Commonwealth Block, Melbourne

Tim Murray is the Charles La Trobe Professor of Archaeology at La Trobe University.Kristal Buckley is a lecturer in cultural heritage at Deakin University.Sarah Hayes is a historical archaeologist in the heritage and indigeneity stream of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation.Geoff Hewitt is a consulting archaeologist.Justin McCarthy is an archaeologist and the Managing Director of heritage consulting firm Austral Archaeology Pty Ltd.Richard Mackay is the founder and ‘Director of Possibilities’ at Mackay Strategic, and an adjunct professor of archaeology at La Trobe University.Barbara Minchinton is an independent researcher and volunteer at the Public Record Office Victoria. Charlotte Smith is a curator emeritus at Museums Victoria.Jeremy Smith is Heritage Victoria’s Principal Archaeologist, and has been a member of the Archaeology Advisory Committee of the Victorian Heritage Council since 2002.Bronwyn Woff was the Research Assistant for the La Trobe University Commonwealth Block Project between 2015 and 2017.

' ... the authors provide several different research angles and cover a wide range of topics and themes that revolve around the Little Lon project. The outcome of this book is a detailed synthesis of research addressing a variety of themes that exist within Australian historical archaeology and urban archaeology.'

• List of figuresList of platesAbout the authors1. Introduction and contextTim Murray2. Agencies of change: government perspectives on Little LonKristal Buckley and Jeremy Smith3. The first campaign: Little LonJustin McCarthy4. Assemblage analysis and outcomes: phase 1Tim Murray5. Smaller investigations between phase 1 and phase 2Tim Murray6. The second campaign: Casselden PlaceRichard Mackay7. Assemblage analysis and outcomes: phase 2Tim Murray8. Little Lon and Museum Victoria: a tale of benign neglect, restoration and a bright futureCharlotte Smith9. Diversity and change in Little Lon: ongoing historical and archaeological researchSarah Hayes and Barbara Minchinton10. An update on the Commonwealth Block project: a second phase of targeted feature cataloguingBronwyn Woff11. The 2017 excavations: 271 Spring Street, MelbourneGeoff Hewitt12. Little Lon and the archaeology of the modern worldTim MurrayPlates Index