[2] Bowdler's PhD thesis was on the Aboriginal archaeology of Hunter Island in the Bass Strait near Tasmania, which was later published in 1984.
[7] From 2008, Bowdler was an emeritus professor and senior honorary research fellow of archaeology, and an honorary senior research fellow in the School of Music, at UWA.
[1] As a member of the Australian Museum in 1964, she documented the Aboriginal burial site in the Balls Head rock shelter,[9][10] and has written extensively on the Aboriginal ceremonial Bora rings.
[11] In 2008, a special volume of the journal Australian Archaeology was published in Bowdler's honour.
Edited by Jane Balme and Sue O'Connor, the special volume was titled More Unconsidered Trifles: Papers to Celebrate the Career of Sandra Bowdler and featured contributions from many of Bowdler's students.