Australian Society for History of Engineering and Technology

Outback Tour About ASHET Contact ASHET Join ASHET ASHET and other events ASHET News. Links Book review Annual report 2008 Financial report 2008 Downloads Ashfield Journal contents Click on a picture below to read about the history it illustrates	ASHET, the Australian Society for History of Engineering and Technology. was formed in June 2003. Its objects are to encourage and promote community interest and education in the history of engineering and technology in Australia. Click on about ASHET for more information. Click on join ASHET for a membership application form. Click on a picture to read about the history it illustrates. RAHS and ASHET Tour of NSW Outback The tour, by air-condiioned 44 passenger coach, departs from Sydney on Monday 17 August for a 13 day tour of the NSW outback, including Cobar, Broken Hill, Menindie, Wentworth, Lake Mungo, Mildura, Hay and Cowra. There are alos options to particpate in either the first eight days of the tour, or the last five days. There are still some vacancies, that will be filled in the order that registrations are received. Click on Outback Tour to read or download a pdf brochure that includes a registration form. Next ASHET event Thursday 16 July, 2009 Talk by Jenny Horsfield The Edgeworth David family; burdens of love and duty T. W. Edgeworth David's life and heroic achievements have been well documented. As a pioneering geologist he opened up the Hunter Valley coal seams; he was a widely respected and prestigious Professor of Geology at the University of Sydney; as a fifty year old he led a hazardous four-month trip to reach the vicinity of he South Magnetic Pole; and in World War 1 he was awarded the DSO for his three years of service on the Western Front, pioneering the role of military geology. This talk will look at the way David's full and adventurous life both inspired and deeply affected his wife and three children. The speaker, Jenny Horsfield, is currently writing a biography, The David Women, about David's wife, Cara, and her two daughters, Margaret and Molly David. This is a joint activity of ASHET and the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS).  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. More ASHET events For more events click on ASHET and other events.   ASHET News for July 2009 is now available The July 2009 issue of ASHET News includes details of ASHET events to the end of Septmber 2009, othere ASHET news, a review of the tram exhibition at the Museum of Sydney, znd a review of the recent book by Wayne Johnson and Roger Parris about Sydney's Darling Harbour. Click on ASHET News July 2009 to view or download a copy. To view earlier issues of ASHET News, click on ASHET News.   ASHET committee elected in 2009 At the annual general meeting held on 23 April 2009 the following office-bearers and committee members were elected, to serve until the close of the following annual general meeting to be held in 2010. President Ian Jack Senior vice-president Mari Metzke Vice-president David Craddock Secretary Ian Arthur Treasurer John Roberts Committee members Felicity Barry   Ian Bowie   Rob Renew   ASHET's Journal Contents Project Thanks to a donation from ASHET member Don Fraser, a NSW History Grant, a grant from the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, and a large contribution in kind from the University of Sydney Library, we have been able to undertake our project to make the complete contents of two historic NSW engineering journals readily available in digital form for readers and researchers. We are now close to having the full texts of these journals, including many large fold-out drawings and other images, availble on a website where they can be read, searched and downloaded.
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