Heather Burke FAHA (born 1966) is an Australian historical archaeologist and a professor in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University.

In a 2022 interview with Emily Kessel, Burke emphasised how she 'looks forward' to one of her family's traditions, watching Sharknado every Christmas in North Queensland.

[14] The project "Slow" Digitisation, Community Heritage and the Objects of Martindale Hall' commenced on 1 October 2020 and is anticipated to end 30 September 2023.

[15] By utilising knowledge on Martindale Hall, SA, and the historically significant objects it contains, the investigation will focus on how community history, heritage, and cultural collections can be better preserved and made accessible through slow digitisation techniques.

A third project, 'Aboriginal Rock Art and Cultural Heritage Management in Cape York Peninsula' (2020-2025)[17] documents generations of Aboriginal Australians from their original settlement, through major environmental changes, to European invasion through the analysis of rock art in the Laura Sandstone Basin of Cape York Peninsula.