritage-of-the-apollo-missions-117007 

Gorman, A.C. 2019 Friday essay: shadows on the Moon - a tale of ephemeral beauty, humans and hubris https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-shadows-on-the-moon-a-tale-of-ephemeral-beauty-humans-and-hubris-114077 

Gorman, A.C. 2019 Cold war cocktails and space cows. New South Publishing http://www.newsouthpublishing.com/articles/cold-war-cocktails-and-space-cows/ 

Gorman, A.C. 2019 At home in the Antarctic. Griffith Review Great Reads. The best of the web from Griffith Review writers and staff. 28 June https://mailchi.mp/griffith/great-reads-28-June 

Gorman, A.C. 2018 A space archaeologist’s vision of the future. Australia’s Science Channel, RiAus, https://australiascience.tv/a-space-archaeologists-vision-for-the-future/ 

Gorman, A.C. 2018 Curious Kids: why does the world store nuclear waste and not just shoot it into the Sun or deep space? https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-why-does-the-world-store-nuclear-waste-and-not-just-shoot-it-into-the-sun-or-deep-space-108675 

Gorman, A.C. 2018 Australian archaeologists dropped the term ‘Stone Age’ decades ago, and so should you. https://theconversation.com/australian-archaeologists-dropped-the-term-stone-age-decades-ago-and-so-should-you-47275 

Dempster, Andrew and A.C. Gorman 2018 What we’re looking for in Australia’s space agency: views from NSW and SA. March 29 https://theconversation.com/what-were-looking-for-in-australias-space-agency-views-from-nsw-and-sa-92278 

Gorman, A.C. 2018 60 years in orbit for ‘grapefruit satellite’ – the oldest human object in space March 21 https://theconversation.com/60-years-in-orbit-for-grapefruit-satellite-the-oldest-human-object-in-space-93640 

Gorman, A.C. 2018 A sports car and a glitter ball are now in space – what does that say about us as humans? February 7 https://theconversation.com/a-sports-car-and-a-glitter-ball-are-now-in-space-what-does-that-say-about-us-as-humans-9115 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 From the outback to orbit: Why doesn’t Australia celebrate its achievements in space? Australia’s Science Channel (RiAus) https://australiascience.tv/from-the-outback-to-orbit-why-doesnt-australia-celebrate-our-achievements-in-space/ 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 Curious kids: How do satellites get back to Earth? October 4 https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-how-do-satellites-get-back-to-earth-82447 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 Space bling: ‘jewelled’ LAGEOS satellites help us to measure the Earth. May 4 https://theconversation.com/space-bling-jewelled-lageos-satellites-help-us-to-measure-the-earth-76948 

Gorman, A.C. 2016 To boldly go toward new frontiers, we first need to learn from our colonial past. October 7 https://theconversation.com/to-boldly-go-toward-new-frontiers-we-first-need-to-learn-from-our-colonial-past-65568 

Gorman, A.C. 2016 We should encourage boys and girls to reach for the stars. July 15 https://theconversation.com/we-should-encourage-boys-and-girls-to-reach-for-the-stars-59905 

Gorman, A.C. and Steven Freeland 2016 Travaillons ensemble pour l’exploitation minière du systéme solaire. May 13 https://theconversation.com/travaillons-ensemble-pour-lexploitation-miniere-du-systeme-solaire-5831 

 Gorman, A.C. and Steven Freeland 2016 We should work together in the race to mine the solar system. February 23 https://theconversation.com/near-earth-and-far-away-its-been-an-exciting-year-in-space-35370 

Orrman-Rossiter Kevin and A.C. Gorman 2016 The long hunt for new objects in our expanding solar system. February 4 https://theconversation.com/the-long-hunt-for-new-objects-in-our-expanding-solar-system-53505 

Matthews, Jacqueline, A.C. Gorman and Lynley Wallis 2016 Laila Haglund. The creation of a profession. Trowelblazers https://trowelblazers.com/laila-haglund/ 

