Our Projects
ACHM provides heritage management solutions and advice to a wide range of clients for their projects.
Since 2000, we have sucessfully completed over 4,500 projects.
Scroll through a small selection of our projects below.
FMG North Star Junction Solar Farm
Pilbara, 2023
ACHM undertook a number of archaeological and ethnographic heritage surveys for a 100MW solar farm located near FMG's Iron Bridge magnetite mine.
Reeves Plain Power Station
South Australia, 2018
A cultural heritage assessment for the Reeves Plain Power Station on behalf of Arcadis.
MRL Wodgina Lithium
Pilbara, 2021-
As one of the largest known hard rock lithium deposits, Wodgina Lithium Operation is a Tier 1 asset for the project partners (MRL and Albermarle). ACHM have been undertaking archaeological and ethnographic surveys at Wodgina with the Kariyarra People since 2021
Apollo Bay Harbour Redevelopment
Apollo Bay, 2020-2021
ACHM were engaged by Colac Otway Shire to undertake Complex CHMP investigations of proposed foreshore redevelopment works at Apollo Bay harbour with Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation.
Glencore Aurukun
Aurukun, Cape York, 2016-
ACHM were engaged by Glencore Bauxite to manage the cultural heritage requirements of a proposed bauxite mine near Aurukun on the Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland. The project involves extensive community consultation, survey, excavation and assistance writing company heritage policies and proccedures for the project.
Stonehill Bacchus Marsh
Bacchus Marsh, 2011-2022
ACHM were engaged by Devine Properties in 2011 to assist with the cultural heritage requirements of their proposed Stonehill development at Bacchus Marsh. Several Complex CHMP's were completed for the project, alongside extensive archaeological salvage prior to development. The location of the property in proximity to the Werribee River was a popular landscape for Aboriginal people prior to…
North East Link Project
Melbourne, 2020-2021
ACHM were engaged by CPB Contractors to undertake the archaeological compliance requirements of the early works components of the North East Link Project
Our work on the project included large scale archaeological salvages, historic building assessments and due diligence advice on a rolling scope of work.
East Grampians Rural Pipeline
Western Victoria, 2020-2023
ACHM have been engaged by Dunstans and Grampians Wimmera Water to undertake the heritage approvals for the East Grampians Rural Pipeline. The project includes archaeological survey and excavations along almost 2,200 kilometers of proposed pipeline alignment. ACHM are completing 6 Complex CHMP's for the project in collaboration with the Waddawurrung, Barenji Gadgin and Eastern Maar RAP groups. The complex assessment…
Mitiamo Stock and Domestic Pipeline
Mitiamo, Victoria, 2020-2021
ACHM have completed several Complex CHMP's and amendments for the 450 kilometer Mitiamo Stock and Domestic water pipeline for Goulburn Murray Water.
Kiamal Solar Farm
Ouyen, 2018
ACHM have completed a CHMP for the 350 mw Total Eren Kiamal solar farm near Ouyen. Kiamal will be the biggest solar farm in Victoria and one of the largest in Australia when completed, and is the first project in Australia for the Total Eren group.
Mangoola Coal Continued Operations Project
Mangoola, 2018
ACHM have been engaged by Glencore to complete the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment Report (ACHAR) for the 1,000ha Mangoola Coal Continued Operations Project in the Hunter Valley.
Tawana Resources
Goldfields, 2018
ACHM have been appointed as Heritage Advisors by Tawana Resources in the Southern Goldfields region of Western Australia.
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Gippsland, 2017 - Ongoing
ACHM have been engaged by the Gippsland Fire Management division of DELWP to provide cultural heritage management advice and services for their bush fire management team, This includes revisiting and assessing over 200 Aboriginal places, applying for Cultural Heritage Permits and undertaking CHMP's.
Mallee Catchment Management Authority
North West, 2017 - Ongoing
ACHM has completed a number of CHMP's of varying scopes / scales and a range of other cultural heritage assessments for the Mallee Catchment Management Authority since 2017.
Sandigo Solar Farm
Narrandera, 2017
ACHM completed an archaeological assessment and associated ACHAR as a component of the EIS for the 600ha Esco Pacific Sandigo Solar Farm in December 2017.
Finley Solar Farm
Finley, 2017
ACHM were engaged by ESCO Pacific to undertake initial due dilligence assessment of a large scale solar installation outside Finley in New South Wales.
