Susan Lawrence is professor of archaeology at La Trobe University and has spent thirty years studying the goldfields. She is the author of Dolly's Creek- An Archaeology of a Victorian Goldfields Community and, with Peter Davies, An Archaeology of Australia since 1788. Peter Davies is a research fellow in archaeology at La Trobe University whose work focuses on the social, industrial and environmental archaeology of colonial Australia. His previous books include Henry's Mill- The Archaeology and History of a Forest Community and An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788, with Susan Lawrence.