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. In 2011 ASHET has run two tours; one a weekend tour of Glen Davis, Kandos and Rylstone areas; the other an eight day toru of northern NSW including new England and Lightning Ridge.

 

ASHET News January 2012

ASHET News for January 2012 is now available as a pdf document for downloading and printing. It includes details of ASHET and other events for  remainder 2012 and a feature article on the Austraian opal industry with a focus on Lightning Ridge, the source of 97 per cent of the world’s black opals.

To download the newsletter click on ASHET News January 2012. To download earlier copies of ASHET News go to the Newsletter page.

Photos of ASHET North NSW Tour

To download photos of the recent ASHET North NSW Tour as a pdf file that can be viewed and printed, click on Northern NSW Tour photos.

Next ASHET event

Tuesday 21 February, 2012
Talk by Anita Yousif
Residential Development of Archaeological Sites in NSW

This paper will showcase two sites, a locally significant site and a State significant heritage site, both of which have been subdivided and redeveloped as residential precincts. The first case study site is located on the outskirts of Dapto, 110km south of Sydney. Now known as Brooks Terrace, Kanahooka, the redevelopment successfully amalgamates built heritage elements of the former Dapto Smelter site.

The second case study represents a development of the State heritage listed archaeological site of the former Bungarribee colonial estate, located at Doonside, western Sydney. The residential allotments are arranged around the central heritage area that has been transformed into a Heritage Park, with interpretive landscaping of the estate’s archaeological remains.

This paper demonstrates that both developments represent an effective fusion of heritage resources and contemporary living with comprehensive interpretation of the archaeological evidence.

Anita Yousif is a Senior Consultant with Godden Mackay Logan. As a field archaeologist she has worked on a number of archaeological excavations in Australia, Cyprus, Italy and Serbia.  She has recently directed excavations of World Heritage listed sites, including the Old Government House at Parramatta and the Sydney Opera House.

This is a joint activity of ASHET and the Royal Australian Historical Society.

Venue: History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Time: 5.30 for 6 pm
Cost: $8.00 Includes light refreshments on arrival
Bookings: phone RAHS on (02) 9247 8001 or email history@rahs.org.au

 

For more ASHET events, go to the Activities page.

 

 

 

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