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Conference Proceedings

Author
Whitmore, R. L.
Title
The protection of the engineering heritage: Brisbane 9-12 May 1982: preprints of papers
Imprint
Institution of Engineers, Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 1982, 102 pp
ISBN/ISSN
0858251647
Description

The 1st Australian engineering heritage conference was held in Brisbane, Queensland, 9-12 May 1982.

Abstract

This Conference is of particular importance to Australia in that it is the first which directs attention specifically to its engineering heritage. The first settlement of Australia co-incided with the Industrial Revolution, and the subsequent development of the continent relied inevitably on a substantial contribution from the engineer, the technologist and the industrialist. It is therefore, remarkable that heritage work in the past has concentrated predominantly on aboriginal culture or social, economic and architectural aspects of the history of the community. The following papers may go some way towards redressing this imbalance.

In addition to a series of case studies, the papers present heritage programmes, recording procedures, conservation techniques and educational needs. The Conference workshops are designed to provide opportunities for the free exchange of ideas, and the establishment of principles on which engineering heritage work may proceed in Australia in the future.

Before the engineer can contribute to the conservation of his heritage he must learn new and strange skills; this volume should assist him in acquiring them. It may also open the eyes of non-engineers to the scope and breadth of the engineering heritage, and encourage some of them to venture into this untapped and absorbingly-interesting field. If this Conference leads to some progress in these directions it will have achieved the objectives of its organisers.

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  • Best, R.E.; Fraser, D.J., 'Railway Lattice Bridges in New South Wales', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 85-92.. Details
  • Bourke, M., 'The Place of Government in Protecting the Engineering Heritage - A Look at Australian and Overseas Examples', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 4-7.. Details
  • Crisp, C. F. C., 'Reinforced Epoxy and Timber Beams', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 36-40.. Details
  • Cumming, D. A., 'Processing of Copper Ores in South Australia in the Nineteenth Century', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 66-73.. Details
  • Freeman, P., 'Case Study: The Conservation Of The Vernacular Heritage - A Look At The Riverina Region', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 29-31.. Details
  • Kentish, P. J.; Dillon, B. I., 'Conservation, Preservation and Presentation of Iron and Steel Artefacts', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 46-49.. Details
  • Komesaroff, M. B., 'Lighthouse Illumination - A Case History in the Early Application of Electricity', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 56-60.. Details
  • Langford, A. F. W., 'Engineering Heritage Activities within the Defence Research Centre Salisbury', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 8-11.. Details
  • McFie, H. H., 'The Tasmanian Engineering Heritage', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 12-23.. Details
  • Milner, P., 'On the Recording of Industrial Artefacts', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 24-28.. Details
  • Moynihan, J. F., 'Communications History and Engineering Heritage', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 50-55.. Details
  • Pearson, C., 'The Engineering Heritage and the Need for Training in Materials Conservation', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 32-35.. Details
  • Pollard, J.; Mullenger, G., 'The Rise and Fall of the Christchurch Gas Works - 1864-1981', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 61-65.. Details
  • Spry, A. H., 'The Materials-Survey for Building Conservation', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 41-45.. Details
  • Upfold, R. W.; Loo, Y.C., 'Lawrence Hargrave and his Box Kite', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 81-84.. Details
  • Whitmore, M. G., 'Duke of Cornwall Mine, Fryerstown, Victoria', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 74-80.. Details
  • Whitmore, R. L., 'The Nature of the Engineering Heritage', in Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), pp. 1-3.. Details

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