Siobhán Lavelle MA, PhD, OAM
Historical Archaeologist and Heritage Consultant
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Professional Experience
An Historical Archaeologist and Heritage Consultant, Siobhán Lavelle has a wide range of both practical and administrative experience. She has worked as a full time
professional engaged in cultural heritage management for over 15 years. Positions held
have included National Trust (NSW) Assistant Archaeologist (1985-1988) and
Archaeologist (1989); Project Officer, Historic Resources NPWS (1988); Consultant
Archaeologist, Heritage Branch / Heritage Council of NSW (1990) and Senior
Environmental Consultant (Specialist Archaeologist) to Pacific Power (1996-97).
Consulting Experience
Private consultancy established in 1989 with most work undertaken in NSW. More than 100
projects completed. Consultant projects for both government and private clients have
included historical archaeological surveys, excavations, heritage assessments,
heritage studies, statements of heritage impact, conservation plans and
archaeological management plans. Regular clients include the Roads and Traffic
Authority, Local Government Authorities, the Public Works Department and the Penrith
Lakes Development Corporation.
Major projects in the past decade include the preparation of Archaeological Management Plans for the City of Melbourne; City of Sydney; City of Newcastle and Port Macquarie.
Siobhán has considerable expertise in the assessment of Colonial roads. Since 1994 she has been the consultant archaeologist for the Heritage Council endorsed "Convict Trail Project". This is a community based initiative which seeks to conserve the
remaining heritage precincts of the Great North Road, constructed from Sydney to
Newcastle from 1826 to 1836. A Conservation Plan for the 250km road was completed from 1997 to 1999.
This Conservation Plan won a National Trust Heritage Award. To read the plan click here.
To visit the road use the link further down this page or visit The Convict Trail Project.
In 1998 a team comprising the Engineering firm Cardno MBK, Dr Don Fraser and Ms Siobhán Lavelle completed a "Study of the Relative Significance of all Timber Truss Bridges in NSW " for the Roads and Traffic Authority. This report assessed the remaining 82 of an original 422 timber truss bridges constructed in NSW. The 5 volume study received a 'Highly Commended' in the 1999 Institution of Engineers Awards (Heritage Category), and was the Winner of the Energy Australia Award in the National Trust Heritage Awards 2000, the award being accepted by the RTA.
Archaeological Excavations
Siobhán has also worked on several major urban archaeological excavations and participated in major heritage studies. Historical archaeological monitoring projects and archaeological excavations include work on the "Dundullimal" property, Dubbo, "Lindesay" Darling Point, "Woodford Academy",Woodford, and "Old Government House" Parramatta, for the National Trust of Australia (NSW), as well as investigations of The No.1 Mortuary Station and Necropolis Circuit, Rookwood Cemetery and "Wivenhoe" near Camden.
Cemetery Conservation
Siobhán has particular expertise in the care and conservation of historic cemeteries, having prepared guidelines on this subject published by the Heritage Council of NSW in 1992, and having completed an MA thesis on the cemeteries of the Sydney Region. She has also been involved in the preparation of detailed conservation plans for more than a dozen individual cemeteries, including large general cemeteries, churchyards and private burial grounds. In 1988, she was a member of the consultancy team for the Rookwood Necropolis Plan of Management, which subsequently won the 1990 Australian Heritage Award (Government Category) from the Australian Council of National Trusts and the Australian Institute of Landscape
Architects National Award 1990 (Heritage Landscapes Category).
In 1993 - 1994 Siobhán was appointed as Historic Cemeteries Adviser to the National
Trust and Heritage Council of NSW. From 1993 to 1995 Siobhán also served as the
National Trust nominated Trustee of Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, which at more than
750 acres, is one of the largest cemeteries in the world. In 1997 Siobhán was part
of a team which completed a report and published "Guidelines for the Management of
Human Skeletal Remains Under the NSW Heritage Act, 1977".
Since 1995 Siobhán has been the heritage consultant for the restoration of the historic Mays Hill Cemetery in Western Sydney. Over the past five years, six stages of restoration and repair work have been completed by Holroyd City Council with input from Siobhán in conjunction with the Mays Hill Cemetery "Friends" Group. In 2003 a team comprising Siobhán Lavelle, Judith Dunn, Geoffrey Britton and Barbara Cameron-Smith completed a Conservation Plan for the cemetery. That study received a 'Highly Commended' in the 2004
National Trust Heritage Awards. For more information visit Mays Hill Cemetery.
Qualifications
BA (Archaeology/Prehistory) Sydney University 1986
MA (Historical Archaeology) Sydney University 1989
PhD (Australian Studies) University of Newcastle 2004
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All relics are of legal age, in fact they are all at least 50 years old.
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