Ismael has a degree in History – majoring in Archeology – where he worked with groups from the Amazonia Forest and their pottery. He has a master’s degree in Geoarchaeology involving projects with hunter-fisher-gatherers and shell middens on the coast of Brazil, South America.

He has worked on various historical and Aboriginal projects in Australia (NSW and WA) since 2021. His technical skills include excavation, surveying, site recording, artefact processing and analysis.

Ian Edmondson holds a Graduate Diploma in Archaeology and Heritage Management from Flinders University (2017), and a Bachelor of Environmental Design (architecture) and Bachelor of Education with the University of Tasmania. Ian has a varied work background as a teacher and teacher educator including teaching and principal appointments in remote Arnhem Land and Kimberley Aboriginal schools. 

He has 5 years professional archaeological experience in Victoria, Tasmania and NSW. Ian has worked on large and small scale Aboriginal and historical projects including convict, world heritage, wind farm and other development sites. Skills include survey, excavation, lithic artefact analysis, site planning and supervision, client liaison, research and report writing.

Fiona Sutherland has over 25 years of professional experience. 

Fiona has participated in and overseen projects which include the identification, recording and management of Aboriginal sites, community consultation, oral history recording, cultural mapping and native title research. These projects have been in the resource development and infrastructure sectors, for local, state and national government departments, for public and private developments and directly for Aboriginal community organisations. Fiona has developed a large network of relationships within Aboriginal groups across Australia and is experienced in working in urban, rural and remote communities. She is committed to developing mutually rewarding relationships between project facilitators and the Aboriginal communities they impact, including developing opportunities for work, training programs and capacity building within Aboriginal communities.

Fiona has also worked within the tertiary sector as a lecturer and tutor within the disciplines of Anthropology and Aboriginal Studies and has mentored dozens of Aboriginal students while they completed undergraduate and higher degrees. 

Shaun has over 25 years’ experience in cultural heritage management and has overseen the successful delivery of several thousand heritage projects across Australia. His career spans senior advisory, governance and delivery roles, with a strong focus on modernising heritage agreements, negotiating outcomes between proponents and Traditional Owners, and operating within complex contractual, statutory and regulatory frameworks.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Cultural Heritage Studies and Anthropology, a Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) in Parks, Recreation and Heritage, and a PhD in Australian Indigenous Archaeology from La Trobe University. His doctoral research specialised in archaeological sensitivity modelling and cultural heritage management in Victoria.

Shaun has extensive experience in Indigenous and historic cultural heritage management across the resources, urban development, infrastructure and public land management sectors. This includes advising on agreement-making and agreement modernisation processes, advising on compliance and governance arrangements, and supporting informed decision‑making. He also has considerable experience in community consultation and tertiary education, regularly contributing as a guest lecturer, and continues to undertake ethnographic and archaeological fieldwork throughout Australia.

He has longstanding, ongoing experience in the minerals and energy sector, having worked in the Pilbara since 2003 on numerous complex archaeological and ethnographic projects associated with major developments. These include BHP’s South Flank project, Rio Tinto’s Hope Downs and Gudai‑Darri projects, and Woodside Energy’s Pluto project, where his work has required careful negotiation, risk management and alignment of heritage outcomes with large‑scale development approvals.

Shaun is an Expert Member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM) and an Adjunct Research Fellow with the Archaeology Program at La Trobe University.

He is a Fellow of the Australian Anthropological Society (F.AAS), a full member of ICOMOS (M.ICOMOS), a full member of the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists (M.AACAI), and a Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP) through the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ).

Shaun is also a fully qualified heritage advisor under the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006, meeting all statutory requirements and bringing extensive experience in advising proponents, Traditional Owners on culturally appropriate, legally robust heritage outcomes.

Martin holds degrees in archaeology, the arts (history and literature) and business. He gained his PhD in archaeology from Flinders University for his research on the cultural landscape created by civilian World War II air raid shelters in Adelaide and the unrecorded social aspects of wartime Australia that they reflect.

Martin is an experienced Indigenous, historical and maritime archaeologist and has worked as a senior heritage consultant in South Australia and Western Australia. His clients have included Aboriginal groups; heritage architects; Commonwealth, State and local government departments; construction, mining and resource companies and public utilities.

Martin has a long association with the Arts/Heritage sector having worked at the South Australian Museum and Art Lab and in the Education sector as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Flinders University where he taught the theoretical and practical components of archaeology, specialising in field methods.

Frances holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with first class honours majoring in History from La Trobe University and a PhD in British History from the University of Adelaide. While completing her doctorate she spent time in the UK as a visiting research scholar at the University of Cambridge and received the E W Benham prize for her completed thesis.

