Laila Haglund

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Laila Haglund is an archaeologist who played a key role in establishing consulting archaeology in Australia, and in drafting Queensland's first legislation to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage.

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Early life and education

Haglund was born in Sweden. She studied Latin, Greek and classical archaeology at the University of Lund. During her studies she visited Australia to study Cypriot pottery with Jim and Eve Stewart, where she also met with V. Gordon Childe. Observations of Aboriginal lithic scatters in the Bathurst area lead to her switching focus of study to prehistory and conservation at the University of London. During this period she excavated at archaeological sites in Britain and Sweden. In 1965 she emigrated to Australia with her Australian husband. [1] [2]

1965 salvage excavation at Broadbeach

In 1965 Haglund (the only archaeologist in the state at the time [1] ) was asked by the University of Queensland to conduct salvage excavations on the Gold Coast at the Broadbeach Aboriginal burial ground. Six seasons of excavations were undertaken between April 1965 and August 1968, recovering skeletal remains of over 150 Aboriginal people [3] of the Kombumerri clan. [1] Excavation methodologies were improvised during the course of the project; the excavation remains one of the largest to have taken place in Australia. [4] On the basis of this work Haiglund received a MA from the University of Queensland and a PhD from Stockholm University. The excavation report was published in 1976, [1] [5] and described as "pioneer archaeological research". [6]

Following the excavation, the human remains were returned to the local Aboriginal Community and subsequently reburied in 1988, [3] one of the key examples of repatriation in Australia. [1]

Cultural heritage legislation work

Haglund drafted the first legislation to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage, which was enacted in 1967 [4] as the Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1967 . [7] Haglund then sat as a Member of the Advisory Committee to the Queensland Minister for Conservation, Marine, and Aboriginal Affairs from 1967-74. During this period she also lectured at the University of Queensland. [1]

Professionalisation of archaeology

Following the introduction of heritage legislation in New South Wales, Haglund saw the need to professionalise archaeology in Australia. [8] She helped establish the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc. (AACAI) and from 1979-1986 she was the inaugural president of the AACAI. [8] To mark her major contribution to Australian professional archaeology, AACAI awards, at the annual Australian Archaeological Association conference, the Laila Haglund Prize for Excellence in Consulting. [9] She was the first archaeologist to work purely as a consultant in Australia. [10]

Later career

Haglund was an adjunct research senior fellow at the University of Queensland in March 2019, [11] but appears to have retired as of April 2020. [12]

Recognition

Selected publications

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Matthews, Jacq; Gorman, Alice; Wallis, Lynley (15 November 2015). "Laila Haglund: The Creation of a Profession". TrowelBlazers. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Griffiths, Billy (2018). Deep time dreaming : uncovering ancient Australia. p. 13,205. ISBN   9781760640446. OCLC   1026657579.
  3. 1 2 "Broadbeach commemorates cultural heritage and local history". The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 Bowdler, S.; Clune, G. (2000). "That shadowy band: the role of women in the development of Australian archaeology". Australian Archaeology. 50: 27–35. doi:10.1080/03122417.2000.11681663. S2CID   142781733.
  5. ↑ Haglund, Laila (1976). An archaeological analysis of the Broadbeach Aboriginal burial ground. St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press.
  6. ↑ McBryde, Isabel (1977). "An Archaeological Analysis of the Broadbeach Aboriginal Burial Ground [Book Review]". Aboriginal History. 1: 183.
  7. ↑ Fourmile, Henrietta (1996). "The Queensland Heritage Act 1992 and the Cultural Record (Landscapes Queensland and Queensland Estate) Act 1987 (QLD): Legislative Discrimination in the Protection of Indigenous Cultural Heritage Commentary Australian Indigenous Law Reporter 1996". Heinonline. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. 1 2 Gorman, A. (1992). "Laila Haglund: progress and professionalisation in consulting archaeology". Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc. Newsletter. 50: 15–16.
  9. ↑ "Laila Haglund Prize | Australian Archaeological Association | AAA". australianarchaeologicalassociation.com.au. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Smith, Claire; Burke, Heather (2007). Digging it up down under : a practical guide to doing archaeology in Australia. World Archaeological Congress. New York: Springer. p. 7. ISBN   9780387352633. OCLC   186508557.
  11. ↑ "Dr Laila Haglund". School of Social Science. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  12. ↑ Note found on UQ site.
  13. ↑ "Laila Haglund Prize". Australian Archaeological Association. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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