meet the team

“I have always been interested in the past; from trips to the goldfields, trips to timber mills and steam train rides with my father. I learned by field skills from some wonderfully generous archaeologists and found inspiration from the classic archaeological writing. I have seen the firestick fires of a Northern Australia summer, the mutton birds on the water in Bass Strait, the silent wreck of the Loch Ard and the apocalyptic remains of Gunkanjima.”
— Dr Iain Stuart, Principal

Dr Iain Stuart

PRINCIPAL

A smiling elderly man with white hair and a beard, wearing a brown, yellow, and black plaid shirt, against a light gray background.

Dr Iain is a Principal at Artefact in the Historical Archaeology team and his main role is to act as Excavation Director on historical sites as well as offering research, general heritage management and mentoring of Artefact staff.

But perhaps one of his greatest passions is Industrial Heritage. His work in the field of Industrial Archaeology and Heritage is known throughout Australia and overseas. In Australia he established the ICOMOS-TICCIH National Scientific Committee on Industrial Heritage and in Japan he was appointed as an advisor to the Committee on the World Heritage Nomination Industrial Heritage in Kyushu and Yamaguchi.

Iain also currently holds the position of President of the Royal Australian Historical Society and is a serving Board Member of the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage.

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Iain’s artefact

Person holding a detailed historic map of the Village of Mitchell, Parish of Castletow, County of Roxburgh, with a plaid shirt visible in the background

“My artefact is an 1882 plan of the settlement of Mitchel between Bathurst and Lithgow. This was a small gold mining settlement and poorly documented. This map shows the surprising extent of the settlement in the landscape including a Chinese market garden and a hut occupied by a Chinese man. The map is of value as it is a serendipitous find.”