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Tim Owen—Principal Dr Tim Owen, GML Heritage Principal and Archeologist, has 19 years’ experience working as a professional archaeologist; he has extensive experience in directing both Aboriginal and historical projects and archaeological excavations throughout Australia. He specialises in complex large-scale cultural landscape assessments, heritage management, bioarchaeological analysis and Aboriginal community, client and government liaison. Tim’s expertise lies in resolving complex strategic planning issues associated with large-scale projects, which include Aboriginal community consultation, Aboriginal and historical archaeological field survey, assessment, excavation, management and reporting. He has conceived and directed numerous public archaeology projects, and received the Martin Davies Award in 2007 for his long-term work at the Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasmania. Tim is a senior research fellow at Flinders University, with active research projects in Sydney and Adelaide. Qualifications PhD, Flinders University Bachelor of Science (International Archaeology) (Honours), University of Leicester, UK Key Experience Aboriginal Archaeology ENTD, SA, Test Excavation—Client: Department of Perilya CML 8 Eastern Precinct, Broken Hill, Defence, 2012. Conservation Management Plan—Client: Perilya Excavation Director East Leppington, Sydney, NSW, Test Broken Hill Limited, 2012. Edinburgh Defence Precinct SAT COMM, Excavation—Client: Stockland, 2011. Peppertree Quarry, Marulan, Aboriginal Heritage SA, Salvage Excavation—Client: Department Peppertree Quarry, Marulan, Salvage Excavation, Management Plan—Client: Boral Resources of Defence, 2018. Part 3A Approval—Client: Boral, 2011. (NSW), 2011. Basin I, Test Excavation, S90 Permits— Discovery Point Open Excavation, Sydney— RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA, Aboriginal Heritage Client: Lendlease, 2018. Client: Australand, 2011–2013. Management Strategy—Client: Department of Defence, Australian Government, 2012. North Dunheved, Salvage Excavation, S90 Jordan Springs, NSW, WP6 Test and Salvage Permits—Client: Lendlease, 2018. Excavation, Aboriginal Heritage Impact East Leppington Growth Centre, Sydney—Client: Stockland and NSW Department of Planning and Schofields, Salvage Excavation, S90 Permit—Client: Lend Lease, 2011. Environment, 2011–2016. Permit—Client: Defence Housing, 2017. Aboriginal Heritage Projects Department of Defence, SA, Aboriginal Arthur Phillip High School, Test and Consultation Guidelines—Client: Department of Salvage Excavation, SSD Approval— George Street Gatehouse, Parramatta Park— Defence, Australian Government, 2013. Client: Department of Education, 2017. Client: Parramatta Park Trust, 2018. Kaurna, SA, Cultural Heritage Mapping Project— Parramatta Park Garden Precinct, Salvage RAAF Woomera Airfield, Aboriginal Heritage Kaurna Nation, 2011–2015. Excavation, S90 Permit—Client: Parramatta Assessment—Client: Aurecon and Defence, 2018. Park Trust, 2017. Sydney Light Rail, NSW, Aboriginal Heritage Historic Heritage Places Parramatta Leagues Club, Testing, S90 Assessments—Client: Acciona, 2016–2018. Parramatta Park, Garden Precinct—Client: Permit—Client: APP & PLC, 2016. Woomera LA6A HIS and Interpretation Parramatta Park Trust, 2015–2018. Sydney Light Rail, Randwick, Open Area Strategy—Client: Aurecon, 2017. Parramatta Leagues Club, NSW—Client: APP for Salvage Excavation, SSI Approval—Client: JP154 Aboriginal Heritage Reporting—Client: PLC, 2016. Acciona, 2015–2016. Aurecon, 2017. Defence Establishment Orchard Hills, NSW, Historic Parramatta Park Garden Precinct, Test Darkinjung LALC Land Rezoning—Client: Heritage Assessment—Client: Department of Defence, Excavation, S90 Permit—Client: Parramatta Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council, 2017. Park Trust, 2015–2016. Australian Government, 2013. Dapto Land Review, NSW, Aboriginal Minmi, Gwandalan, Nords Wharf, Catherine Hill Nurrungar Valley, SA, Archaeological Heritage Assessments—Client: Stockland, Bay and Black Hill, Part 3A Aboriginal and Clearance—Client: Department of Defence, 2015–2016. Australian Government, 2015. Historic Heritage Assessments—Client: Coal and Parramatta Park Garden Precinct—Client: Allied (for ERM), 2008–2010. McPhails, Dapto, Test and Salvage Parramatta Park Trust, 2015–2018. Excavations, S90 Permit—Client: AHIP Case Studies, NSW—Client: Office of World Heritage Places Stockland, 2014–2015. Environment and Heritage, 2014–2015. Nurrungar Valley, SA, Test Excavation— Parramatta Park, Garden Precinct, Excavation Department of Defence, JP154—Client: Client: Department of Defence, Australian Director and Archaeological Asessment—Client: Department of Defence, Australian Government, Government, 2013. Parramatta Park Trust, 2015–2018. 