Engineering Heritage Australia Newsletters

The EHA Newsletters were commenced in October 1992. The opening paragraph in the first Newsletter by the Hon. Editor Tony Moulds states:

Welcome to this Newsletter. It aims to provide a means of communication between all persons and organisations who have an interest in Engineering heritage, and to cover the full breadth and depth of this subject across all engineering disciplines, including the history of engineers, engineering and technology, the conservation of physical or documentary evidence of this history, the restoration or reconstruction of past works, and the interpretation of these to engineers and to the general public.

Between October 1992 and October 2012 there were a total of 26 Newsletters, copies of which are available for download from the table below.

No.	Link to Newsletter	Summary of Contents
01	October 1992	A New Newsletter (Tony Moulds) Engineering Heritage and Conservation Guidelines National Committee on Engineering Heritage Australian Engineering Plaquing Program Australian News Overseas News New Books and Articles
02	January 1994	Professor Henry J Cowan AO, eminent speaker on heritage National Committee on Engineering Heritage Loss of Titan Australian News Historic Mining Sites in the National Estate Register Our Roads Scholar (Dr Max Lay) Oral History – Sydney Division The Johnston’s Creek and White’s Creek Aqueducts Receive Historic Engineering Markers Industrial Heritage Strategy Conference for Western Australia Overseas News
03	October 1994	Our Engineering Heritage – Can You help? Members of the NCEH The NCEH Rolling 5 Year Plan A Profile – Tony Moulds, Chairman, NCEH From the Divisions – Western Australia, Victoria, Canberra, Newcastle, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, Sydney A Guide to Sydney’s Engineering Heritage The Historic Engineering Plaques of Australia Caring for Our Industrial Heritage Alice Springs Telegraph Station Spotswood Pumping Station Thomas Hawksley, FRS (1807-1893) Old Boilers Wanted!!! Bridges Approach the End of Their Lifespan From the Divisions – South Australia ‘Geelong’s Parthenon’ Hanging in the Balance Cairncross Graving Dock, Brisbane
04	May 1995	Old Ways in a New Land (Christchurch Conference November 1994) Sydney Harbour Bridge Video Walking Tours of Sydney’s Engineering Heritage NSW Railway Heritage Committee Plaquing Proceedings Tasmania’s First National Engineering Landmark (Waddamana A Power Station) Port Adelaide Swing Bridge Tower Receives Historic Engineering Marker Museum Workers Charters Towers Pumping Station Albert Bridge Improving a Transport Landmark (Sydney’s Central Railway) Obituaries – Douglas George Sanderson 1924 - 1994 Obituaries – Denis Cumming 1923 - 1995
05	March 1996	New Listings of Engineering Heritage Items Bendigo Gasworks Awarded Historic Engineering Marker Forth Rail Bridge Duck Reach Power Station Rehabilitation Historic Marker for Grenfell Street Power Station in Adelaide Craven Crane to be Conserved – but Help Needed Catract Dam a National Engineering Landmark Old Hay Sewerage Treatment Works People as Heritage Bridges Down Under Launceston Railway Workshops Saved Collecting Contemporary Technology Main Roads Heritage Strategy Engineering History Paper Produces an Historic Connection The Historic American Engineering Record – 25 years of Documenting Engineering Heritage
06	September 1996	Victoria Heritage Act 1995 Port Stephens Takes a Punt National President Visits Heritage Sites Historic Engineering Masonry The Telford Premium Roman Rushed Job a Magnificent Accident (Pont du Gard) Let There be Light! – Electrifying Sydney Turning on the Tap (Brisbane’s early waterworks) Gold Creek Dam: An Engineering Heritage Landmark One Hundred Years of Radio New Heritage Listings of Engineering Items
