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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
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Talk by Stuart Read
Early to Mid 20th Century Garden Designers in NSW
Stuart Read will present an overview of eight key garden designers whose work was influential in NSW between 1900 and the 1960s. The talk will range from the Burley-/Mahony Griffins to Bruce McKenzie, and include the perhaps less-known Kath Carr, Betty Maloney & Jean Walker’s bush gardens of the 1960s & 1970s and the early garden historian Beatrice Bligh. He will also look at the challenges associated with the appreciation and protection of their legacies.
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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.
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Thursday 15 April 2010
ASHET annual general meeting and 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.
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