Compilation of papers in honour of Professor Isabel McBryde; topics include the contribution of Professor McBryde; archaeology of exchange networks in Lake Eyre and western Queensland; ritual and ceremonial life in south east Australia (bora ceremonies and bunya festival); stone tool use in central Arnhem Land; song and rock art structures in Central Australia; cultural and linguistic associations with stone quarries in Arabana-Wangkangurru country; contact history and disease patterns in the western Riverina region; contact history in the Hunter region - study of Grundy; lithic studies - Mt William quarry, Mt Isa axe manufacture, production and exchange on in the Barkly Tablelands, axe production on the central Queensland coast, use damage