07	September 1997	Come to Ballarat (9th National Conference) An Early Hydro-Electric Scheme (1892 Hillgrove and Armidale) Terowie (Railway) Station Added to State Register Engineers Fight for Their Heritage (Walsh Bay) Two New Books – Between Wind and Water, Dr Lenore Coltheart; Australia’s Uranium Opportunities, Keith Alder Recent plaquing (Urrbrae House and McNaught Beam Engine) Auckland’s Grafton Bridge Recovered Ruins at Mortlake, Moggill Ferry It Cannot be Done!!! (Fremantle Harbour Cranes)
08	November 1998	Queensland’s Early Waterworks Heritage Plaquing of Taieri Gorge Railway in Otago Opera House Act One The 2nd Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Auckland Eminent Queensland Engineers Volume 2 The River Murray Crossings Historic Bridge Survey A Vintage Steam Engine in Toowong, Brisbane Heritage Compressor Lancashire Boilers at the Fourex Brewery in Milton, Brisbane The 9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage Ballarat The Parkes Radio Telescope – a National Engineering Landmark Heritage on the Web: IEAust Heritage Home Pages Dams on the Cotter Kingston Power Station The Overland Telegraph
09	October 1999	National Engineering Landmark to Woomera Dawes Point – A Place of Significant Engineering and Cultural Heritage Collections (Dorrigo Railway Museum)(Telstra’s Historical Relics, Ashfield) The National Committee on Engineering Heritage The Historic Bridges of Gundagai The World’s First Concrete Arch Dam: 75-Miles Dam 1880 Where Do They Go? – The Conservation of Engineering Documents Happy Birthday Heritage Tarraleah Hydro-Electric Development Historic Engineering Marker The Old Great North Road – a World-Class Engineering Masterpiece Recent Releases (Eminent Queensland Engineers – Volume 2)(New Sydney Walking Tour Guide)(From Wattle and Daub to Concrete and Steel – The Engineering Heritage of Australia’s Buildings, Henry J Cowan)
10	August 2000	HEM for BMC-Leyland car manufacturing plant Revisions to the Burra Charter ‘Now there’s an interesting shed’ A hundred years ago, Sydney’s year of the tram Vincents Rivulet Bridge Professor W H Warren biography HEM for the Overland Telegraph Pioneers of refrigeration in Australia The “Snowy’s” living treasures - oral history captures their memories 2001 Conference planning advances Australia’s heritage dams Achievements of the National Committee on Engineering Heritage - 1999 to 2000 Engineering Heritage Conference, Auckland February 2000 Jottings from Prof. Ray Whitmore... What is heritage?
11	June 2001	The Seal, the Logo and the Coat of Arms Heritage Engineering Excellence Awards, Sydney History of Richmond Main Colliery Narrows Bridge, Perth WA Tasmania’s Heritage Bridges Hobart’s New Floating Arch Bridge Nearly Floated Away Abt Railway Locomotive Reconstruction Engineering Heritage Australia Committee Eight Historic Plaques for Dams in Tasmania The NM25 Conservation Project Book Reviews (John Whitton Biography)(Dam Technology in Australia 1850-1999) Charles Gordon O’Neill, MICE 1828-1900 Conferences
12	December 2001	A Clever Australian and his Foundry - Coxon of Nurmukah Plaquing the Old Great North Road Abt Railway Bridges Reconstruction EHA Bulletin Snippets Book Reviews (Vital Connections – A history of NSW roads from 1788, Rosemary Broomham) Copper Smelting at Mt Lyell, Tasmania Trees of Canberra Avenue Marked Prestigious Award for WA Panel The East West Telegraph and Whyalla District Engineering Heritage Sir John Butters - A Peoplescape Person Heritage Websites Eleventh National Conference on Engineering Heritage
13	July 2002	How Engineers Celebrated the Centenary of Federation RTA & IEAust Plaque Convict Road & Timber Bridge 12th National Engineering Heritage Conference The Greyhound of the Pacific (S. S. Rotomahana) Engineering Heritage in the Northern Territory Early Hydro Plants in North Queensland Book Review: (C Y O’Connor: his life and legacy, A. G. Evans) Sydney Division Heritage Excellence Awards Tarana Railway Station Refurbishment Sale Swing Bridge Time to Blow our Trumpet! (Oral History Program) Engineering Heritage Walk in Hobart Engineering Heritage Australia Committee
