Engineering Heritage Australia
Welcome to Engineering Heritage Australia wiki website, a repository of knowledge about the history of engineering in Australia. Learn about the engineers who helped create the Australia we know today, and many of their well-known and less well-known achievements. Find interesting places to visit where you can see how engineering has shaped our country.
ENGINEERING HERITAGE SITES IN AUSTRALIA
This map shows sites of engineering heritage interest around Australia. You can enlarge the map to show more detail around any area of interest to you. Tap or click on any pin to learn more. If you know of a site that is not yet shown here, you can tell us about it here.
MAP KEY:
Yellow pins: sites of international engineering heritage significance
Red pins: sites of national engineering heritage significance
Blue pins: sites of engineering heritage significance
Brown pins: sites of engineering interest.
ENGINEERING HERITAGE REGISTER
A list of items of engineering significance that have been recognised with a marker since the commencement of the Engineering Heritage Recognition Program in 1984 is available here.
A list of places with special engineering interest, identified by Engineering Heritage Branches is available here.
A sitemap page provides a full list of the content on this website.
DATES FOR ENGINEERING HERITAGE EVENTS
13 September 2025 - Inner Newcastle heritage walk
10.00 am - 1.00 pm AEST from Newcastle Museum 6 Workshop Way, Newcastle, In-person only, Numbers limited, Registration closes 12 September.
14 - 17 October 2025 - Big Stuff Conference in Belgium and Perth
Hosted by Big Stuff Heritage community dedicated to preserving and showcasing technological and industrial heritage. A face-to-face and online Asia-Pacific hub will also be hosted in Perth on the same dates, making it easier for southern hemisphere heritage machinery fans to meet each other, get involved and reduce travel costs and carbon impact.
Options, pricing and registration now available at www.bigstuff2025.info/registration.
22 October 2025 - Engineering Heritage Australia National Committee Meeting
10.00 am - 4.00 pm AEST, 11 National Circuit, Canberra.
Victorian Goldfields, Ballarat. Call for Abstracts and Registration now open.
27 - 28 November 2025 - 'Heritage Engineering Materials' course in Fremantle
Reserve the date, flyer available here. More information at the Heritage Engineering Courses webpage. This course is similar to the course held in Sydney in July 2024.
27 November 2025 - East Perth Power Station Engineering Heritage Recognition
5.00 for 5.30 pm AWST start. Webinar from 5.30 - 6.30 pm AWST. Local in-person event continues to 7.00 pm AWST.
