Engineering Heritage Australia

From 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.

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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.

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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 QUICK LINKS

  • 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

22 October 2025 - Engineering Heritage Australia National Committee Meeting

10.00 am - 4.00 pm AEST, 11 National Circuit, Canberra.

28 October 2025 - Perth CBD Heritage Tour

09.30 am - 11.45 am AWST, Site visit led by Perry Beor, Registrants meet at Allendale Square Lobby.

30 October 2025 - Engineering in action at Scienceworks: from waterworks to technological wonders

02.30 pm - 5.00 pm AEDT, includes pumping station tour and collections store tour followed by presentations and Q/A.

1 November 2025 - Registration for 'Heritage Engineering Materials' course in Fremantle

flyer available here. More information at the Heritage Engineering Courses webpage. This course is similar to the course held in Sydney in July 2024.

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

Victorian Goldfields, Ballarat. Call for Abstracts and Registration now open.

27 November 2025 - History of the East Perth Power Station and its heritage marker ceremony

5.00 for 5.30 pm AWST start. Webinar from 5.30 - 6.30 pm AWST. Local in-person event continues to 7.30 pm AWST.

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