She worked for many years as the Field Historian at the State Library of Victoria and has extensive experience in the significance assessment of moveable cultural heritage as well as sites. As Field Historian, she initiated and developed multiple public history and heritage projects working with both government and independent organizations. She undertook several major collaborations with the Koorie Heritage Trust Inc including the creation of Mission Voices, an online project documenting Aboriginal experiences on Missions and Reserves in Victoria. She was also the State Library of Victoria’s representative on the Victorian Koorie Records Taskforce (Public Records Office Victoria), State Government History Reference Group (Department of Premier and Cabinet) and the National Trust Landscape Committee (National Trust of Australia).

Frances has been a voluntary member of several heritage committees for local government and was the inaugural recipient of the Latrobe Society Fellowship, for which she completed a monograph on Superintendent La Trobe and the management of the Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate. She has been an honorary research associate at La Trobe University and an honorary research fellow at the University of Ballarat.

She has contributed to many cultural heritage assessments while working as an historian with ACHM and is a specialist in nineteenth century colonial history. She is a full professional member of the Professional Historians Association (Vic & Tas).

Frances is a fully qualified ‘heritage advisor’ meeting all the requirements of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006.

Dr. Alex Parmington holds a PhD in Archaeology and has over 15 years of experience in Cultural Heritage Management and archaeological research, both in Australia and Central America. He has authored numerous technical reports and contributed to academic journals and organizations, including Popular Archaeology, the Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes de Guatemala, the Instituto de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala, the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Mexicon, the National Institute of Culture and History in Belize, Excavations, Surveys and Heritage Management in Victoria, and Cambridge University Press.

Alex has extensive experience working directly with Aboriginal communities in Australia, where he has served as a Heritage Advisor and held executive management roles in Aboriginal Corporations and heritage consultancies. Notably, he spent 11 years as Heritage Manager and later as CEO of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. More recently, he has worked as Heritage Manager at the Taungurung Land and Waters Council Aboriginal Corporation and as an Associate Director at a large consultancy firm. Additionally, he holds a position as a Research Associate (Hon.) in the Archaeology Program at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.

Throughout his career, Alex has led and participated in numerous projects focused on evaluating, protecting, and promoting Indigenous cultural heritage values, particularly in Victoria. His work frequently involves extensive collaboration with Indigenous communities and stakeholders across the region.

A key component of Alex’s work is facilitating consultations with Traditional Owners to incorporate Indigenous cultural values and traditional practices into land management methodologies and urban planning. His efforts have directly influenced precinct structure planning, ensuring the protection of Indigenous cultural heritage before and during the preparations of Cultural Heritage Management Plans (CHMPs).

With both office and field-based experience, Alex has managed and supervised teams on culturally sensitive projects. His involvement in archaeological research and engagements with Traditional Owners has helped protect Indigenous cultural heritage sites and objects in Victoria. He is adept at negotiating on behalf of public and private sector clients, as well as Traditional Owners organisations, to ensure the incorporation of robust conditions in CHMPs, Reconciliation Action Plans, and Memorandums of Understanding. Additionally, he has supported archival research in collaboration with Traditional Owners and provided expert reports and advice to Traditional Owner corporations, government regulators, land management agencies, and private sector entities.

Alex is a fully qualified ‘heritage advisor’ meeting all the requirements of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006.

Ciana graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 2020, specialising in Ancient World Studies. Her thesis explored the ethical implications of working with human remains in archaeology, focusing on southeast First Nations perspectives and examples.

Ciana also holds a Master of Professional Archaeology from La Trobe University (2022), which included the completion of a thesis regarding the built history of Sydney Street, Kilmore. Her research provided a new database of information regarding every first known building constructed along Sydney Street, with the aim of providing additional context for future heritage projects by identifying patterns in the reasons for these buildings’ demolitions over time. 

Ciana has strong research experience and has been nominated for several awards in the history and cultural heritage sector, including the University of Melbourne’s International Museums and Collections Award.

Ciana is a fully qualified Heritage Advisor as specified by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006.

Callum is a GIS professional and data management expert who specialises in digital data management with a focus on data provenance and re-use.

Callum holds a Bachelor of Science majoring in Astrophysics and Geophysics from the Australian National University, a Graduate Diploma in Information and Knowledge Management from Monash University, and a Master of Business Information Systems (Research) from Monash University specialising in archives and record keeping. His research focused on the communication of information needs between data creators, holders, and users.

He has particular experience curating large-scale spatial datasets for local, national, and international projects.

Bruce completed a Bachelor’s in Archaeology from La Trobe University, Melbourne, in 2010. Bruce has been involved in Indigenous archaeology for thirteen years, with field experience in Western Australia, Victoria and Papua New Guinea.

Bruce has worked as a traditional owner liaison and archaeologist in Western Australia since 2011 for large resource companies. He has also supervised and worked on many small to large projects in Victoria. He has experience in archaeological surveys, excavations, data collating, GIS mapping, drone mapping, site recording , report writing and all the essential skills required in the field.