| Looking after heritage places: The basics of heritage planning for managers, landowners and administrators M Pearson, S Sullivan Melbourne Univ. Publishing, 2013 | 617 | 2013 |
| Pastoral Australia: fortunes, failures and hard yakka: a historical overview 1788-1967 M Pearson, J Lennon CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2010 | 65 | 2010 |
| Nineteenth century sealing sites on Rugged Island, South Shetland Islands M Pearson, R Stehberg Polar Record 42 (4), 335-347, 2006 | 44 | 2006 |
| Great southern land: The maritime exploration of Terra Australis M Pearson Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2005 | 41 | 2005 |
| Mining heritage places assessment manual M Pearson, B McGowan Australian Council of National Trusts, 2000 | 41 | 2000 |
| Environmental Indicators for National State of the Environment Reporting: natural and cultural heritage M Pearson, D Johnston, J Lennon, D Marshall, D Nash, B Wellington | 39 | 1998 |
| The technology of whaling in Australian waters in the 19th century M Pearson The Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology, 40-54, 1983 | 38 | 1983 |
| Conserving the oldest historic sites in the Antarctic: the challenges in managing the sealing sites in the South Shetland Islands M Pearson, R Stehberg, A Zarankín, MX Senatore, C Gatica Polar Record 46 (1), 57-64, 2010 | 36 | 2010 |
| Climate change and its impacts on Australia's cultural heritage M Pearson Historic Environment 21 (1), 37-40, 2008 | 31 | 2008 |
| The good oil: eucalyptus oil distilleries in Australia. M Pearson Australasian Historical Archaeology 11 (1993), 99-107, 1993 | 31 | 1993 |
| The lime industry in Australia—an overview M Pearson The Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology, 28-35, 1990 | 28 | 1990 |
| Painted ships on a painted Arnhem Land landscape SK May, PSC Taçon, D Wesley, M Pearson The Great Circle 35 (2), 83-102, 2013 | 24 | 2013 |
| Artefact or rubbish–a dilemma for Antarctic managers M Pearson Cultural heritage in the arctic and Antarctic regions, 39-43, 2004 | 23 | 2004 |
| Assessing the significance of historical archaeological resources M Pearson Site surveys and significance assessment in Australian Archaeology …, 1984 | 23 | 1984 |
| Protection and preservation of the oldest sites of the Antarctic: the case of Fildes Peninsula and Byers Peninsula in the South Shetland Islands C Stehberg, R., Pearson, M., Zarankín, A., Senatore, M. X.. & Gatica Historical Polar bases: preservation and management, 85-93, 2008 | 20* | 2008 |
| Expedition huts in Antarctica: 1899–1917 M Pearson Polar Record 28 (167), 261-276, 1992 | 19 | 1992 |
| Study of World Heritage Values Convict Places M Pearson, D Marshall Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, 1995 | 18 | 1995 |
| Seen through different eyes: Changing land use and settlement patterns in the upper Macquarie River region of NSW, from prehistoric times to 1860 M Pearson Canberra, ACT: The Australian National University, 1981 | 18 | 1981 |
| Sealer's sledge excavated on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands M Pearson, R Stehberg, A Zarankin, MX Senatore, C Gatica Polar Record 44 (4), 362-364, 2008 | 17 | 2008 |
| From ship to the bush: Ship tanks in Australia M Pearson Australasian Historical Archaeology, 24-29, 1992 | 17 | 1992 |
