Our NSW consulting team has travelled far and wide in recent weeks, providing advice to clients across the state, from Broken Hill to Brimbin. Our historical heritage team has been busy preparing a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the Portland Cement Works. Meanwhile on the South Coast, our ecologists have been assisting Roads and Maritime […]

Niche marine ecologist Dr David Cummings will present a seminar at this year’s Coastal Conference, entitled Fauna and flora of the ‘terra nullius zone’: Considerations for ecological assessments of estuarine habitats. “There are a number of species that can utilise a combination of both terrestrial and marine habitats along the shorelines of estuaries – what […]

Niche heritage consultant Xavier Carah is an experienced field archaeologist, with particular skills in survey, excavation and community liaison for Indigenous cultural heritage projects. Queensland-based Xavier is the co-author of a new research article recently published in the journal Nature, Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago. The research reports on the results […]

Niche is pleased to announce the appointment of heritage consultant Duncan Jones, as we continue to grow and strengthen our consulting team in NSW. Duncan is an experienced field archaeologist, heritage consultant and project manager, specialising in both historic and Aboriginal heritage. Duncan’s archaeological experience has been gained in Sydney, regional NSW and overseas. Duncan’s […]

Our team in Queensland have been utilising their extensive experience dealing with Queensland State heritage place issues to assist Resolute Mining Limited with a complex project in north Queensland. Read more about this project: Buck Reef West Expansion, Ravenswood Gold Mine.

Watershed Landcare’s Green Day is an annual event for year five and six students from sixteen schools in Mudgee and the surrounding region.  Now in its ninth year, Green Day 2017 will provide a record number of 625 kids with an opportunity to learn about the environment. Green Day includes workshop presentations from a local […]

Research ecologist Matthew Stanton is an expert on Koala ecology and management, with 26 years’ experience in researching the ecology of Australian vertebrate fauna, particularly in regards to habitat requirements and relationships of forest fauna and threatened species. Matthew is the co-author of a new research paper, published this month in the online journal Ecology […]

Once again, Niche Environment and Heritage will be showing support for our clients in the mining industry at the annual Health, Safety, Environment and Community conference. The event is organised by NSW Mining and brings together the key policy experts and decision makers to talk about the operational and regulatory challenges and issues in key […]

The project Niche Environment and Heritage, in association with Bowditch Group and Hills Environmental, is currently engaged by Roads and Maritime Services in an 8 year contract for environmental services for the upgrade of the Pacific Highway between the Oxley Highway at Port Macquarie and Eungai.  The Pacific Highway upgrade is one of the largest […]

Niche is pleased to announce that heritage architect Ameera Mahmood has joined the team. Ameera is a registered architect in the State of NSW with 16 years of postgraduate experience. Ameera has previously worked in the private sector and has gained broad project experience including building conservation, adaptive re-use of heritage buildings, planning, design and […]