Orrman-Rossiter Kevin and A.C. Gorman 2015 Finding Pluto: the hunt for Planet X. July 17 https://theconversation.com/finding-pluto-the-hunt-for-planet-x-44508 

Gorman, A.C. 2015 Let the people decide new place names on Mercury and Pluto. April 20 https://theconversation.com/let-the-people-decide-new-place-names-on-mercury-and-pluto-40079 

Gorman, A.C. 2014 Near Earth and far away, it’s been an exciting year in space. 30 December https://theconversation.com/near-earth-and-far-away-its-been-an-exciting-year-in-space-35370 

Wallis, L.A., H. Burke and A.C. Gorman 2014 Losing the plot: Death may be permanent but your grave isn’t. 6 November https://theconversation.com/losing-the-plot-death-is-permanent-but-your-grave-isnt-33459 

Gorman, A.C. 2014 Speaking with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. 18 August https://theconversation.com/speaking-with-canadian-astronaut-chris-hadfield-30032 

Gorman, A.C. 2014 Apollo 11 changed the way we felt about the moon, 45 years ago. 18 July https://theconversation.com/apollo-11-changed-the-way-we-felt-about-the-moon-45-years-ago-29049 

Gorman, A.C. 2014 Dead or alive, the Yutu rover says much about how we relate to robots. 5 February https://theconversation.com/dead-or-alive-the-yutu-rover-says-much-about-how-we-relate-to-robots-22530 

Gorman, A.C. 2013 Look, but don’t touch: US law and the protection of lunar heritage. 29 November https://theconversation.com/look-but-dont-touch-us-law-and-the-protection-of-lunar-heritage-20758 

Hill, Vanessa and A.C. Gorman 2013 How Twitter fans kept NASA alive during the US shutdown. 21 October https://theconversation.com/how-twitter-fans-kept-nasa-alive-during-the-us-shutdown-19366 

Gorman, A.C. 2013 Beyond the morning star: the real tale of Voyager’ Aboriginal music. 3 October https://theconversation.com/beyond-the-morning-star-the-real-tale-of-voyagers-aboriginal-music-18288 

Gorman, A.C. 2013 Humanity’s next giant leap: our heritage in space is our future too. 18 June https://theconversation.com/humanitys-next-giant-leap-our-heritage-in-space-is-our-future-too-14228 

Gorman, A.C. 2013 Final Frontiers: space. 10 April. https://theconversation.com/final-frontiers-space-13171 

Gorman, A.C. and K. Orrman-Rossiter 2012 Joy to the World: and ode to outer space at Christmas. December 24 https://theconversation.com/joy-to-the-world-an-ode-to-outer- space-at-christmas-11388 

Orrman-Rossiter, K. and A.C. Gorman 2012 Voyager 1 is leaving the Solar System, but the journey continues. 14 December https://theconversation.com/voyager-1-is-leaving- the-solar-system-but-the-journey-continues-11184 

Gorman, A.C. 2012 An interview with Voyager 2 … at the edge of the Solar System. 15 October https://theconversation.com/an-interview-with-voyager-2-at- the-edge-of-the-solar-system-9638 

Gorman, A.C. 2012 Venus calling – let’s return to the planet of love. 13 June. https://theconversation.com/venus-calling-lets-return- to-the-planet-of-love-7598 Gorman, A.C. 2012 Saving space junk, our cultural heritage in orbit. 2 April https://theconversation.com/saving-space-junk- our-cultural-heritage-in-orbit-6025 

Gorman, A.C. 2012 Space invasions: what to do when stuff falls from the sky. 20 January https://theconversation.com/space-invasions-what-to-do-when-stuff-falls-from-the-sky-4961 Book, film and poetry reviews 

