Godden Mackay Logan

Godden Mackay Logan and Jo McDonald Cultural Heritage Management provide a comprehensive range of Indigenous cultural heritage services. Our collaborative initiative, GML + JMcDCHM, combines the resources, knowledge and expertise of both firms, resulting in high quality expert advice and outstanding services in Aboriginal heritage management in New South Wales and throughout Australia.

GML + JMcDCHM has well established and excellent working relationships with Aboriginal communities and representative stakeholder groups in the Sydney region, New South Wales and other States and Territories. These relationships enable the early identification of both strategic opportunities and potential heritage issues so that the risks associated with planning and development proposals can be minimised.

We are widely recognised for developing innovative and practical solutions for large and complex projects. Our approach is based on a recognition that archaeology is a component of Aboriginal cultural heritage and that assessment outcomes should acknowledge, involve and respect the wishes of Aboriginal stakeholders.

This approach leads to win-win solutions for the client and Aboriginal communities and significant time and cost savings for our clients.

Skills

We have proven skills in undertaking: 

- Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Surveys;
- Subsurface testing and excavation of open and rockshelter sites;
- Liaison with consent authorities and regulators;
- Liaison with community and stakeholders;
- Recording and analysis of Aboriginal objects;
- Midden analysis; and
- Project and strategic management planning.

Our Clients

We regularly work with multi-disciplinary teams on large, complex and sensitive projects. Our clients include government agencies, local councils, the Department of Defence, residential and commercial developers, mining and quarry companies, project managers, transport and infrastructure providers and private developers. We have a proven track record of providing quality reports that are well received by the Aboriginal community client and regulatory authorities.

Our Services

We provide heritage services for a wide range of statutory and assessment requirements including: 

- Preliminary heritage advice;
- Due diligence and pre-purchase advice;
- Aboriginal Heritage Impact Permits (AHIPs);
- Cultural Heritage Management Plans;
- Assessments in accordance with the Office of Environment and Heritage Code of Practice;
- Aboriginal Heritage Management Plans;
- Aboriginal Place Nominations;
- State Heritage Listing Nominations;
- Community and Stakeholder Consultation;
- Local Environmental Studies and Local Environmental Plans;
- Planning, rezoning and subdivision  applications;
- Development Applications;
- Environmental Impact Statements;
- Statements of Environmental Effects;
- Review of Environmental Factors;
- Heritage Impact Statements; and
- Interpretation Plans and measures.

When combined with our other heritage services for Non-Indigenous and historical heritage, GML + JMcDCHM provides a one-stop-shop for clients regarding all heritage matters in Australia.

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>> Jo McDonald Cultural Heritage Management

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