Sandon Point
bULLI, 2013
ACHM were briefed by Norton Rose on behalf of Anglican Retirement Villages to produce an expert report for a matter before the NSW Land and Environment Court. The matter concerned the nature and extent of a particular Aboriginal place within an area of land and the impact on development consent.
Ergon Energy
Camooweal, 2009
ACHM were commissioned to produce an expert report in regard to an alleged cultural heritage site disturbance by Ergon Energy, near Camooweal in western Queensland. The matter was resolved as no site disturbance could be established to have occurred.
RAAF Base Woomera Airfield Extension
Woomera Range Complex, 2016
ACHM were commissioned to undertake an archaeological assessments of an area of land proposed to be used for an extension of the airfield at RAAF Base Woomera.
South of Embley
Cape York, 2016
ACHM were commissioned to complete a range of tasks on Rio Tinto Aluminium's South of Embley project, including community consultation, survey and salvage excavations.
Bruce Highway (Cooroy to Curra)
Gympie, 2017
ACHM was commissioned by Department of Transport and Main Roads to undertake a desktop Aboriginal and historical archaeological assessment of an area known as the 'Gympie Pyramid. Following the completion of the desktop report, ACHM were also commissioned to undertake community consultation and ethnographic assessment of the same area with the Traditional Owners.
Pacific Hydro Yaloak Windfarm
Victoria, 2009-2016
ACHM worked closely with Pacific Hydro for a number of years on the Yaloak windfarm. Some 76 discrete Aboriginal archaeological sites were located within the activity area of the windfarm. Following a series of redesigns, the overwhelming majority (74) of the cultural heritage places were able to be managed in situ with only 2 places being salvaged.
Water for a Growing West
Victoria, 2016
ACHM recently completed a Complex CHMP and salvage excavations for Melbourne Water's 'Water for a Growing West' pipeline project between St Alban's and Tarneit. Approximately 700 stone artefacts were recovered and analyzed.
TAC and VicRoads Safer System Roads Infrastructure Program (SSRIP)
Victoria, 2017 - Ongoing
ACHM have completed a number of due diligence assessments and CHMP's for the $1 Billion Safer Systems Roads Infrastructure Program (SSRIP) throughout south-eastern Victoria. The project involves a significant investment in an upgrade to roadside safety mechanisms such as new and improved accident prevention barriers.
Fortescue Metals Group
Pilbara, 2007 - Ongoing
ACHM have completed extensive archaeological and ethnographic surveys for FMG on the Solomon rail alignment, Solomon rail camp, Fig Tree, Flinders and Investigator projects.
Hancock Prospecting
Pilbara, 2010 - Ongoing
ACHM have completed all of the archaeological and ethnographic surveys for Hancock Prospecting on their Mulga Downs project since 2008.
Victorian Environmental Assessment Council
Melbourne, Victoria, 2010 - 2011
ACHM were engaged by the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council to research and write a report on Indigenous cultural heritage and history within the Melbourne metropolitan area. The report presents a range of pre-contact and post-contact historical themes and narratives, derived from 30,000 years of archaeological evidence through to contemporary Aboriginal attachment to places within the investigation areas. A copy of the…
G-MW Connections
Central and Northern Victoria, 2007 - Ongoing
ACHM have been a key participant delivering cultural heritage management advice and approvals for the NVIRP / G-MW-Connections project for almost 10 ten years. During that time, ACHM have prepared numerous Approved CHMPs and due diligence assessments for over 300 infrastructure construction sites. We have also managed the archaeological excavation, dating and repatriation of an important Pleistocene burial site at…
Wallan-Kilmore Bypass
Kilmore, Victoria, 2011 - Ongoing
ACHM were engaged by VicRoads in 2011 to undertake Aboriginal cultural heritage and historical assessments of several proposed routes for the Wallan-Kilmore bypass, culminating in a CHMP for the selected option.
Broken Head Quarry
Byron Bay, New South Wales, 2015
ACHM Managing Director, Dr Shaun Canning successfully appeared as an expert witness in the NSW Land and Environment Court in October 2015 for the proponent of a proposed rezoning of a quarry near Byron Bay.
