Engineering Heritage Australia

Welcome to Engineering Heritage Australia, 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 REGISTER

Click or tap the map image to view an interactive map of Engineering Heritage locations around Australia. Click on any map item to see a description, a web page with more details, and a Google Maps link to help you find it.

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.

Click ot tap the map image to view an interactive map of places that show special aspects of engineering history to make your next outing more interesting. Click on any map item to see a description, a web page with more details, and a Google Maps link to help you find it.

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

5 June 2025 - Celebrating the iconic Sydney Harbour Tunnel

4:30 - 7:15 pm AEST. In-person and Online, sponsored by the Australian Tunnelling Society who have gathered many of the original designers, construction team and client reps to all talk in panels and share memories about their time on the project.

1 July 2025 - Engineering Heritage Australia Achievement Award - John Monash Medal

Nominations are open to Tuesday 1 July. The criteria and submission guidelines are included on page 16 of the People Awards Entry Handbook

22 July 2025 - Locomotive workshop, South Eveleigh - integrating structural engineering into a heritage building

6:00 - 7:30 pm AEST. In-person and Online, speakers Elvin Candra and Viktor Siskoski, Arcadis.

24 - 25 July 2025 - 'Contexts for Heritage Engineering' course in Adelaide

Reserve the date, flyer available here. More information at the Heritage Engineering Courses webpage.

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.

17 - 19 November 2025 - The Australia ICOMOS 2025 National Conference Our Shared Heritage

Victorian Goldfields Ballarat. Call for Sponsors now open.

Late November/early December 2025 - 'Heritage Engineering Materials' course in Perth

Reserve the date, flyer available soon. More information at the Heritage Engineering Courses webpage. Refer the course held in Sydney in July 2024.