Mary Dallas (1952–2023) was Scottish-born Australian archaeologist, who specialised in the area of Aboriginal cultural heritage management.
Dallas was prominent in the area cultural heritage assessment procedures including Review of Environmental Factors, for Local and Regional Environmental Plans and Local Environmental Studies, Aboriginal Heritage Impact Assessments and Conservation Management Plans. She also had considerable experience in legal matters related to assessment of the impact of development on heritage protection.
She has completed important Aboriginal heritage assessments for the municipalities of
Parramatta, and
Blacktown and for the
Royal National Park Sydney.
She completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Archaeology and Fine Arts at the
University of Sydney in 1973. She was a founding and past president of the
Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists, a member of the
Australian Rock Art Research Association, member of
Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology, and one of, if not the first consultants to work in NSW. She was active in setting professional standards for archaeology. Along with
Helen Brayshaw,
Laila Haglund
Laila Haglund is an archaeologist who played a key role in establishing consulting archaeology in Australia, and in drafting Queensland's first legislation to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage.
Early life and education
Haglund was born in ...
,
Jo McDonald and
Val Attenbrow
Valerie Attenbrow is principal research scientist in the Anthropology Research Section of the Australian Museum, a position she has held since 1989.
Education and career
Attenbrow commenced her archaeological studies in the Department of Anthr ...
, she was among the first archaeologists in Australia to make their living purely from consulting.
Digging It Up Down Under: A Practical Guide to Doing Archaeology in Australia Claire Smith, Heather Burke p. 7
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Dallas died at her home in Kangaroo Valley
Kangaroo Valley is a river valley along the Kangaroo River in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, Australia, located west of the seaside in the City of Shoalhaven. It is also the name of the small suburb within it, formerly known as Osbor ...
, NSW.
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Australian archaeologists
University of Sydney alumni
Australian women archaeologists
1952 births
2023 deaths