meet the team

“I hope to inspire love and appreciation for the built heritage of the beautiful city we live in, however small or large. The retention and effective management of built heritage enriches cities and communities, but unfortunately can be an uphill battle. I remember the debate over the demolition of the Queen Victoria Building to make room for a carpark in the 1980s, and today’s status of the gorgeous QVB epitomises to me the value of fighting that battle.”
— Sasha Douglas, Heritage Consultant

Sasha Douglas

HERITAGE CONSULTANT

A middle-aged woman with short, wavy, light brown hair wearing glasses, a black t-shirt, and a silver necklace, smiling at the camera against a plain gray background.

Sasha’s career has spanned the art, conservation and corporate worlds. As an artist she created small to large scale works ranging from small painted panels to wall murals.  

Sarah formerly worked in corporate procurement and logistics for Cochlear and AstraZeneca, and as a business analyst at AstraZeneca where market analytics, forecasting and production planning were the core functions of my role.   

After becoming a parent, she successfully transformed a hobby restoring antiques to a small business importing and restoring Georgian and Victorian rocking horses, and curating collections for both exhibitions and private clients.  

A growing appreciation of the importance of preserving the fabric of cultural heritage led her to complete a Masters of Heritage Conservation at the University of Sydney after which she joined the Artefact Built Environment team.

    • Bachelor of Business (International Business) - University of Western Sydney  

    • Master of Heritage Conservation – University of Sydney  

    • Riverside Cemetery Queanbeyan, Condition Assessment  

    • McIver’s Ladies’ Baths, Coogee – Statement of Heritage Impact  

    • Nepean Dam – Photographic Archival Recording  

    • Equality and Justice  

    • Climate impact  

Sasha’s artefact

Close-up of an ivory-colored carved figurine of a person holding a vessel, with a background of another similar figure and wooden surfaces.

“My artefact is a family heirloom, a carved ivory figurine of Guanyin - a Buddhist deity of compassion and mercy. My parents were both born in China to Russian parents and were children when they came to Australia as political refugees. My paternal grandmother brought whatever valuable items from China she could, to sell "for a rainy day".

This figurine represents so much to me: it reminds me of family gatherings at my grandmother's home, it's a tangible connection to my family's migration to Australia and the cultural diversity of our past. I've always loved how beautiful and finely made it is, but lately it reminds me of the compassion and mercy my grandparents were shown by Australia after the hardship of immigration. ”