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Author
Armstrong, John
Title
Shaping the Hunter: a story of engineers, and the engineering contribution to the development of the present shape of the Hunter Region, its river, cities, industries and transport arteries
Imprint
Institution of Engineers, Newcastle Division, Newcastle, New South Wales, 1983, 192 pp
ISBN/ISSN
0858150255
Url
https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2021-09/Shaping-the-Hunter_0.pdf
Abstract

From the Foreword:

This is a story of patience in establishing roads and taming a river and the sea, initiative, ingenuity and skill in building machines which could not be bought or imported, teamwork in establishing a new great industry, steady unsung service to the community and more. We believe that it will interest people of the Hunter Valley, engineers generally and students of industrial and local history.

Interest in the topic was first aroused in 1981. Mr. Astley Pulver, retired Engineer Surveyor and the oldest memberof the Newcastle Division of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, challenged the Division to write the history of engineering enterprise in the Hunter Region. It was suggested that such a work would be a worthwhile follow-up to the Hunter Manning Group of the Institution of Surveyors' publication, "Surveying the Hunter", which appeared in 1980.

The idea was eagerly supported by Emeritus Professor Ian McC. Stewart,. Convenor of the Heritage Sub-committee of the Newcastle Division of the Institution of Engineers, and by Brian Johnston, then Division Chairman. Professor Stewart and members of his subcommittee set about collecting information. They enlisted men with first-hand knowledge of their respective undertakings to research and write the chapters. These authors are listed on the opposite page. The division is deeply grateful to them for their contributions which have resulted m an authoritative work.

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