COLCO CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
Experience

Selected project experience

A sample of the projects Dr Sophie Collins has delivered across a 25-year career — spanning residential, infrastructure, resources, renewables and government clients in the ACT, NSW, Tasmania and Queensland. Some projects were delivered in earlier roles and in collaboration with other firms and Aboriginal communities.

70+
ACT projects
30+
NSW projects
25+
Tasmania projects
8+
Queensland projects
TelecommunicationsInfrastructure

NBN broadband rollout, ACT (territory-wide)

Aboriginal and historic heritage assessment and management for the entire NBN broadband rollout across the ACT — a territory-wide infrastructure program delivered by COLCO.

ResourcesSalvageArtefact analysis

Boral Peppertree Quarry, Marulan NSW

Sampling and detailed analysis of an assemblage of more than 100,000 stone artefacts, with cultural collaboration, salvage and ongoing monitoring for a major quarry operation.

InfrastructureACHARAHIP

Ellerton Drive Extension, Queanbeyan NSW

Aboriginal cultural heritage assessment, salvage and mitigation for a major road extension, delivered under AHIP conditions.

ResidentialSalvageStatements of Heritage Effect

Denman Prospect & Whitlam estates, Molonglo ACT

Multi-year salvage, assessment and management across numerous sites for large suburban land releases in Canberra’s Molonglo Valley.

GovernmentArtefact analysis

ACT Heritage Unit collection audit

Specialist analysis of the ACT Heritage Unit’s entire stone artefact collection — over 20,000 artefacts from more than 800 sites.

InfrastructureExcavationSalvage

Berry to Foxground Bypass, NSW

Sub-surface investigation and large-scale salvage at two extensive archaeological deposit sites, with analysis of thousands of artefacts.

HistoricExcavationResearch

Brighton Transport Hub, Tasmania

Excavation of historic hut sites and an Aboriginal contact site, now the subject of an ANU Press monograph.

RenewablesAssessmentPermits

Majura & Royalla solar farms

Heritage assessment, permits and salvage for solar energy developments in the ACT and NSW.

HistoricAboriginalExcavation

Lanyon Heritage Precinct, ACT

Grant-funded Aboriginal and historic test excavation across a significant Canberra heritage precinct.

Project details are provided to illustrate experience; specific client engagements are referenced with permission where required.

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