Mary Dallas (1952–2023) was a 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 Parramatta (; ) is a suburb (Australia), suburb and major commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney. Parramatta is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district, Sydney CBD, on the banks of the Parramatta River. It is co ...

, and

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and for the

Royal National Park The Royal National Park is a state park, protected national park that is located in the Sutherland Shire local government area in Southern Sydney and in the City of Wollongong local government area in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Au ...

Sydney. She completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Archaeology and Fine Arts at the

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in 1973. She was a founding and past president of the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists, a member of the

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, member of

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, 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, Jo McDonald and

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, 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
/ref> Dallas died at her home in

Kangaroo Valley Kangaroo Valley is a river valley along the Kangaroo River (Shoalhaven), 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 withi ...

, NSW.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dallas, Mary Australian archaeologists University of Sydney alumni Australian women archaeologists 1952 births 2023 deaths