When you partner with Artefact, you’ll receive timely and accurate advice on how to integrate archaeology and heritage considerations into your project plans.

Artefact includes specialists across key fields of archaeology and heritage. More importantly, with 30 staff we can assemble a skilled in-house team targeted to your specific requirements

HISTORICAL HERITAGE

As highly experienced project leaders, Artefact has been lead consultant on many major projects. Our planning and management systems ensure that projects are completed in a timely, professional manner, working in partnership with our clients.

MEET THE TEAM

Our proudest achievement is our team. We value their skills and talents, and we trust that you will too.

At Artefact we recruit staff who are passionate about the past, skilled in their disciplines and professional in their approach. We all understand the need to balance our rich local heritage with plans that shape the State’s future. These attributes contribute to a great team culture internally – and to exceptional advice and service for you. We support each other to make sure that our clients come first, which is why we have an industry-wide reputation for being responsive, innovative and authoritative.

SANDRA WALLACE, MANAGING DIRECTOR

Artefact was established in 2010 by Dr Sandra Wallace, who remains the company’s Managing Director.

SEE EXAMPLES

What ever your heritage project we are here to assist. Country or city, desktop or fieldwork, we’ve covered most of New South Wales and ACT. Our advice and services are customised to offer the best guidance on how you can proceed, whatever your project type. We consult right across the scale from neighbourhood architectural practices to multinational developers. But don't take our word for it! Check out our testimonials from our clients.

WHERE WE WORK

Our focus is across New South Wales and ACT.

LEADING ABORIGINAL ARCHAEOLOGY PRACTITIONERS

ABORIGINAL
ARCHAEOLOGY

With over 11 years of experience and a network of community contacts across New South Wales, Artefact is renowned for our careful, considerate and comprehensive work in Aboriginal archaeology.

We have proven ability to work across large and complex project areas, and within numerous layers of legislation, regulations and guidelines. Our team also consistently consults with local Aboriginal knowledge holders, and we regularly complete our fieldwork in partnership with Registered Aboriginal Parties and Native Title holders.

Our skills include researching, locating, surveying, assessing and documenting Aboriginal sites. We also excel at systematic excavation and meticulous analysis of any Aboriginal artefacts that we recover. Artefact has demonstrated expertise in accurate sensitivity mapping of Aboriginal sites and places, and we can deliver GIS files in formats that integrate with your systems.

Respect, rapport, reconciliation

Working in consultation with local Aboriginal stakeholders and Heritage NSW as the responsible regulator, we regularly deliver a wide range of Aboriginal archaeology services:

liaison with Registered Aboriginal Parties, Native Title holders and Local Aboriginal Land Councils
Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (AHIMS) searches and updates
archaeological research designs
archaeological surveys and reporting
Aboriginal Heritage Impact Permit (AHIP) applications
coordination of Aboriginal site officers for fieldwork
archaeological test excavations
archaeological salvage
archaeological monitoring
unexpected finds management
analysis of Aboriginal artefacts
rock art recording
reburial of Aboriginal artefacts on Country or in keeping places.