Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment

CACHE is a university centre for collaborative research into cultural heritage and environmental knowledge, including those of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Centre brings transdisciplinary researchers into conversation with each other to answer the critical question: what can we learn from the past? By bridging disciplinary gaps, we aim to provide new and more holistic insights into preceding cultural and environmental conditions and to articulate their relevance for today’s world.

Our members come from across Macquarie University, with a concentration of expertise in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science and Engineering including environmental scientists, archaeologists, biologists, social scientists, and historians. We strive to include higher degree and early career researchers within our ambit and provide opportunities for their academic development and inclusion.

The Centre seeks to collaborate with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to further understand, respect, and apply Indigenous knowledges and perspectives to the study of the past. We also seek to engage with industry and commercial stakeholders through project partnership and consultation.

Together, we can activate knowledge of the past to better understand and address the challenges of the present and future.