Gorman, A.C. 2023 Prejudice, poor pay and the ‘urinary leash’: naming and claiming Australia’s forgotten women scientists. The Conversation, February 9. https://theconversation.com/prejudice-poor-pay-and-the-urinary-leash-naming-and-claiming-australias-forgotten-women-scientists-198407 

Gorman, A.C. 2019 A Red’s rocket glare. Review of Escape from Earth: a Secret History of the Space Rocket by Fraser Macdonald. Times Higher Education 2(415):46-47 

Gorman, A.C. and Heather Robinson 2018 First Man: a new vision of the Apollo mission to set foot on the moon. https://theconversation.com/first-man-a-new-vision-of-the-apollo-11-mission-to-set-foot-on-the-moon-104050 

Gorman, A.C. 2018 The West-Eastern Divan of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated from the German by Robert Martin. Transnational Literature 10(2) 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 The Offhand Angela and Les Fleurs du Mal, by Jan Owen. Transnational Literature 9(2) 

Gorman, A.C. 2014 The Archaeology of Science: Studying the Creation of Useful Knowledge by Michael Schiffer. American Antiquity 79(4):803 

Gorman, A.C. 2012 After Modernity: Archaeological Approaches to the Contemporary Past by Rodney Harrison and John Schofield. Australian Archaeology 74:122-123 

Gorman, A.C. 2009 Incandescence by Greg Egan. Australian Book Review 309: 45 Gorman, A.C. 2006 The American Wilderness: Reflections on Nature Protection in the United States by Thomas R. Vale. CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship 3(2):129-130 https://www.nps.gov/crmjournal/Summer2006/reviewbook13.html 

Keynote addresses 

2023 Australia in Space: Indigenous Intersections. Australian Women Pilots Association Annual Conference. Mt Gambier, 23 March 

2023 Space travel and popular culture in Australia: a black hole in national identity. Flying High: Aviation in Popular Culture. Aviation Cultures Mark VII. Online, 20th July 

2023 Digital technologies and their potential for managing the cultural heritage of outer space . International Conference on Data Management, Digitization and Economic Practices in Preserving & Promoting Cultural Heritage – DEPCH2023, July 28. Conference Organisers: İstanbul Aydın University & EURAS - Eurasian Universities Union 

2022 Astronauts and artefacts: the archaeology of a habitat in space. Keynote delivered to the Society for Industrial Archaeology, 12 June, USA 

2021 Space Archaeology and Defence Space Projects, Keynote delivered to the Defence Space Systems Planning Day, 18 February, Canberra 

2021 Islands in space: the visionary science of Hermann Noordung. Keynote delivered to the Slovenian Australian Academic Association (SAAA) 5th Annual Conference, Adelaide, 19 November 2021 

2021 Love on a high-grav world. Social and cultural aspects of adaptation to variable gravity. Keynote delivered to the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science annual conference, 24-26 November, Melbourne 

2020 Managing natural and cultural heritage values on off-Earth industries. Keynote paper presented at the Property Rights and Real Estate Interests in Outer Space conference, RMIT, May 1 

2019 (with Justin Walsh) The archaeology of the International Space Station. London Science Museum, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK 

2019 The new poetics of gravity. Heritage of the Air: Modernism, Machines, Migration and Memories. Australia ICOMOS conference, Canberra 14-17 November 

2018 The black swan of trespass: Technological heritage and Australian identity. ICOMOS Australia, Under the Microscope – Exploring Science Heritage Symposium, November 11, Hobart 

2016 Haunted Houses in Hypervelocity: Orbital Futures. Round Table, Propulsion: on Changing Futures, Vienna University of Applied Arts, Vienna 

2015 Place names in the solar system. Place Names conference, Flinders University, Adelaide 

2014 Space Junk or Cultural Heritage? Planning Institute of Australia and VPELA State Planning Conference, Warrnambool 

2013 The impacts of the space environment on terrestrial materials: can we have an orbital museum? Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM) conference, Adelaide. 

