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ASHET, the Australian Society for History of Engineering and Technology, was formed with thirty members in 2003. ASHET now has around one hundred members, in all parts of Australia, though the majority live in Sydney.
ASHET is a non-profit association incorporated in New South Wales. It is affiliated with the Royal Australian Historical Society. Its objects are to encourage and promote community interest and education in the history of engineering and technology in Australia.
ASHET presents a regular program of around ten meetings each year in Sydney in association with the Royal Australian Historical Society with talks on topics related to the history of engineering and technology. Non-members are welcome to attend these meetings. ASHET also organises visits and tours to places of interest. In 2009 ASHET ran, in association with the RAHS, a two-week study tour of outback New South Wales including Broken Hill, Wentworth and Lake Mungo.
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NEXT ASHET EVENTS
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Tuesday 30 March 2010
Talk by Noni Boyd
Walter Liberty Vernon: NSW Government Architect
Sydney-based heritage consultant Noni Boyd will speak of the work of Walter Liberty Vernon who was NSW Government Architect from 1890 to 1911. During this period he was responsible for many of the landmark Sydney buildings including the Mitchell Wing of the State Library, the Art Gallery of NSW and the old Fisher Library at the University of Sydney.
Read all the details and book for this event by clicking here…
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Thursday 15 April 2010
ASHET annual general meeting
ASHET’s 2010 annual general meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday 15 April at History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney, preceded by light refreshments at 5.30 p.m.
Click here for an agenda and more information on the AGM
Election of office bearers
The annual general meeting will elect a new committee to take over from the present one at the end of the meeting. The committee consists of four office bearers and three other committee members. Nominations for election to these positions must be in writing and received by the secretary at least one week before the meeting.
For details and a nomination form click here…
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Thursday 15 April 2010
Talk by Tony Dawson
E. G. Stone – Expert in Concrete
The brief ASHET annual general meeting at 6 p.m will be immediately followed by a joint meeting of ASHET and the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS), with a talk by Tony Dawson. Non-members of ASHET may attend the annual general meeting but may not participate in the business of the meeting.
Read all the details and book for this event by clicking here…
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16–28 August 2010
Study Tour to Darling Downs
Following the very successful study tour to the NSW Outback in August 2009, a 13-day study tour to the Darling Downs is now proposed. It will depart on 16 August 2010. The tour will explore the distinctive history and heritage of this vast plateau on the western
slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland. ‘The Downs’ was named after Ralph Darling, then Governor of NSW, by Alan Cunningham who was a botanist and one of the first Europeans to explore the region, in 1827.
Expressions of interest now being accepted. Read more here…
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