Staff Profiles
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Dr Christine Williamson
Director - Archaeologist - Heritage Advisor - Lithics Specialist - Historic Artefact Specialist
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Christine is the Director of Christine Williamson Heritage Consultants Pty Ltd (CWHC), is a registered Heritage Advisor and is on Heritage Victoria’s Directory of Heritage Consultants. In her more than 25 years as an archaeological consultant she has managed numerous Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal historic projects for private and government clients.
Throughout her career Christine has worn a number of hats; from Heritage Policy Officer specialising in native Title at Aboriginal Affairs Victoria (now FP-SR) to co-ordinator of a course on Heritage Management for the Archaeology Department at La Trobe University teaching students practical and legislative elements of archaeology within Australia. She has also worked as a tutor at La Trobe University and currently teaches into the University of Melbourne’s Interpreting Material Culture study unit within the Archaeology Programme.
One of Christine’s specialist skills is the analysis of Aboriginal stone artefacts, and she has provided training in the recording and analysis of Aboriginal stone artefacts to university students, heritage consultants, Indigenous communities and staff at FP-SR.
Christine is also recognised as an expert on nineteenth-century artefacts in Australia and has instigated numerous practises which are now used as industry standards. She has also provided training sessions to university students and other heritage consultants on identifying, cataloguing and analysing historic artefacts as well as presented on and publishing several articles and book contributions on nineteenth-century artefacts. Christine has assisted in developing the artefact displays and interpretations of numerous historic artefact collections, most notably Casselden Place, Wesley Place and 280 George Street Sydney.
Christine developed an artefact recording framework for Casselden Place, which was subsequently used as the basis of Museums Victoria EMU system, and her artefact cataloguing database was the first (and currently only) system approved for use by Heritage Victoria. She is on the Heritage Victoria historic artefacts reference group, which is working on revising standards of recording historic material culture in Victoria.
Christine’s greatest passion is training the next generation of archaeologists in a supportive and safe environment so that they can fully develop their skills to the highest possible standard. Her hobbies include a deep and abiding love of Spode, going op-shopping, making miniatures and reading.
Throughout her career Christine has worn a number of hats; from Heritage Policy Officer specialising in native Title at Aboriginal Affairs Victoria (now FP-SR) to co-ordinator of a course on Heritage Management for the Archaeology Department at La Trobe University teaching students practical and legislative elements of archaeology within Australia. She has also worked as a tutor at La Trobe University and currently teaches into the University of Melbourne’s Interpreting Material Culture study unit within the Archaeology Programme.
One of Christine’s specialist skills is the analysis of Aboriginal stone artefacts, and she has provided training in the recording and analysis of Aboriginal stone artefacts to university students, heritage consultants, Indigenous communities and staff at FP-SR.
Christine is also recognised as an expert on nineteenth-century artefacts in Australia and has instigated numerous practises which are now used as industry standards. She has also provided training sessions to university students and other heritage consultants on identifying, cataloguing and analysing historic artefacts as well as presented on and publishing several articles and book contributions on nineteenth-century artefacts. Christine has assisted in developing the artefact displays and interpretations of numerous historic artefact collections, most notably Casselden Place, Wesley Place and 280 George Street Sydney.
Christine developed an artefact recording framework for Casselden Place, which was subsequently used as the basis of Museums Victoria EMU system, and her artefact cataloguing database was the first (and currently only) system approved for use by Heritage Victoria. She is on the Heritage Victoria historic artefacts reference group, which is working on revising standards of recording historic material culture in Victoria.
Christine’s greatest passion is training the next generation of archaeologists in a supportive and safe environment so that they can fully develop their skills to the highest possible standard. Her hobbies include a deep and abiding love of Spode, going op-shopping, making miniatures and reading.