14	June 2003	Wrought Iron Bridges of Colonial NSW Canberra Engineering Hall of Fame The Goulburn Waterworks The EHA Committee HEM for Ross Bridge, Tasmania HEM for Victoria Bridge, Picton National Cultural Heritage Forum Awards for Engineering Heritage Heritage Dams and Weirs Under Threat Association for Preservation Technology International NEL for Barossa Dam Book Review (Railways, Mines, Pubs and People and other historical research, Lindsay Whitham) Winner - 2002 Sydney Division Engineering Excellence Awards (Walsh Bay) Twelfth National Conference on Engineering Heritage Butters Oration Engineering Heritage Web Page (Sydney Division)
15	August 2004	Cobram-Barooga Bridge over the River Murray The 1885 Craven Bros Crane National Cultural Heritage Forum New Plaquing Guidelines Tasmanian Photographic Archive Project Credit where credit’s due? (Monash and Anderson) A Peake at Steam - Big Steam Winder in the West - Central Deborah Gold Mine, Bendigo SA Division Heritage Engineering Excellence Award SHB on DVD Award to Ray Whitmore Vale Tom Lawrence Toowoomba Hosts a Great Conference Tour of Rocky & Mt Morgan
16	February 2005	Lifetime Achievement Award for Harry Trueman First Trains - Then and Now (Crossing the Fergusson River) Engineering Landmarks and the National Heritage List Engineers Australia’s Oral History Collection Swells to 193 Identification and Assessment of Engineering and Industrial Heritage Awarding Merit (Henry McFie) Seals and Logos on Engineering House, Canberra EHA is not Alone! Engineering Heritage to the People (Sydney Walks) The John Monash Medal (Colin O’Connor and Jack Ross) The EHA Committee A Peake at Steam (Broken Hill Water Supply, Charters Towers Water Supply and Ride the Unique Purrey Steam Tram, Rockhampton) Heritage Festival Plaquing - Swan Hill Bridge Book Review -The Great Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Richard K Butler Sustaining Heritage -Second International Engineering Heritage Conference
17	November 2005	Something old and something new(er): Two dams honoured ‘ … the most significant engineering development (made on the Snowy Scheme) Richmond Bridge plaque well read Engineering Canberra: an oral history project EHA is not alone! Awarding merit (Leo Izod and Keith Drewitt) Comparing the view (Keith Baker) A rare working model telephone exchange HEM plaque unveiled at Adelaide River Railway Bridge, NT Barwon sewer aqueduct, Geelong A Peake at Steam - Peak Gold Mine, Cobar State heritage listing for tramway tunnel Sustaining Heritage: The Second International Engineering Heritage Conference
18	July 2006	2005 Colin Crisp Awards Engineering Heritage International Activity Historic Engineering Marker for the Tasmania Gold Mine Comparing the view (Keith Baker) Awarding Merit (John Muirhead and Dr Lenore Coltheart) When is a Bridge Not a Bridge? When it’s a long dining hall (Denison Bridge) A Peake at Steam – (HMAS Diamantina and HMAS Kara Kara) Heritage Tour to Tasmania’s West Coast EHA is Not Alone! Book Review (The Bridge, Peter Lalor) John Monash Medal 2005 (Ray Whitmore)
19	March 2007	Australia’s Lost Border Engineering Heritage in the Wider Context HEM Plaque Unveiled at White Cliffs Solar Power Station Comparing the View (Keith Baker) Awarding Merit (Lindsay Whitham and Dick van der Molen) Historic Engineering Marker for Duck Reach Power Scheme in Tasmania John Monash Medal 2006 for Harry Trueman EHA Is Not Alone! A Peake at Steam - Steam-driven Sugar Mills in Java The Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology Lake Margaret Power Scheme Update 14th National Engineering Heritage Conference 2007 Book Review (Rack Railways of Australia, David Jehan) Engineering Heritage Australia Board 2007
20	May 2008	Colin Crisp Award 2007 (Hinton Bridge Capacity Upgrade) Engineers Lead Celebrations for Great Northern Railway, NSW Henry Jacob (Jack) Cowan AO Walkerville Lime Kilns A Peake at Steam – Botany Pumping Station, Donnelly River Timber Mill, K1 – The Worlds First Garratt Locomotive Returns to Service Comparing the View (Keith Baker) HIFAR Reactor Honoured Awarding Merit (Dr Max Lay and Mick Kent) Using the Work of Yesterday’s Engineers Today to Teach the Engineers of Tomorrow EHA Is Not Alone!