Public Lectures 

International 

2023 The archaeology of another world: uncovering our lunar cultural heritage. Paul Sykes Memorial Lecture, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vancouver. 9 March, online 

2022 Archaeology on the Moon. David Elder Lecture, 28 January, Glasgow Science Centre 

2022 The Archaeology of an Inhabited Solar System, Critical Outer Space Studies Lecture Series, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, and Université Toulouse-Jean-Jaurés. October 11 

2019 Dr Space Junk vs the Universe. Boshell Lecture, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, Friday 1 November 

2017 The space traveler’s guide to the archaeology of the solar system. October 12, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Chapman University, California 

2017 A Journey into Outer Space. Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, New Zealand 

2016 The archaeology of the solar system. Physics Department, St Joseph’s College, Bengaluru 

2015 The archaeology of space exploration. Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Rethymno, Crete 

2005 From the desert to the tropics: European space exploration at Woomera. Mediathèque, Kourou, French Guiana 

2004 A sense of urgency: space exploration and Indigenous cultural values at the Woomera Rocket Range, South Australia. Kent Hall Museum, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico. 

National 

2023 The Legacy of the Apollo Moon Landing. Invited public lecture, History of Science In Technology Group, 13 November, Mawson Lecture Theatre, University of Adelaide 

2019 Lunar Archaeology. National Science Week, hosted by the Australia New Zealand Forensic Sciences Society, 12 August, Victoria Square, Adelaide 

2019 The archaeology of Apollo 11. Through Space and Time, Pint of Science Festival 11-13 May, Wheatsheaf Hotel (event sold out) 

2018 From Venus to Voyager: what space junk says about humans beyond Earth. History Trust SA ‘Talking History’ series, Drill Hall, Adelaide 

2016 Way….way out. Mad Men on the Moon. Step Back in Time Series, Flinders University 50th anniversary 

2015 Space archaeology: excavating now. Flinders Investigators Lecture, 21 October, Flinders Victoria Square 

2010 with I. Moffat 2010 Orroral Valley Tracking Station: The archaeology of Australia’s space heritage. Canberra Archaeological Society/ANU Centre for Archaeological Research. 

Invited presentations and lectures 

International 

2019 The archaeology of space. Blue Dot Festival, Jodrell Bank, Manchester UK, July 21 

2019 From Venus to Voyager. What space junk says about humans beyond Earth. Department of Physics, Oxford University, UK 

2019 The Abandoned Solar System. Social Dimensions of Outer Space seminar series, Cultural and Historical Geography Research group, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh 

2018 (with Justin Walsh) The Archaeology of the International Space Station. European Space Agency History Workshop, Padua, Italy 

2017 A colonial space: women spacefarers of the Antipodes. United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs/United Nations Office of Women Expert Panel on Space for Women, New York 

2017 Space archaeology. Vienna Institute for Archaeological Sciences, 22 May 

2016 Heritage and orbital debris mitigation. Space Innovation Congress, London 2016 Satellite dreaming: a new poetics of space. University of York 

2016 The future was…..space junk. Invited presentation at the Global Arts Forum, Dubai, March 

National

2020 The archaeology of the solar system. Sydney City Skywatchers, August 3, via Zoom 

2020 From Earth to eternity: archaeology in space. Invited talk to the Blackheath History Forum, NSW, September 19 

2020 Managing natural and cultural heritage values in off-Earth industries. Property rights and real estate interests in outer space, RMIT 

2019 The Show of the Year, hosted by Casey Benetto. Topic: Black Holes. The Wheeler Centre, Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, 4 December 

2019 The archaeological record of humans beyond Earth. Australian National University School of Archaeology and Anthropology, College of Asia & the Pacific, Canberra, 20 September 

2019 Shadows on the Moon. The forgotten heritage of Apollo 11. Invited presentation. Symposium: Contemporary Archaeology: How it is practiced today. Canberra Archaeology Society and Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology, National Museum of Australia, Canberra 4 May 

