Services
Cultural Heritage Management in Australia
Heritage places and objects can expand our understanding of the past and encompass information that cannot be determined from other sources. Depending upon their significance, they may be protected from harm by local, state, Commonwealth or international legislation. Matrix provides practical and professional cultural heritage management solutions, balancing the requirements of our clients, statutory authorities, Aboriginal communities, other stakeholder groups, and best practice standards.
Our team of qualified and experienced cultural heritage consultants are able to provide a wide range of services in the following areas:
● Aboriginal cultural heritage ● Historical cultural heritage ● Specialist services ● Stone artefact services
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
Matrix offers a wide range of services associated with the management of Aboriginal cultural heritage, including:
- Expert advice
- Cultural Heritage Permit applications
- Due diligence studies and management plans
- Preliminary Aboriginal Heritage Tests (PAHTs)
- Cultural Heritage Management Plans (CHMPs)
- Archival research
- Aboriginal community consultation
- Archaeological survey, subsurface testing, excavation, and monitoring
- Artefact cataloguing and analysis
- Site recording, management, and interpretation
- Significance assessments
All of our senior staff members are recognised by Aboriginal Victoria as being appropriately qualified and experienced to act as heritage advisors under the Aboriginal Heritage Act
2006.
Historical Cultural Heritage
Matrix has conducted numerous historical cultural heritage investigations throughout Australia, including works at both national and world heritage-listed sites.
We offer a broad range of services associated with the management of historical cultural heritage, including:
- Expert advice
- Consent and Permit applications
- Planning applications
- Due diligence studies and management plans
- Heritage impact statements
- Archival research
- Archaeological survey, excavation, and monitoring
- Artefact Conservation Proposals (ACPs)
- Artefact cataloguing and analysis
- Site recording, management, and interpretation
- Significance assessments
Specialist Services
Matrix is able to provide a unique range of specialist services associated with cultural heritage management, including:
- Expert artefact cataloguing and analysis (Aboriginal and historical)
- Publication-quality artefact illustration and photography
- Exhibition co-ordination
- Stone artefact services
