Hughenden Irrigation Project – Terrestrial Ecological Assessments
Niche undertook preliminary ecological surveys, and targeted seasonal ecological surveys of the proposed action area (project site) to inform project constraints.
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,…
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…
Aboriginal timeline
“Information gathered will help provide a timeline of Aboriginal occupation from Wentworth to Broken Hill.” Our cultural heritage work along 270km of WaterNSW’s Wentworth to Broken Hill pipeline made the local newspaper recently. Originally published the Barrier Daily Truth, Friday 8 June 2018, you can read the full story here.
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…