Projects

Our team Blackwood Heritage has considerable field experience around Australia (and several other parts of the world), however, lately our main focus has been in in South Australia, particularly in the Mid-North. We have a close working relationship with the Ngadjuri community, having managed Ngadjuri Nation’s community based heritage database since 2008. This has afforded us an in-depth knowledge of the archaeology of the area. We also have close working relationships with other Aboriginal groups in Australia, particularly the Nukunu people and the Narungga people of South Australia.  Something that we feel strongly about is creating strong and trusting relationships with the Traditional Owners, and clients with whom we work.

We have provided our services to a range of clients and have been involved in a number of projects around the state.  Some of our recent or current projects include:

  • Hornsdale Wind Farm Heritage Surveys, three stages, and various alterations; neoen
  • Narungga Heritage Survey, Adjahdura Narungga Heritage Group
  • Ngadjuri Survey of Proposed Vegetation Clearance, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (South Australian Government)
  • Archaeological Survey of Proposed Curnamona Drill Locations, MMG Exploration Pty Ltd (various stages)
  • Ngadjuri Site NN_550 Collection and Analysis Project, neoen, Ngadjuri Nation BHC and Flinders University
  • Ngadjuri Site NN_551 Collection and Analysis Project, neoen, Ngadjuri Nation BHC and Flinders University
  • Solar Reach Energy Heritage Survey on behalf of Nukunu Nation, and Solar Reach Pty Ltd (three stages)
  • ENEL Management of Heritage from Solar Reach’s former project on behalf of ENEL and The Nukunu Peoples Council
  • Ngadjuri Heritage Survey of Solar River Solar Farm Stage 1 Solar Array, Powerline and Associated Infrastructure, Solar River Pty Ltd
  • Nukunu Cultural Heritage Survey of a Proposed Treatment Plant During Preliminary Geotechnical Investigation, Oz Minerals Ltd
  • Regional Road Upgrades of the Yorke Peninsula, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (South Australian Government)
  • Cultural Heritage Management Plan for above project with Narungga Nation Aboriginal Coprpration and the SA government’s Department of Transport and Infrastructure (used as a pilot project to consider for inclusion as mandatory potion of future projects).
  • Beetaloo Dam proposed Recreational Fishing, SA Water and the Nukunu Peoples Council
  • Proposed Pipeline Upgrades on the Yorke Peninsula, SA Water Pty Ltd

Conducted as Industry Partner with Flinders University

Several additional volunteers from Flinders University have come on various field trips as we try to offer volunteer opportunities so that students have ‘real-world’ experience when they graduate and to assist them in completing their required volunteer hours as a Flinders University Industry Partner.

  • Nukunu Wirrabra and Bundaleer Forests Desktop Study, Nukunu Nation and Flinders University, by Christine Adams, in conjunction with the Nukunu Peoples Council, BHC and Flinders University.
  • Nukunu Desktop Study for Cultural Plaque, by Anika Bradshaw in conjunction with the Nukunu Peoples Council, BHC and Flinders University.
  • Narungga Heritage Database, by Melanie Ward, in conjunction with the Adjahdura Narungga Heritage Group, BHC and Flinders University.
  • AMS dating of hearth during monitoring. In kind support provided by BHC to the Nukunu Peoples Council to fund date retrieval, providing the first date for the mid-north region of South Australia.