To view the breadth of our services, please search our projects via the map below. You can search by type of project or location (LGA).
Location marks on the map are approximate. Projects involving Aboriginal archaeology and Aboriginal cultural heritage are not included in this map for cultural sensitivity reasons, but we have listed some of the Local Aboriginal Land Councils we have worked in.
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When you partner with Artefact, you’ll receive timely and accurate advice on how to integrate archaeology, heritage and environmental considerations into your project plans.
Artefact includes specialists across key fields of archaeology, heritage, environment, interpretation, architecture and history. More importantly, with 50 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.
Since 2010 Artefact is proud to have worked on a diverse range of large and small-scale infrastructure and development projects.
During this time we have built-up extensive experience in a variety of sectors including rail, roads, power and renewables, health, greenfields development and urban renewal.
Some of the more well-known projects we've been involved with include: Central Station Metro; Parramatta Light Rail; Sydney Metro City & Southwest; Wickham Transport Interchange; Northern Beaches Hospital; St Vincent’s Private Hospital; Concord Forensic Mental Health Unit; Sydney Harbour Bridge; The Northern Road Stages 1 & 2; Berry to Bomaderry Upgrade (Princes Highway); West Wyalong Solar Farm; and Wind Farm and Transmission Line projects in the Pilbara and Western NSW.
With almost 50 staff, and offices in Sydney and Newcastle, we can assemble a skilled in-house team targeted to your specific requirements.
For a personal response to your heritage and environment needs, please ask how we can tailor an integrated solution to suit your plans, your timeline and your budget.
Artefact have worked on almost all major rail infrastructure developments in NSW over the past decade.
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.
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.
RESEARCHING AND INTERPRETING THE PAST
HISTORY
History is the craft of bringing the past to life.
By creating vivid portraits of what places were like, and explaining what they meant to their communities, we can better appreciate their heritage significance.
Historical research is also a powerful tool for assessment, planning and community engagement. For instance, creating a major transport interchange in Newcastle required the demolition of a former community shopping hub known as The Store. Taking this opportunity, Artefact worked with the University of Newcastle to build a website where former staff and customers from The Store shared their oral histories and photos online. The positive media and community impact left everybody smiling.
Our history projects are deeply grounded in extensive historical research. We ensure they are also accessible, informative and compelling.
At Artefact we believe shared stories of people and places are critical to understanding the events and processes that shaped society today. History tells the stories of archaeology. History provides the platform for future planning. It underpins heritage frameworks. It is the fabric of historic site interpretation.
Expertise
Artefact's histories are led by historian Dr Stephen Gapps who has over 20 years experience in a wide range of areas including maritime, industrial and local history.
Stephen is a leading authority on the Australian Frontier Wars, has worked extensively with First Nations communities and has published several award-winning histories.
Artefact offers history across many mediums and forms and for all sort of projects, including:
- First Nations and other community histories
- Local history, oral histories and archival document and image research
- Built environment, architectural and site-based histories
- Heritage and historical significance assessments
- Community engagement projects
- Thematic histories
- Historical content for digital and online projects, including media
Image - Last of the Georges River Tribe, NSW (workers on the Holt Sutherland Estate, 1880. Jim Brown, Joe Brown, Joey, Biddy Giles, Jimmy Lowndes). Image courtesy of the collections of the State Library of New South Wales. Out of copyright. Created before 1955.
