PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR HERITAGE & COMMUNITY

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Over 25+ years of experience

Converge Heritage + Community has 25 years of experience as a leader in the heritage industry.

Our highly specialised team provide expertise across every aspect of heritage including Built Heritage, Aboriginal Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, Interpretation and Heritage Tourism, and Planning and Compliance.

We work with clients from a range of community, private, government and corporate sectors and focus on delivering innovative and practical solutions.
Our services
Converge Heritage + Community consults in all areas of cultural heritage, including Aboriginal and historic.

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

For more than 25 years, Converge Heritage + Community has been working collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, developers and government authorities to achieve best practice outcomes for cultural heritage across Queensland.

Archaeology

Our experience ranges from large-scale urban excavations, remote archaeological surveys and programs, assistance with managing incidental finds during development of major projects, providing expert archaeological advice and preparation of technical reports. Expertise includes Aboriginal cultural heritage and historic archaeology.

Historic Heritage

Built, landscape, urban and industrial heritage. Working with owners of heritage listed places, developers, designers and heritage authorities, we can provide a practical balance between obtaining project outcomes and conserving heritage values.

Interpretation & Heritage Tourism

Interpretation can enhance the visitor experience of a place or venue, promoting tourism opportunities. Our expertise encompasses historic, Indigenous and natural heritage interpretation.

Planning & Compliance

Converge Heritage + Community have experience working with local, state and federal heritage authorities as well as the Queensland Heritage Council. We can assist property owners and developers gain approval for work to heritage and character places. We can provide detailed analysis and expert advice pertaining to heritage legislation and planning requirements.

Traditional Owner Services

The Labour Hire wing of our company, Archaeo Cultural Heritage Service Pty Ltd (Archaeo), fulfills an additional role in the provision of employment, engagement and cultural heritage agreement implementation services for both Traditional Owner Groups and proponents across Queensland.

QUALIFIED & EXPERIENCED TEAM

Converge’s professional team is comprised of qualified archaeologists, heritage consultants and historians.

Each consultant brings their own passion and individual specialist skills, which strengthens our team’s capabilities, and ensures we can provide solutions for every conceivable heritage project.
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recent projects
Converge Heritage + Community consults in all areas of cultural heritage, including Aboriginal and historic.

ARAmara solar farm cultural heritage management plan

Converge and the Kabi Kabi People undertook an assessment of the proposed solar farm site at Aramara. The purpose was to provide background information for a Cultural Heritage Management Plan, developed under Part 7 of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003.

Mt ninderry cultural values assessment

In conjunction with the Kabi Kabi People, Converge undertook a cultural values assessment of the Mt Ninderry Environmental Reserve to develop strategies to manage potential impacts on Aboriginal cultural heritage from ongoing use and management of the reserve.

Whitsunday cultural values indicator

Converge work with the Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership, Reef Catchments and the Mackay-Whitsunday-Isaac Traditional Owner Reference Group to undertake annual Indigenous Cultural Heritage Indicator Assessments in partnership with the reference group.

VIEW OUR CASE STUDIES

Over the past 25 years, Converge has undertaken hundreds of cultural heritage projects for a range of clients, including government, community, corporate and private.

The following examples provide a selection of recent projects.
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Our locations
Fitting to our works as a heritage company, our office locations are sited within heritage and character properties.

Hervey Bay

57 East Street, Scarness

PO Box 1974, Pialba, 4655

Cairns

‘The Boland’s Centre’ 14 Spence Street, Cairns

PO Box 2666, Cairns, 4870

Brisbane

Suite 3, Level 2, 303 Adelaide Street, Brisbane

GPO Box 1700, Brisbane, 4001