Dr Helen Doyle
Associate

She specialises in developing thematic frameworks and thematic histories for a range of places, including municipalities. She has expertise in preparing heritage assessments and conservation management plans of places, precincts, and complexes. This includes urban and rural places; parks and gardens; cemeteries; industrial sites; and Aboriginal places. She has experience in Aboriginal cultural heritage and the recognition of Aboriginal cultural values in heritage reviews, interpretation plans and thematic histories. Helen has also prepared significance assessments for local history collections, and text panels for interpretative signage and exhibitions. Prior to joining GML Heritage (formerly Context), she worked as a freelance historian for various heritage consultancies.

Helen is also an award-winning writer and experienced editor. She was an assistant editor for the major reference work in Australian history: The Oxford Companion to Australian History, eds Graeme Davison, Stuart Macintyre and John Hirst (Oxford University Press, 1998).

Helen is the History member of the Heritage Council of Victoria and a listed Heritage Advisor under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (Vic.). In May 2024, Helen was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria in recognition of her highly significant contribution to the history and heritage of Victoria.

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‘Heritage is about exploring and better understanding places. It recognises the challenges of acknowledging different layers of history and meaning that may be embedded in a place.’