Heritage

AWARD NEWS: National Trust Heritage award for GML

At the recent NSW National Trust Heritage awards, GML Heritage won the award for Interpretation for their Hill End Historic Site project. Hill End Historic Site is a former gold mining town in the central west of New South Wales. The National Parks and Wildlife Service commissioned GML, with Trigger and Simon MacArthur Associates to […]

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UPCOMING EVENT: National Archaeology Week

National Archaeology Week aims to increase public awareness of Australian archaeology and the work of Australian archaeologists at home and abroad. It also promotes the importance of protecting Australia’s unique archaeological heritage. A nationwide program of events and exhibitions is held in May each year, including public talks, walking tours and displays. Please see the

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EXCAVATION NEWS: UrbanGrowth NSW

Excavations continue at various sites across Parramatta, as part of UrbanGrowth NSW’s Parramatta North Urban Transformation Program. The program aims to conserve and better understand the area’s heritage and will continue late into 2017. Sites include Aboriginal settlement areas, the Parramatta Female Factory and the Roman Catholic Orphan School. Excavations have so far uncovered knapping

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AWARD NEWS: Judy Birmingham NSW National Trust Award

Judy Birmingham, prominent archaeologist, has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Heritage Award from the NSW National Trust for her various contributions to the discipline, including her teaching role at University of Sydney and co-writing the conservation guidelines for the NSW Department of Planning. For more about Judy Birmingham, her various achievements, and other Heritage Awardees

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ARTEFACT OF THE MONTH: Pentridge Prison Fork

This cutlery fork that was recovered from excavations of a large rubbish pit at Pentridge Prison, located to the north of Melbourne. The assemblage is thought to date to the mid-nineteenth century and this particular artefact was chosen as a representative example of the many cutlery items recovered during the excavations. It is a utilitarian

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Labor’s Five Point Plan for Heritage Protection

Supplied by Penny Sharpe, Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage This is just a short note to thank those of you who were able to attend the forum this week celebrating World Heritage Day and the 40th anniversary of the NSW Heritage Act. Opposition Leader Luke Foley outlined Labor’s Five Point Plan for Heritage Protection,

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UPCOMING EVENT: Australian National Archaeology Week

It is nearly National Archaeology Week – third week in May. Please tell everyone you know, and come along to at least three events in each state. We are posting events as the details come through, so keep an eye on the website and Facebook page: http://www.archaeologyweek.com https://www.facebook.com/National-Archaeology-Week-179612978799261/ If you have something planned for NAW,

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RESEARCH NEWS: Landscapes of Production and Punishment: the Tasman Peninsula 1830-77

Submitted by Dr Richard Tuffin, Project Archaeologist, PAHSMA In the last round of grants awarded by the Australian Research Council, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers was awarded funds for a three year project examining landscapes of convict labour. Titled Landscapes of Production and Punishment: the Tasman Peninsula 1830-77, the project commences in April of this

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EXCAVATION NEWS: Port Arthur Penitentiary

Last year was a big year for archaeology at the Port Arthur Historic Site. Over a seven month period, we managed to excavate the full extent of the area at the rear of the Penitentiary. Converted between 1854-56 from an 1840s flour mill and granary, the Penitentiary we see today only represents one small part

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