Her investigations have also resulted in the earliest indication for rock art production in Australia[1] O'Connor led a research expedition which discovered a cave site in East Timor, with evidence of people living more than 42,000 years ago.
With the new research findings, O'Connor believes that early humans traveled south from Maritime Southeast Asia through East Timor to Australia.
[2] O'Connor worked on a team that conducted research on a dog burial found at Matja Kuru in East Timor.
[3] In 2017, O'Connor's research team recovered the world's oldest fish hooks from an ancient burial site on Alor Island, Indonesia.
Five circular, rotating hooks, probably used for deep-sea fishing, were found under the chin and around the jaws of an adult female skeleton buried 12,000 years ago.