Heritage News

If you’ve come to learn about what a cultural heritage assessment is, and how it may relate to your planning project, then welcome - you’re in the right place. Cultural heritage can be complex and a bit confusing, so, in this post we’re going to cover a few key points…

Cultural Heritage Management can at times include site based cultural activities,  performed on country. Last week Bunurong Elder Uncle Mik and his son Eric were invited to carry out a Smoking Ceremony as part of their Welcome to Country for Summerset Holdings. Summerset are preparing to build an aged care…

At ALA, repatriation of artefacts to their Aboriginal place of significance on country, as requested by the traditional custodians, is one of the many elements of our cultural heritage work. ALA has been part of the cultural heritage management process for the State Government’s Level Crossing Removal Project and on…

ALA GIS Team at the CAAA Conference 2020.  Our GIS Officer, Helen Nguyen-Mallen reports.   The CAA (Computer Applications in Archaeology) Australasia Online Conference 2020 ran over the 15-16 September and it was great to attend with fellow members of the ALA GIS team- albeit virtually! Four overarching topics were…

ALA is currently part of what is heralded as one of Melbourne’s largest archaeological digs at the Metro Tunnel. Lead by Paul Pepdjonovic we currently have a team of over 20 archaeologists, conservators and artefact analysts excavating an important city site as part of the new Melbourne metro tunnel development. Heritage…

Regional Rail Link's cultural heritage management has been an ongoing project for Andrew Long and Associates. Recently the importance of this work was featured on SBS on the program 'Living Black'. The program outlines the nature of the work of Andrew Long and Associates with the Wadawurrung people. Part of…

Andrew Long + Associates expert evidence secures three further wins for our clients. VCAT have recently announced three decisions that  Cultural Heritage Management Plans (CHMPs) were not required, based on expert evidence prepared by Executive Director, Jonathan Howell-Meurs. In our experience, CHMPs are often requested unnecessarily at significant cost to…

Project Archaeologist Eric Endacott, has taken some time out of his project work to show some school kids just what can be found underground. Read more here about Eric's trip to Hillcrest Christian College. The kids heard all about Eric's local and international archaeology work and also got to dig…

It is with great excitement and enthusiasm that as Founding Director of Andrew Long + Associates I introduce Ricky Feldman and Jon Howell-Meurs, in the roles of Executive Directors. It is now 23 years since I began practising as an archaeologist in Melbourne. During this time I have built Andrew…

We are excited to announce that Andrew Long + Associates are launching a new Geelong branch. Our Geelong based staff, Senior Project Manager Dr Mike Green, and Project Manager Alison O’Connor will focus on the specific needs of our Geelong clients. Andrew Long + Associates have long had a working…

The Victorian Digital Archaeological Data Archive (DADA) is an industry-driven initiative that aims to make digital archaeological data more readily available for cultural heritage management and research purposes. The DADA project is being developed by Dr Josara de Lange, GIS Manager at Andrew Long + Associates, with support from the…

Andrew Long, our Founding Director, recently travelled to Canberra to present three days of workshops on the formation, identification and management of Aboriginal scarred trees. Present were over 30 participants from Representative Aboriginal Organisations (RAOs), the United Ngunnawal Elders Council and Government Agencies across both the ACT and NSW. The…

Michael Lever, ALA Project Archaeologist recently gave an interesting talk on Gordon Childe at the Melbourne Museum to the Anthropological and Archaeological Society of Victoria. There would be few archaeologists who did not know something of Childe’s contribution to their discipline. Yet recognition of the scale of this contribution and…

In August this year, Andrew Long and Associates Project Archaeologist, Michael Lever delivered a lecture on health, hygiene, and material culture in nineteenth century Melbourne Death and disease wrought tragedy in Melbourne throughout most of the 19th century, particularly among children the working-class poor. During this time, the medical profession…

Our Movemeber guys gave their upper lip to charity and wore their moustaches proudly. They raised $780 in total over the month. Then of course our fabulous MoSistas raised $330! With a total of $1100 raised the company matched their efforts creating a donation of $2200 to the selected charities!…

Staff at Andrew Long + Associates are bringing back the moustache this November! As part of Movember, five ALA staff members will be personally growing moustaches to raise vital funds for men’s health. Money raised will go towards the two biggest health issues men face – prostate cancer and depression.…