2018 The abandoned solar system. Adelaide Festival of Ideas, 12-15 July, Adelaide 

2018 From the Ediacara to Earth orbit: landscape in a solar system context. Deep Time Workshop, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Western Australia, 10 August 

2017 Mining the Moon. TEDxSydney Salon, Sydney https://www.ted.com/talks/alice_gorman_let_s_think_about_archaeology_on_the_moon/transcript (53, 000 views) 

2017 Space junk and cultural heritage. Aerospace Futures conference, Adelaide 

2017 The Archaeology of Space Junk. Invited presentation to the University of the Third Age (U3A), Adelaide 

2016 Space junk: a Solar System Perspective. Final Frontier Festival, University of Melbourne 

2016 Danger Will Robinson: the cultural heritage of space junk. Mt Burnett Observatory, Melbourne 

2016 Dr Space Junk’s Heritage Tour of the Solar System. Tastrofest, Ulverstone, Tasmania for National Science Week 

2016 Space archaeology. 2 June, Carrick Hill. The Friends of Carrick Hill Inc Adelaide 

2016 Space archaeology. Bright Sparks Science Club, 27 July, University of Adelaide 

2016 The archaeology of the solar system. Meet the Archaeologists, National Archaeology Week event at Flinders University, 20 May 

2015 Shadows on the Moon. Australian Chapter of the International Council on Monuments and Sites, State Library, Adelaide 

 2014 The heritage of space and astronomy in Australia. Nerd Nite, Sydney 

2014 Dyson Spheres and Matrioshka Brains: cultural structures in the universe. Invited presentation at Archaeology in the Torrid Zone: A Symposium in Honour of John Bartley Campbell. 30th November, The Cairns Institute Lecture Theatre, Cairns 

2014 Space archaeology. SpaceUp Australia, Adelaide 2013 Space archaeology. National Archaeology Week, University of Western Australia 2013 TEDxSydney, Sydney Opera House http://tedxsydney.com/site/item.cfm?item=51674AD8C290F6C9 7693C2E0B160F8BC 

2012 Danger Will Robinson: Heritage Management and Space Junk. Invited presentation to the University of the Third Age (U3A), Adelaide 

2012 The space archaeology tour of the solar system. Annual Mensa Conference, 17 November, Rydges Hotel, Adelaide 

2011 The heritage of space and astronomy in Australia. National Space and Astronomy Museum at Mt Stromlo Planning workshop, 9 - 10 May 

2011, Mt Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, ACT 2010 From LEO to GEO: archaeology and heritage in Earth orbit. Seminar presentation, University of Queensland 

2009 Dr Space Junk’s Heritage Tour of the Solar System. End of the World Symposium, Melbourne 

2008 From the Stone Age to the Space Age: High technology and Indigenous heritage. Sydney Space Frontier Society, Sydney, February 12 

2007 Leaving the Cradle of Earth: Heritage in Low Earth Orbit 1957-1963. Invited seminar presentation, Flinders University, August 9 

2007 The space heritage of the Woomera rocket range. Invited seminar presentation, University of the Third Age, Adelaide, January 31 

Select Conference Papers and Posters 

Gorman, A.C. 2023 ‘Crying for the Moon’: lunar heritage management in the era of mercantile space development. Paper presented at the annual Australian Archaeological Association conference. Broadbeach, Qld 

Gorman, A.C. 2023 Landscape values in abiotic space environments: the case of shadows on the Moon. Paper presented at the Commons in Space conference, University of Arizona / International Association for the Study of the Commons 

Gorman, Alice, Jonathon Ralston, Jane Hodgkinson and Mark Dunn 2022 One small step that deserves preservation: Human trace fossils on the Moon. International Astronautical Congress, Paris. IAC-22,E4,2,10,x70782 

 Gorman, A.C. and Justin Walsh 2022 The International Space Station Archaeological Project: New Insights into Designing Space Habitats. International Astronautical Congress, Paris, IAC-22-E5,6,x70600 

Gorman, A.C. 2021 Rethinking the Sustainability and Inclusiveness of Space Exploration Through the Design of Space Habitats. International Astronautical Congress 2021, 25-29 October, Dubai. 

