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Prominent Aerial Archaeologist Appointed Member of the Order of Australia

David Leslie Kennedy, Member (1986–87, 2004) and frequent Visitor in the School of Historical Studies, was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for his "significant service to archaeology as a researcher and academic." Kennedy's many notable contributions to the discipline include his establishment of the Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East, a project designed to discover, record, monitor, and document settlement history in the Near East.