Corporate Body
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre (1999 - 2006)
The University of Melbourne
- From
- 3 May 1999
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - To
- 31 December 2006
- Functions
- Collection Management, History of Australian Engineering, History of Australian Science and History of Australian Technology
- Alternative Names
- Austehc (Acronym)
- Website
- http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au
- Location
- Old Arts Building, Room 219 University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 (up until 2006)
Summary
On its establishment in 1999, the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne, not only continued the academic, research and heritage activities of its predecessor, the Australian Science Archives Project (ASAP), but also developed a broader research program in cultural informatics and humanities computing. These are areas of study that deal directly with how society copes with the flood of hyper-accessible information and the ever-increasing complexity of modern life. The Centre fosters the preservation, promotion and development of the heritage of Australian science, technology and medicine. Through the development of its software tools it has reached a wide community interested in preserving and making accessible information from the past.
Details
On 3 May 1999 the Council of the University of Melbourne declared the formation of the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre (Austehc). It is associated with the Department of History and Philosophy of Science in the Faculty of Arts. ASAP's popular online information resources, notably Bright Sparcs, form the key focus of the Centre's activities.
ASAP's 14 years experience at the local, national and international levels provided a solid foundation for the Centre's success. The important network of associations with academic, government and private organisations, and individuals was maintained and developed to further enhance the Centre's crucial role. Austehc goals included: establishing the infrastructure, through research, development and implementation, to undertake collaborative projects and activities relating to the history and heritage of science, technology and medicine, within the University of Melbourne and with external organisations and individuals; Creating and providing access to authoritative information resources dealing with the history and heritage of science, technology and medicine, primarily with an Australian focus, to support academic scholarship, secondary and primary education, and general community awareness; Advancing the pursuit of knowledge in the history, archival, museum, heritage studies and information management disciplines through teaching, research and development.
Related entries
Timeline
1985 - 1999 Australian Science Archives Project
1999 - 2006 Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
2007 - 2020 eScholarship Research Centre
Superior
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Department of State and Regional Development, Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/awvs.htm. Details
- Evans, Joanne; McCarthy, Gavan; Stephens, Robin, Centenaries of Australian Science, Discovery and Endeavour: Celebrating Australian Science, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, AustehcWeb, Melbourne, 4 August 1999, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/cent/. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Journal Articles
- McCarthy, Gavan, 'Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre: Networking Australia's Cultural Heritage', Lasie, 31 (2) (2000), 33-38. Details
Resources
- The Royal Society of Victoria Guide to Records, with La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/asrs/asrs.htm. Details
- John Neill Greenwood Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/gree/gree.htm. Details
- William Ernest Titterton Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/titt/titterton.htm. Details
- Phyllis Margaret Rountree Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/roun/rountree.htm. Details
- Alvarez, Jane; Hutchinson, Fabian; McCarthy, Gavan, Esmond Venner Keogh Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/keog/keogh.htm. Details
- Bowles, Ron; Semkiw, Jurij; Spencer, John; and Hughes, Judith, Guide to the Records of CSIRAC, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/csrc/csirac.htm. Details
- Brash, Stuart; Condé, Anne-Marie; Robin, Libby; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim, Philip Crosbie Morrison Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/morr/morrison.htm. Details
- Buchanan, Rod; Gavan McCarthy; Mark Scillio: with Lisa O'Sullivan, Albert Lloyd George Rees Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/rees/rees.htm. Details
- Buchanan, Roderick; Gavan McCarthy; Oscar Manhal, Currency Note Research and Development Project CSIRO, Division of Chemicals and Polymers Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/plbn/plbn.htm. Details
- Carlson, Laurie; Evans, Joanne; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim; et al, History of Australian Science and Technology Bibliography, Bright Sparcs, 2007 edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, ASAPWeb, Melbourne, 1995-2007. http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/bib_home.htm. Details
- Cytowicz, Barbara; McCarthy, Gavan; Bolton, Bert; Spink, John; et al, Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/pigm/pma.htm. Details
- Evans, Joanne; McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; et al, Heritage Documentation Management System - HDMS, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 1999 onwards, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/HDMS/. Details
- Evans, Joanne; McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; van den Bosch, Alan; et al, Online Heritage Resource Manager - OHRM, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 1999-, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/ohrm/. Details
- Evans, Joanne; McCarthy, Gavan; Stephens, Robin; Morgan, Helen, Web Academic Resource Publisher - WARP, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2000 onwards, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/warp/. Details
- Johnson, Mandy; Mark Scillio; Angela Taylor; and Rod Buchanan: with Lisa O'Sullivan and Gavan McCarthy, Lawrence Percival Coombes Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/coom/coombes.htm. Details