Gorman, A.C. 2020 A colonial space: women and rockets in Australia. Poster presented at the Space Science in Context virtual conference, University College London 

Gorman, A.C. 2019 Cultural heritage and space situational awareness in Earth orbit. Women in Space Forum, University of Adelaide, 27 September 

Linstead, Erik, A.C. Gorman and Justin Walsh 2019 Machine learning in space archaeology. Paper presented at Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Archaeology conference, Rome, November 7-8 

Walsh, Justin and A.C. Gorman 2017 The Archaeology of the International Space Station. Interactive poster presentation, International Astronautical Congress, Adelaide 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 Lunar mining and cultural heritage: what are the issues? Interactive poster presentation, International Astronautical Congress, Adelaide. Shortlisted for poster prize. 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 Protecting heritage in outer space: NASA’s lunar guidelines. Paper presented at Contemporary Issues in Space Law symposium, 20 April, University of Adelaide (Invited presentation) 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 Moon shadows and fairy castles. Paper presented to the Association of Critical Heritage Studies Symposium (ir)replacable – a discussion about heritage, conservation and future-making, Wednesday 21 June, Anne Harding Conference Centre, University of Canberra. 

Gorman, A.C. 2017 ‘In small things forgotten’: the cable tie as a case study in invisible technology. Paper presented at Technologies of Memory and Affect Conference, Flinders Institute for Research in the Humanities,17 February 

Gorman, A.C. 2016 Nöosphere now. Beyond the public lecture in archaeological communication. Paper presented at The Public Humanities conference, Adelaide, hosted by the Australasian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres, the ARC Centre for the History of the Emotions and Flinders University. 

 Donald, Aylza and A.C. Gorman. 2016 From aerospace to everyday life: the trajectory of cable ties. Poster presented at World Archaeological Congress, Kyoto, 28 August – 2 September 

Gorman, A.C. 2016 Congohelium and Computronium: the thinking materials of the far future. Theoretical Archaeology Group, New York University 

Gorman, A.C. 2013 Robot Avatars: The Material Culture of Human Activity in Earth Orbit. Paper presented at the 78th Society for American Archaeology Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

Gorman, A.C. 2013 Beyond the morning star: the Voyager spacecraft and Australian Aboriginal culture. Paper presented at the13th Australian Space Science Conference, UNSW. 

Gorman, A.C. 2013 Noosphere Now: A decade in archaeology social media. Australian Archaeological Association Annual Conference. 

Gorman, A.C. 2013 Managing Heritage Values in Lunar and Asteroid Mining: What Are the Issues? Paper presented at the Off-Earth Mining Forum, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, UNSW. 

Butcher, H. and A.C. Gorman 2012 The outback in outer space: the artefacts of an Australian story. Museums Australia conference, Adelaide 

Gorman, A.C., Gavan McCarthy and Harvey Butcher 2012 Cultural heritage informatics in Australian astronomy and space science. Digital Humanities Australasia conference, Canberra, March 29 

Gorman, A.C. 2012 The personal is the political: communicating archaeology and heritage through online platforms. Digital Humanities Australasia conference, Canberra, March 29 

Gorman, A.C. 2010 Space heritage – towards an international agreement. Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum, Melbourne, sponsored by JAXA and the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. 

Gorman, A.C. 2010 Dr Space Junk’s Heritage Tour of the Solar System. Seminar presented to the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide. 

Gorman, A.C. 2010 The archaeology of Flatland. Paper presented in the Quaternary Forum series, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU. 