Sunbury Electrification Project
Sunbury, Victoria, 2010
ACHM were commissioned by the Sunbury Electrification Project Alliance to undertake extensive archaeological salvage works under an Approved CHMP and to prepare new CHMP's for the project. ACHM were engaged to resolve a major issue with very poorly defined Aboriginal site boundaries which were unnecessarily impinging on the projects construction envelope. When originally recorded, the boundaries did not…
United Wambo Joint Venture Cultural Values Assessment
Singleton, New South Wales, 2015 - 2016
ACHM were engaged by Glencore to undertake the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage assessment for the United Wambo Joint Venture project. The State Significant Development project required an exhaustive Aboriginal cultural values assessment, which ultimately forms part of the Environmental Impact Statement. The report (Appendix 14) can be downloaded here.
Mt Owen Cultural Values Assessment
Hunter Valley, New South Wales, 2013 - 2014
ACHM was engaged to assist Xstrata (Glencore) with an Aboriginal cultural values assessment for the proposed Mt Owen Continued Operations Project. The project involved over 12 months of fieldwork and consultation with 66 Registered Aboriginal Parties throughout the Hunter Valley, culminating in the production of an exhaustive Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment Report for submission to the New South…
Princes Highway Duplication
Gippsland, Victoria, 2016 -
ACHM have completed several CHMP's for VicRoads for the Princes Highway Duplication project.
Salvage excavations have also been undertaken by ACHM with GunaiKurnai traditional owners. The excavations recovered several thousand stone artefacts from the margins of Sheepwash Creek.
Western Highway Project
Western Victoria, 2009 - 2014
ACHM were engaged by VicRoads to complete Standard and Complex CHMP's for several stages of the Western Highway duplication project. The Western Highway is the major interstate link between Melbourne and Adelaide and is the key transport corridor for Victoria's Western District. An extensive archaeological salvage program followed on from the CHMP's. ACHM completed the final stage of…
Banjima Cultural Heritage Management
East Pilbara, 2005 - Ongoing
ACHM has been the cultural heritage management provider for the Banjima people since 2005. The Banjima people hold native title over some 10,000 square kilometres of the east Pilbara which is rich in cultural and natural heritage, including a huge number of internationally significant archaeological sites and the magnificent Karijini National Park. Significant iron ore deposits, extensive mineral…
Everley Sunbury
Sunbury, Victoria, 2016 -
ACHM have been engaged by Capitol Property Group to manage the indigenous and historic heritage approvals processes for the Everley development at Sunbury. The site is a 206 hectare sub-division which will have 1,500 to 1,700 residential lots, a town centre, schools, sports and community facilities all located at the southern entrance to Sunbury.
The challenge for the team on this…
Gudai-Darri
Pilbara, 2007 - Ongoing
ACHM have undertaken all of ethnographic and archaeological surveys for the Banjima people throughout the Rio Tinto Gudai-Darri project area since 2007.
Just under one thousand Aboriginal sites have been identified within the project area to date, including human remains and rare wooden artefacts. Evidence of the human occupation of this part of the Hamersley Range extends well beyond 30,000 years.
…Box Creek Weir
Kow Swamp, Victoria, 2014 - Ongoing
Goulburn-Murray Water (G-MW) engaged ACHM to complete a Complex CHMP for the Box Creek Weir replacement project in 2011. Following the approval of the CHMP, works commenced on site to replace the dilapidated 100-year-old weir. During very early works, human skeletal remains were discovered. ACHM were engaged to manage the sensitive process of community and government consultation with…
Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm
Mt Gellibrand, Victoria, 2009 - Ongoing
Located 25kms east of Colac, the Mt Gellibrand wind farm will produce enough energy to power 100,000 homes. ACHM were engaged to undertake cultural heritage assessments of the wind farm site by Acciona Energy in 2009. Extensive surveys and archaeological investigations were conducted, locating and recording over 200 Aboriginal archaeological sites. As a result, the design of the…
Hope Downs
East Pilbara, WA, 2008 - 2010
ACHM were engaged by the Martidja Banjima (MIB) native title claimants to undertake archaeological survey, excavation and mitigative salvage work for Rio Tinto's Hope Downs mine development.
The project included the archaeological excavation of 27 rock shelters. Importantly, this project documented Pleistocene occupational sequences demonstrating Aboriginal occupation of the Hamersley Range from 41,000 years ago, and possibly as…