archaeology coffs harbour

Project News: St Helena Pipeline Heritage Management

Niche was commissioned by NSW Public Works Advisory on behalf of Rous County Council to undertake an Aboriginal Objects Due Diligence Assessment for the proposed St Helena Pipeline project in the Lismore region of NSW. To find out more about the project, our role and the advantages our locally based team delivered to our client,…

biodiversity offsetting, biobanking, environmental, brokerage, offset credits

Opportunities in biodiversity offsetting

It pays to think outside the box Biodiversity offsets are now integral to project approvals in most states in Australia and are a significant expense to developers, so at Niche we work with our clients to turn offset liabilities into positive commercial outcomes. “Green tax” or commercial opportunity? In many cases, offsets are viewed by…

heritage consultant, queensland, brisbane, archaeologist

Earliest evidence of humans in Australia

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…