- McCann, Doug and McCarthy, Gavan, Ronald Gordon Giovanelli, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/giov/giovanelli.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan, Sir Ian William Wark Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, December 1999, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/wark/WARK.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan, Maxwell Edgar Hargreaves Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/harg/hargreaves.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan, Andrew Crowther Hurley Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/hurl/hurley.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Buchanan, Rod; Cianci, Lisa; O'Sullivan, Lisa, Federation of Asian Chemical Societies Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/facs/facs.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Evans, Joanne; et al, Australian Science at Work, Updated edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 9 December 1999 onwards, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/asawhome.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar; King, Bill; Swancott, Leigh; Scillio, Mark; Walker, Rosanne, Alan John (Jock) Marshall Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/mars/marshall.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar; McCann, Doug, Michael James Denham White Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/whit/white.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar; O'Sullivan, Lisa; Tropea, Rachel; Sherratt, Tim, Frank Macfarlane Burnet Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/burn/burn.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Sankey, Howard, Walter Geoffrey Duffield Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/duff/duffield.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Sankey, Howard; Hughes, Miranda, Victor Martin Trikojus Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/trik/trikojus.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim; Evans, Joanne; et al, Bright Sparcs, Updated edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 15 July 1994 onwards, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Spink, John; et al, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/raci/RACI.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Tropea, Rachel; Barber, Helen; Cianci, Lisa, The i.t.a. Association Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, November 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/itaa/itaa.htm. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Ward, Harry; Cianci, Lisa; Morgan, Helen, Australasian Society for Immunology Inc. Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/asii/asii.htm. Details
- Morgan, Helen, McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar, Phillip Garth Law Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, August 1999, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/lawp/LAWP.htm. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471280. Details
- O'Sullivan, Lisa; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim, Armin Aleksander Öpik Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/opik/opik.htm. Details
- Scillio, Mark; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim, Minerals Separation Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/mine/mine.htm. Details
- Sherratt, Tim; McCarthy, Gavan, Edwin Sherbon Hills Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/hill/hills.htm. Details
- Smith, Ailie, Ailsa Macvey Swan Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/swan/swan.htm. Details
- Smith, Ailie, Henry Herman Leopold Adolph Brose Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/bros/brose.htm. Details
- Smith, Ailie and Gavan McCarthy, Brown Family Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/brow/brown.htm. Details
- Tropea, Rachel, Barnes, Andrea and Anderson, Fay, James Hamlyn Willis Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, December 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/will/will.htm. Details
- Walker, Rosanne, Peter Mason Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/maso/mason.htm. Details
Resource Sections
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Information, Computer and Communication Technologies 1999', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/infotech/infotech.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Advanced Manufacturing Technology 1996', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/advmanufacturing/advmanufacturing.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Advanced Materials 1996', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/advmaterials/advmaterials.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Biotechnology (Non-Medical) 1999', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/biotechnology/biotechnology.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Cleaner Production and Waste Management 1999', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/cleaner/cleaner.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Construction, Infrastructure and Maintenance 2000', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/construction/construction.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Food Processing 1998', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/foodproc98/foodproc98.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Instrumentation 1999', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/instrument/instrument.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Manufacturing Technology 2000', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/instrument/instrument.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Multimedia 2000', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/multimedia/multimedia.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Ornamental Horticulture 1997', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/horticulture/horticulture.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Packaging 1997', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/packaging/packaging.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Sport and Recreation 2000', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/sport/sport.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Food Processing 1996', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/foodproc/foodproc.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Medical Biotechnology 2001', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/medicalbiotech/medicalbiotech.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Tourism 2001', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/tourism/tourism.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Textiles 2001', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/textiles/textiles.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Packaging 2001', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/packaging2001/packaging2001.htm. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Energy/Alternative Energy 2001', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/energy/energy.htm. Details
Joanne Evans
Created: 29 November 1999, Last modified: 22 October 2024