2011–2016. East Leppington, Sydney, Salvage Excavations, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Excavation Supervision Defence Establishment Orchard Hills, NSW, S90 Permit—Client: Stockland, 2013. and Research—Client: Sydney University Greater Heritage Management Plan—Client: Department Angkor Project (GAP), 2012. RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA, Test Excavation— of Defence, Australian Government, 2013. Client: Department of Defence, 2013. Conservation and Heritage Expert Witness Reports Historical Archaeological Management Plans Excavation Director Planning & Assessment Committee—Drayton Sydney Defence Bases HMP for Degaussing South Coal Project, Aboriginal Heritage Review Sydney Opera House, Lift 36 Excavation, S60— Range, HMAS Watson, HMAS Waterhen— for the Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Client: Sydney Opera House, 2018. Client: Department of Defence, 2018. Association, 2015 and 2017. Newmarket, Randwick, Test and Salvage Baiame Cave, NSW, Conservation Watermark Mountain, Aboriginal Cultural Excavation, S140 and S60—Client: CBUS Management Plan—Client: Wonnarua Nation Landscape Review, S10 Application—Client: Residential, 2017–2018. Aboriginal Corporation & NPWS, 2018. Beatty Legal, 2016. Arthur Phillip High School, Test and Salvage Woomera HMP, Kokatha Country, SA— Thiess Village, Kosciuszko National Park, Excavation, SSD Approval—Client: Department of Client: ERM and Department of Defence, Heritage Assessment—Client: NSW Office of Education, 2017–2018. Australian Government, 2019. Environment and Heritage (for ERM), 2010. Parramatta Leagues Club, Testing, S140 Permit— Edinburgh Defence Precinct, SA, Heritage Island Bend, Kosciuszko National Park, Client: APP & PLC, 2016. Management Plan—Client: Department of Heritage Assessment—Client: NSW Office of Parramatta Park Garden Precinct, Test Excavation, Defence, Australian Government, 2013–2019. Environment and Heritage (for ERM), 2008. S60—Client: Parramatta Park Trust, 2015. JP154, Aboriginal Heritage Protection Three Mile Dam Camp, Kosciuszko National Sydney Opera House, S60—Client: Sydney Opera Park, Heritage Assessment—Client: NSW Plan—Client: Department of Defence, House, 2012. Australian Government, 2015. Office of Environment and Heritage (for ERM), 105 Radar Station, NT, Environment Protection 2009. Nurrungar Valley, SA, Aboriginal Heritage and Biodiversity Conservation Act Internal Management Plan—Client: Department of Approval—Client: Department of Finance, 2010. Defence, Australian Government, 2013–2014. Industry Involvement Employment Owen, T D 2015, ‘Advocating Aboriginal Heritage ‘Aboriginal archaeology and landscape’, Conservation and Management Through the Land Principal, GML Heritage, 2018–Present. ICOMOS National Scientific Committee Guest Development Process’, International Austronesian Speaker, 2012. Conference, Council for Indigenous People and National Senior Associate, GML Heritage, 2015–2018. ‘Aboriginal Tradition—a New Definition’, Taipei University of Education, pp 186–204. Associate, GML Heritage, 2010–2015. National Trust Conference, ACT, 2011. Owen, T D 2015, ‘Australian Aboriginal traditional Archaeology Team Leader, ERM, 2007–2010. ‘Aboriginal heritage and archaeology’, lecture, knowledge and intellectual creations’, International Archaeological Consultant, ERM, 2003–2007. University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2011. Austronesian Conference, Council for Indigenous People and National Taipei University of Education, pp 272–284. Public Archaeology Project Director, PASHA, ‘Introduction to Aboriginal Archaeology’, lectures 2002–2003; 2006; 2008. for U.Can, ACT, 2011. Owen, T D 2015, ‘ An Archaeology of Absence (or the archaeology of nothing)’, Historic Environment 27(2), pp Private archaeological consultant, 1999–2003. ‘Planning and Heritage Values’, NSW Society of 70–83. Planning, Sydney, 2011. Selected Conference and Owen, T D and Pate, D F 2014, ‘A Kaurna Burial, Lecture Papers Selected Publications Salisbury, SA’, Australian Archaeology, the Australian Archaeological Association, AUS. ‘Isotopic methods to examine migration and Owen, T, Field, J, Luu, S, Kokatha Aboriginal mobility’, presented at the Australian People, Stephenson, B and Coster, A 2019, Pate, F D and Owen, TD 2014, ‘Stable carbon and Archaeological Assocation (AAA) Conference, ‘Ancient Starch Analysis of Grinding Stones from nitrogen isotopes as indicators of sedentism and Auckland, 2018. Kokatha Country, SA’, Journal of Archaeological territoriality in late Holocene South Australia’, Archaeology in Oceania, University of Sydney, NSW. Forbes, C, Owen, T and Veale, S 2018, ‘Risk Science Reports 23, pp 178–188. and resilience: Baiame’s Cave and creation McPhail, M and Owen, T 2018, ‘What was growing Owen, T D and James, S 2013, ‘The History, Archaeology landscape, NSW, Australia’, 8th International in the Tank Stream Valley, Sydney Cove, in 1788?’,
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