Dr Lynne McCarthy

Lynne McCarthy

Dr Lynne McCarthy is an environmental historian and Research Fellow at the National Museum's Centre for Historical Research.

Lynne has a background in environmental science and palaeoecology, with a particular interest in ecological and cultural landscape histories.

Lynne joined the National Museum in 1999 as a curator in the People and the Environment section, contributing a deep time perspective to the development of the Old New Land exhibition for the opening years of the Museum.

Lynne's most recent curatorial work has included the development of exhibits for the upcoming permanent gallery exhibition Australian Journeys.

Lynne has also worked more broadly across the National Museum in roles including Acting Manager of the People and the Environment section, Exhibitions Coordinator and Acting Manager of the Research and Development Unit, prior to joining the Centre.

Environmental history, plant ecology, environmental science specialising in land resource management, ethnobotany.

• Counterpoint: Exploration of the cultural, historical and scientific dimensions of Indigenous and Western knowledge of plant ecologies in Northern Australia. Field project, journal publications.

L McCarthy, 'Pollen and macrofossil records from Australian stick-nest rat (Leporillus spp.) middens: do they stand the test of time?', in DK Goodman and RT Clarke (eds) Proceedings of the IX International Palynological Congress Houston, Texas, USA, 1996, American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Dallas, 2001, pp. 541-548.

L McCarthy and L Head, 'Holocene variability in semi-arid vegetation: new evidence from Leporillus middens from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia', The Holocene, 2001, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 79-687.

J Atchison, L Head and L McCarthy, 'Stomatal Indices and Atmospheric Change since 7500 years before present: evidence form Eremophilia deserti (Myoporaceae) leaves from the Flinders Ranges region, South Australia', Australian Journal of Botany, 2000, vol. 48, pp. 223-232.

S Pearson, E Lawson, L Head, L McCarthy and J Dodson, 'The spatial and temporal patterns of stick-nest rat middens in Australia, Radiocarbon, 1999, vol. 41, vol. 3, pp. 259-273.

L Head, L McCarthy, J Quade, D Witter, V Allen and E Lawson, 'Classification and radiocarbon dating of Leporillus nests in semi-arid Australia and palaeoclimatic implications, Palaeoclimates, 1998, vol. 3, no. 1-3, pp. 161-177.

L McCarthy, L Head and J Quade, 'Holocene palaeoecology of the northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia, based on stick-nest rat (Leporillus spp.) middens: a preliminary overview', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 1996, no. 123, pp. 205-218.

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