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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.
Artefact produced a Heritage Interpretation Strategy for the Aquatic Centre with City of Parramatta, which was curated and designed by Supersense in collaboration with the Dharug Specialist Cultural Panel who integrated the interpretation within the Centre’s pools, buildings and landscape.
Working with City of Parramatta and the Dharug Specialist Cultural Panel, Artefact developed key stories and a range of interpretive concepts that explored the colonial history of the site and surrounds, and the deep connection to Country by the Aboriginal community.
The interpretive approach focused on ‘Points of View’ and ‘A Landscape of Stories’– providing conceptual and physical opportunities to experience the different significances of the site and landscape from both Aboriginal and colonial perspectives.
A main feature of the Strategy was the range of interpretive media types, providing engaging and accessible experiences for the diverse range of visitors who would visit the Centre.
Interpretive elements included:
- Artworks by Aboriginal artists, including eel sculptures entwined within the gabion walls of the entrance way, an integrated wall feature of the Dharug story of, ‘Five Moons and Eels’, frog designs embedded within the Leisure Pool, and the use of Dharug language in naming spaces.
- ‘Parramatta Swims’ – a collage of historic images of Parramatta’s swimming culture for over 100 years.
- Interpretive panels around the upper, outer rim of the pool complex providing context for views over colonial Parramatta, encouraging conversations about truth telling.
- Landscape geometry and native plantings that are reflective of earlier uses of the site.
The interpretive elements integrated throughout the Centre provide engaging stories of the history of the site, Parramatta’s love of swimming and the significance of the place for Aboriginal people.
These elements add to the community’s positive experiences of the new Centre, which welcomed over 300,000 people in its first five months of operation.
Parramatta Aquatic Centre recently won the 2024 NSW Architecture Award's Sulman Medal for Public Architecture and was also awarded an Urban Design Award.
“It was privilege to work on such a significant project, in such a significant location, developing key heritage stories and interpretive concepts for this multi-layered site, which were beautifully brought to life through Supersense’s designs.”
Carolyn MacLulich,
Principal - Heritage Interpretation
Image: Photos courtesy of Supersense and Peter Bennetts/Grimshaw.
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