Wallis, L., Gorman, A.C. and H. Burke 2010 The opportunities and challenges of graduate level teaching in cultural heritage management. Australian Archaeological Association Conference 

Gorman, A.C. 2009 The brumby and the bomb: archaeology at Maralinga. Paper presented at the Australian Archaeological Association Annual Conference, Flinders University. 

Ratican, C, Morrison, M and A.C. Gorman 2009 The phenomenology of a mission landscape: Twenty Mile, Weipa. Poster presented at the Australian Archaeological Association Annual Conference, Flinders University, SA 

Gorman, A.C. and A. Starkey 2008 The Kokatha and the Cold War. Indigenous and technological heritage at Woomera, South Australia. Paper presented at the Australian Archaeological Association Conference, Noosa. 

Springbett-Bruer, N. and A.C. Gorman 2008 Protecting the heritage of outer space. Poster presented at the 8th Australian Space Science Conference, The Australian National University. 

Gorman, A.C. 2007 Leaving the cradle of Earth: The heritage of Low Earth Orbit, 1957-1963. Paper presented at Extreme Heritage: Australia ICOMOS Annual Conference, James Cook University. 

Wilson, C., Rigney, G., and A.C. Gorman 2007 Collaborative research and management within Ngarrindjeri Ruwe (lands and waters), South Australia. Paper presented at the AAA/ASHA/AIMA New Ground conference, University of Sydney 

Gorman, A.C. 2007 The gravity of archaeology. Paper presented at the AAA/ASHA/AIMA New Ground conference, University of Sydney 

Gorman, A.C. 2006 From the Stone Age to the Space Age: High technology and Indigenous heritage. Paper presented at the Fifth Australian Space Development Conference, Canberra 

Gorman, A.C. 2005 From the Stone Age to the Space Age: Interpreting the significance of space exploration at Woomera. Paper presented to the symposium Home on the Range: the Cold War, Space Exploration and Heritage at Woomera, South Australia. Flinders University. 

Gorman, A.C. 2004 Beyond the space race: the significance of space sites in a new global context. Paper presented to the Society for American Archaeology Annual Conference, Montréal, 2. April 

Gorman, A.C. 2004 Archaeology in space. Paper presented to the forum “Where next for Australian space activities?” CRC for Satellite Systems, Canberra. 

Gorman, A.C. 2003 Archaeology in space. British Interplanetary Society Lecture Series, London. 

Gorman, A.C. 2003 The cultural heritage management of orbital space. World Archaeological Congress, Washington DC 

 CREATIVE WORKS AND EXHIBITIONS 

2020 The Cosmic Welcome Mat Cyber Edition (with Jonathon Keats). Work presented at the 71st International Astronautical Congress, 12-14 October, (online) 

2018-2019 The Cosmic Living Room (with Jonathon Keats): Waging Peace. Commissioned installation at the MOD (Museum of Discovery), Adelaide 

2019 Adelaide Fringe Festival: performance Futurolinguistics. Interactive presentation at Physics in the Pub, hosted by Phil Dooley, The Rob Roy, Wednesday March 13. (Event sold out) 

2018 Adelaide Fringe Festival: performance Eurydice in outer space. Reading and exegesis of Eurydice, by HD. Mysteries and Wonders by The Hearth Collective, The Jade, Adelaide 

2017 The Cosmic Welcome Mat (with Jonathon Keats) Art installation at Flinders University and Adelaide Convention Centre, 68th International Astronautical Congress, 

2017 September 25-29 Adelaide Fringe Festival: exhibition 50 Shades of Black (cable ties, snap lock scientific sample bags, mapping pins, permanent marker, pinboard) Technologies of Memory and Affect group exhibition, Flinders Victoria Square, launched 17 February 

 2016 My Favourite Thing Holdfast Bay History Centre, exhibition curated by Julia Garnaut Contribution: selected item and wrote exegesis

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