Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Theory, Practice and Engineering Heritage
- In
- Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering
- Imprint
- vol. 2, no. 1, 2004, pp. 73-81
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.479556188485459
- Description
Paper presented at the National Engineering Heritage Conference (11th: 2001 : Canberra).
- Abstract
This paper continues some themes begun earlier and presented at the 9th and 10th (also = 2nd Australasian) Conferences in the National series of Engineering Heritage conferences. The starting point is again the educational environment, beginning in the 1850.s when Federation was even then a live issue. This was a time for the propagation of engineering theory and practice: what W.J.M. Rankine, an important engineering educator whose influence extended to Australasia, advisedly described as 'the harmony of theory and practice'. It is evident that he was treading a fine line around the edges of established educational practice of the time. Both Australia and New Zealand were at an early developmental stage. The influences from British engineering thinking were strong, though not the sole influences. After filling in some further relevant background not contained in the earlier papers, the discussion is brought toward the present day in order to make the case for some actions that heritage-minded engineers might usefully lobby for in the near future. The discussion centres on the conservation of biographical and printed materials, alongside the more conventional needs of the buildings and machinery. There is potential for much to be achieved, on both sides of the Tasman.
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- '11th National Engineering Heritage Conference - Selected Papers (2001 : Canberra)', Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering, 2 (1) (2004), https://search.informit.org/toc/ajmde/2/1. Details