Mr Michael Aird
Research Fellow
School of Social Science
Anthropology Museum - Director
+61 7 336 52022
Publications
Books
Aird, Michael, Mapar, Mandana and Memmott, Paul Wild Australia, Meston's Wild Australia Show 1892-1893. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Anthropology Museum, 2015.
Aird, Michael and Rigney, Virginia Saltwater country. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Museum and Gallery Services & Gold Coast City Galllery, 2014.
Aird, Michael and Mapar, Mandana Object of the story. Southport, QLD, Australia: Keeaira Press, 2013.
Aird, Michael Brisbane Blacks. Southport, QLD, Australia: Keeaira Press, 2001.
Aird, Michael I Know a Few Words: Talking About Aboriginal Languages 1st ed. Southport, QLD, Australia: Keeaira Press, 1996.
Aird, Michael Portraits of our elders. South Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Museum, 1993.
Book Chapters
Aird, Michael (2017). Gordon Hookey: another history, another reality. In Angela Goddard and Vivian Ziherl (Ed.), Gordon Hookey: summoning time - Painting & politikill transition in Murriland! (pp. 11-15) Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Griffith University.
Aird, Michael (2015). Early Queensland photographers and their Aboriginal subjects. In Judy Annear (Ed.), The photograph and Australia () Sydney, NSW, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Aird, Michael (2015). Tactics of survival: images of Aboriginal women and domestic service. In Victoria K. Haskins and Claire Lowrie (Ed.), Colonization and domestic service: historical and contemporary perspectives (pp. 182-190) New York and London: Routledge.
Aird, Michael, Sullivan, Rodney and Barr, Todd (2014). Within Reach. In The River: A History of Brisbane (pp. 100-101) Brisbane: Museum of Brisbane.
Aird, Michael (2014). Aboriginal People and Four Early Brisbane Photogrpahers. In Jane Lydon (Ed.), Calling The Shots: Aboriginal Photographies (pp. 132-154) ACT, Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Aird, Michael (2007). Defining who we are. In Djon Mundine (Ed.), Sunshine State Smart State (pp. 43-47) Campbelltown, NSW, Australia: Campbelltown Arts Centre.
Aird, Michael (2005). Growing up with Aborigines. In Christopher Pinney and Nicolas Peterson (Ed.), Photography's other hisotries (pp. 23-39) Durham, NC, United States: Duke University Press.
Aird, Michael (2002). Developments in the repatriation of human remains and other cultural items in Queensland, Australia. In Cressida Fforde, Jane Hubert and Paul Turnbull (Ed.), The dead and their possessions: repatriation in principle, policy and practice (pp. 303-311) New York, NY, United States: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
Journal Article
Aird, Michael, Sassoon, Joanna and Trigger, David (2020) From illustration to evidence: historical photographs and Aboriginal native title claims in south-east Queensland, Australia. Anthropology and Photography, 13 1-27.
Conference Papers
Aird, Michael (2014). Documenting the ‘Exotic’ and ‘Savage’ in 1860s Brisbane, Queensland. In: Anthropology and Photography: Brtish Musuem, 29-31 May 2014. Anthropology and Photography, London, United Kingdom, (67-67). 29-31 May 2014.
Aird, Michael (2009). The face of change among Australian Aborigines. In: IMACO International Conference 2009: The World Map of Masks and Symbols. IMACO International Conference 2009: The World Map of Masks and Symbols, Bangkok, Thailand, (300-303). 12-14 November 2009.
Creative Works
Young, Diana, Gray, Campbell, Littley, Samantha, Willcock, Jane and Aird, Michael (2017) An afternoon of conversation and the opening of two exhibitions 'From Relics to Rights. Aboriginal people and Anthropology at the University of Queensland' and 'Still in my mind. Gurindji location, experience and visuality'.. St Lucia, QLD, Australia,
Memmott, Paul, Aird, Michael and Thomson, Linda (2017) Wild Australia: Meston's Wild Australia Show 1892-1893 Exhibition. University of Queensland, Brisbane, University of Queensland.
Aird, Michael and Mapar, Mandana (2015) This is my heritage. Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Queensland Museum Publishing.
Aird, Michael, Mapar, Mandana and Memmott, Paul (2015) Wild Australia: Meston’s Wild Australia Show 1892-1893. St Lucia, QLD, Australia, The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum.
Aird, Michael and Mapar, Mandana (2015) Meston's Wild Australia Show.
Aird, Michael (2014) Captured: early Brisbane photographers and their Aboriginal subjects. Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Museum of Brisbane.
Aird, Michael and Mapar, Mandana (2013) Object of the story: reflections on place. Ballina, NSW, Australia, Northern Rivers Community Gallery.
Aird, Michael (2012) Transforming Tindale: photographs remade and reimagined. Brisbane, Australia, ABC Radio National.
Aird, Michael (2012) Transforming Tindale. Brisbane, QLD, Australia, State Library of Queensland.
Aird, Michael and Ah Kee, Vernon (2012) Transforming Tindale: interview with Exhibition Curators. Brisbane, Australia, State Library of Queensland.
Aird, Michael (2011) Woogoompah: My Country-Swamp Country. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, Gold Coast City Gallery.
Aird, Michael (2009) Equal before the lens. Sydney, Australia, Macquarie University Art Gallery.
Aird, Michael (2009) Equal Before the Lens. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Macquarie University Art Gallery.