21	December 2008	Tathra Wharf The Longest Fence in the World Australia’s First Railway Line Comparing the View (Keith Baker) A Peake at Steam - SS Xantho and Her Trunk Engine Heritage Marker on “The Track” Relaunch of ACT Engineering Heritage Self-Guided Tour Brochure 2008 John Monash Medal for Carl & Margret Doring Historic Engineering Marker for Lake Margaret Power Scheme The Melbourne Hydraulic Power Company and Public Hydraulic Power Systems in Australia Port Arthur Lime Kiln EHA Is Not Alone! Awarding Merit (Dr Donald John Fraser and Bill Patterson) Third Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference
22	December 2009	Engineering Heritage National Landmark – Rock Bolting Development Site ACT Tree Planting Has Links to Engineering Heritage Adaptive Reuse of the Kingston Powerhouse Green Light for Snowy Scheme Collection Museum Marker Sites Now (Ross Bridge, Kingston Powerhouse, Sydney Street Lighting, Lake Margret Power Scheme) John Monash Medal 2009 (Richard Hartley) From The Past (Professor Ian Stewart) The Bridges of Perth – (An EA Engineering Week Tour) A Peake at Steam – HMAS Castlemaine Comparing the View (Keith Baker) Recognised Engineering Heritage Works Heritage Recognition of the ‘Grafton to Brisbane National Railway Link’
23	July 2010	3rd Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference, Dunedin A Historic ACT Bridge and Three Determined Professional Engineers The Otago Central Rail Trail: ‘From Steam Trains to Pedal Power’ Recognised Engineering Heritage Works Colin Crisp – The Man Behind The Award Dunedin Gasworks Museum Preservation by Operation - Sobering Thoughts High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Queensland’ s timber and iron lighthouses: 19th century colonial innovation Report on the Preconference Tour of the 3rd Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference - Dunedin, New Zealand, November 2009 American Bridges in New South Wales 1870-1932
24	March 2011	Engineering Heritage Marker Unveiled at Tidbinbilla Broken Hill Heritage Recognition Marker Event Early Electricity Supply in Melbourne A Peake at Steam - Millewa ‘A’ Pumping Station Somerset Dam declared Engineering Heritage National Landmark Michael Clarke awarded 2010 John Monash Medal Revealing secrets beneath Melbourne Shay Locomotives of Christmas Island Comparing the View – (Keith Baker) Restoration and Reconstruction Engineering Heritage Recognition for the Burdekin Bridge Marker for Restored Humphrey Pumps Book Review (Shays, Crabs and Phosphate, David Jehan) Awarding Merit (names and dates of Awards of Merit from Nov 2007 to July 2010) Engineering Heritage Australia Conference, November 2011, Hobart Tasmania
25	February 2012	Steam Tug Young Australian Prefab – Stone and Siddeley’s Prefabricated Reinforced Concrete Construction Engineering Heritage Recognition for the Boyer Newsprint Mill Heritage Revisited – An Occasional Series Revisiting Previously Recognised Sites (Tharwa Bridge Reopens, Tamworth Power Station) Protection of Australia’s Movable Cultural Heritage Heritage Recognition for 1902 Bundaberg Waterworks A Peake at Steam – The Washington Winch Rock Bolting Heritage Exposure Engineering Heritage Recognition for Rottnest Island Defence Facilities Janevale Bridge Recognised A fight for survival – the timber truss bridges of New South Wales Heritage Recognition for Humpybong Creek Culvert
26	October 2012	Callington Flour Mill at Oatlands Restored Lost in Space? Biography across the Hemispheres 16th Engineering Heritage Australia Conference - Hobart November 2011 16th Engineering Heritage Australia Conference - Pre-Conference Tour November 2011 Mobile Apps for Heritage Murtoa Stick Shed – New Life for a Wheatbelt Cathedral Tasmanian Transport Museum – Heritage Recognition Getting it Right at Heritage Sites (Keith Baker) Hobart’s Floating Bridge, 1943-1964 Ancient & Medieval Artillery Protecting Australia’s Oldest Bridge (Richmond, Tasmania) The Engineering of Budj Bim Submarines in Australia Steam Tug Wattle – a Restoration Story