Corporate Body

Australian Society for the History of Engineering and Technology Incorporated (ASHET) (2003 - )

From
25 June 2003
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Functions
History of Australian Engineering, History of Australian Technology, Association and Society or membership organisation
Alternative Names
  • ASHET (Acronym)
Website
https://www.ashet.org.au/

Summary

ASHET, the Australian Society for History of Engineering and Technology, is a non-profit society, incorporated in the state of New South Wales. It was established to encourage and promote community interest and education in the history of engineering and technology in Australia. It was conceived as a national society, with members throughout Australia, though in its beginnings a majority of the members were in Sydney, where the society was formed in 2003. ASHET is affiliated with the Royal Australian Historical Society. In late 2005 ASHET incorporated the activities of the Australian Science History Club.

Details

From January 2008 to January 2018, ASHET published a quarterly newsletter 'ASHET News', that contains many well researched papers. It also published many Sydney based "Self-guided Tour" brochures and, among other projects and activities, created indexes to NSW Patents 1854-1884.

In 2010, ASHET also played a key partnership role with the University of Sydney Library, in the scanning and digitisation of the 'Minutes of proceedings of the Engineering Association of New South Wales', and the 'Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society'.

Unfortunately in early 2020, ASHET went into recess.

Its website, including all newletters and other electronic publications, has been archived at Trove and at web.archive.org

Chronology

25 June 2003
Business event - Inaugural meeting of members, attended by forty five people at which the steering committee presented its recommendation to form the society.
25 June 2003
Talk - Talk: Ian Jack, Chimneys in the bush; questions about industrial heritage, at History House, Sydney
29 October 2003
Business event - General Meeting of Members, at which a committee was elected.
22 February 2005
Talk - Talk: Ian Arthur, American technology in Australia: what kept it out and who let it in?, at 6pm, History House, Sydney
30 August 2005
Talk - Talk: Margaret Scott, Bindings of the Government Printing Office, 6pm at History House , Sydney
19 September 2005
Talk - Talk: ?????, Transform - Science and Technology Records in the National Archives of Australia, at 6pm, History House, Sydney
29 November 2005
Talk - Talk: Karina Kelly, Einstein's Extraordinary Year, at 6pm, History House, Sydney
March 2020
Business event - Activities were postponed

Timeline

 1987 - 2001? Colonial Science Club
       2001 - 2005 Australian Science History Club
             2003 - Australian Society for the History of Engineering and Technology Incorporated (ASHET)

Published resources

Resources

Gavan McCarthy [P004098] [P004098]; Ken McInnes

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