World Heritage Consultant, UK
Barry Gamble is a UK-based independent World Heritage consultant with over 20 years’ experience as author, coordinator and advisor to a number of successful nominations to the World Heritage List. A geographer and geologist, and a specialist in mining heritage, he works either autonomously or as part of a multi-disciplinary, commonly cross-cultural, team. International clients include the UN, national and federal state governments, regional and local authorities in Europe (Poland, Germany, Romania, Ireland, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, France, Austria, Czechia, and the UK), Japan, Mexico, South Africa, the United States, Canada, Australia, and island states in the Caribbean, Pacific, and Indian Ocean.
Most of Barry’s working knowledge of World Heritage is derived from intensive practical experience since 1995; first in his role as co-owner of a UK-based international heritage consultancy, and, since 2000, as Barry Gamble Consultancy. His first involvement in a World Heritage application was in 2003-05, as Principal Author of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (UK). This nomination of an extensive serial cultural landscape used an innovative geographical/landscape-based approach; a model that also fits the Victorian Goldfields.
As Principal Author, recent mining-related serial nominations include Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (Japan) inscribed in 2015 and Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region (Poland) inscribed in 2019. Barry was also advisor to Erzgebirge-Krušnohoří Mining Region transboundary cultural landscape (Germany/Czechia), inscribed in 2019, and author/co-author/advisor to Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (Romania) and The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales (UK), both inscribed in 2021, and Sado Island Gold Mines (Japan) inscribed in 2024.
Barry is a member of ICOMOS (international council on monuments and sites), TICCIH (the international committee for the conservation of industrial heritage), and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).
Lecturer Cultural Heritage, Deakin University, Australia
Kristal Buckley AM is a Lecturer in Cultural Heritage at Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia). She is an experienced cultural heritage practitioner, and holds professional qualifications in the disciplines of anthropology, archaeology and public policy. Before joining Deakin University, she worked in government, consulting and in the community sector. Her work has a focus on evolving forms of international cultural heritage practice, including the separated but entangled processes for cultural and natural heritage. Her interests particularly focus on Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. She is a member of the Board of the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority, which manages three World Heritage sites in Tasmania that have been recognised for their associations with the convict histories of Australia; and is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area on Norfolk Island.
In November 2014, Kristal Buckley completed a 9-year term as international Vice-President of ICOMOS and was made an Honorary (International) Member of ICOMOS. She represented ICOMOS at the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee 2007-2014, and is currently an ICOMOS World Heritage Advisor for the evaluation and conservation of cultural heritage through the implementation of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. She is an expert member of the ICOMOS International Committee for Intangible Heritage; and was President of Australia ICOMOS (2002-2005). She served a 9-year term as a full member of the Heritage Council of Victoria (2001-2010), and chaired its Registrations Committee. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2013 for significant service to conservation and the environment, particularly in the area of cultural heritage, and to education.
Strategic Advisor
Rodney Carter is a descendant of Dja Dja Wurrung and Yorta Yorta people and resides at Bendigo in Central Victoria. He worked for over ten years as the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation trading as ‘DJAARA’ and the subsidiary company Dja Dja Wurrung Enterprises Pty Ltd trading though its trusts ‘DJANDAK’, ‘DUMAWUL’ and ‘DJAKITJ’ and held the Chairperson position of the Company Board for ten years.
A defining moment for Rodney was as Signatory and Claimant negotiating the Dja Dja Wurrung people’s native title settlement which resulted in a Recognition and Settlement Agreement in 2013 under the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010, culminating over a decade long journey of discussions and negotiations with the State of Victoria.
Rodney is a member of the Loddon Campaspe Regional Stronger Regions Committee since its inception and also held a position on the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council until 2024.
Rodney was Chairperson until August 2021 and was previous Chairperson of the Council over 2012, 2013 and 2014. He is currently the Secretay’s nominee for the Dhelkuya Dja Land Management Board for implementation of the Dja Dja Wurrung Joint Management Plan for the 6 Aborginal Titled Lands in the care of his people. He has recently (2023) been elected to the Victorian First Peoples Assembly for Treaty and has been appointed Co-Chair of its Elders Voice.
He was until 2025 a member of the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owners Coporations and he served as its Chairperson though 2018-2022. He has Chaired a number of State Project Control Groups for the Victorian Traditional Owner Cultural Burning Strategy 2019, Victorian Traditional Owner Game Management Strategy 2020, Victorian Native Foods and Botanicals Strategy 2021, member of the Victorian Enviroments Forum for the Victorian Biodiversity Strategy 2037, the Water for Victoria Plan 2016 member. A notable achievement was working as a Development Manager for the construction and the opening of the Melbourne Museum and became the innaugral Bunjilaka Aborginal Centre Manager.
Strategic Advisor
Trevor Budge AM is a Strategic Advisor on the Victorian Goldfields World Heritage Nomination.
Trevor is a former Strategic Projects Officer – World Heritage at the City of Greater Bendigo and held senior management positions in Strategy and Regional Sustainable Development at the City. He is a former Associate Professor at the Bendigo Campus of La Trobe University and Adjunct Professor at RMIT University. He served as State President of the Victorian Division of the Planning Institute of Australia for three years and is a Life Fellow and has a National Lifetime Achievement Award from the Planning Institute.
Trevor became a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia in June 2010 for services to town planning, particularly the development of regional and rural communities in Victoria, and to education. He was a Ministerial appointee on the Victorian Catchment Management Council for six years and a Ministerial appointee on the Board of the Victorian Planning Authority from 2016 to 2023. He is currently a Ministerial appointee on the Board of Puffing Billy Railway where he chairs their Heritage and Conservation Committee. His involvement in a World Heritage Bid for the Victorian Goldfields commenced in 1989 when he undertook work for John Brumby MHR who championed the first efforts for international recognition.