Links to Heritage Websites
From Engineering Heritage Australia
ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA
| Owner | Title | Address | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| EA Website | Engineering Heritage Australia | engineersaustralia.org.au/engineering heritage australia | |
| EA Xchange | Engineering Heritage Australia Community | eaxchange.engineersaustralia.org.au/communities/ | |
| Institution of Engineers, Australia | Subject and author index of papers included in the IEA Publications between 1920 and 1969 | cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au - Author Index |
14 October 2020 |
INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE WEBSITES
| Owner | Title | Address | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering New Zealand | Engineering Heritage New Zealand | www.engineeringnz.org/programmes/heritage/ | 30 July 2024 |
| Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) | Conservation Accreditation Register for Engineers (CARE) | www.ice.org.uk/careers-learning/develop-your-career/advice-for-civil-engineers/specialist-professional-registers | 12 March 2024 |
| Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) | Panel for Historical Engineering Works (PHEW) | www.ice.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/panel-for-historical-engineering-works | 30 July 2024 |
| Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK) | Engineering Heritage Awards - Established in 1984, our awards recognise pioneering engineering artefacts, locations, collections and landmarks | www.imeche.org/engineering-heritage-awards | 6 October 2024 |
| American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) | History & Heritage, Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Program | https://www.asce.org/topics/history-heritage | 13 April 2022 |
| American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark Program | www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks | 28 November 2021 |
HERITAGE WEBSITES
Australian
| Owner | Title | Address | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia | The Australians Historical Library | socialsciences.org.au | 11 November 2020 |
| Australian Academy of Science | The Academy is a not-for-profit organisation of individuals elected for their outstanding contributions to science and research. | science.org.au | 7 May 2024 |
| Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering | The Academy is a not-for-profit organisation of Australia's leading applied scientists, technologists and engineers. | atse.org.au | 20 Jan 2025 |
| Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB) | The ADB is produced by the National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. | adb.anu.edu.au | 7 May 2024 |
| Australian Digitised Biographies | The National Centre of Biography has digitised many out-of-copyright Australian biographical compendiums, and has made them freely available online. | history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/digitised-biographies | 20 Jan 2025 |
| Australian Earthquake Engineering Society | The AEES was established following the 1989 Newcastle earthquake to promote the practice of earthquake engineering and engineering seismology. | aees.org.au | 1 December 2024 |
| Australian Society for History of Engineering and Technology | ASHET - active from January 2008 to January 2018. Website, including newsletters and publications archived at Trove and web.archive.org | web.archive.org/web/20220309184235/https://ashet.org.au/ | 5 August 2024 |
| CSIROpedia | CSIROpedia explores some of CSIRO's greatest innovations and discoveries across the decades and provides brief biographies of the people responsible. Many Oral histories are also included. | csiropedia.csiro.au | 20 Jan 2025 |
| Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation (EOAS) | A gateway to the history and archives of science, technology and innovation in Australia. Website content is updated quarterly. (See article in EHA Magazine May 2022, page 30) | www.eoas.info | |
| Gaynor, Andrea, et al. | ‘Drought, Mud, Filth, and Flood: Water Crises in Australian Cities, 1880s–2010s’, Environment & Society Portal, Virtual Exhibitions, no. 3. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, 2019 | www.environmentandsociety.org | 23 October 2019 |
| Geoscience Australia | 'Assessing the resilience of aging buildings against earthquake hazards', How our collaborations and science improved the safety of communities in York, Western Australia, Published 1 July 2021 | www.community-safety.ga.gov.au | 31 March 2024 |
| Heritage Skills Association (WA) | Association's vision is sharing skills to repair and care for heritage places | www.hsawa.com.au/about | 30 September 2024 |
| Melbourne Tram Museum | Preserving Melbourne’s tramway heritage | www.trammuseum.org.au | 28 July 2024 |
| National Communications Museum | www.ncmuseum.org.au | 28 November 2021 | |
| New South Wales Government, Transport for NSW | Timber Truss Bridges | https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/about/environment/protecting-heritage/timber-truss-bridge/index.html | 6 December 2022 |
| Obituaries Australia | A useful digital repository of obituaries published in newspapers, journals, magazines and bulletins. Edited by the National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. | oa.anu.edu.au | 20 Jan 2025 |
| Paskulich, John | Old Australian Telephones | oldaustraliatelephones.weebly.com | 9 February 2021 |
| People Australia | Stand-alone biographies sourced from the biographical websites of the National Centre of Biography, Australian National University: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Obituaries Australia, Women Australia, Indigenous Australia and Labour Australia. | peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au | 20 Jan 2025 |
| Portable Buildings World Heritage Nomination Task Force | The prefabricated buildings of the nineteenth century constitute an international phenomenon of historical, economic and technical significance | portablebuildingsaustralia.org/ | 28 June 2024 |
| Standards Australia | History of Standards Australia | www.standards.org.au/about/our-history | 12 July 2024 |
| University of Melbourne | Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre. AUSTEHC - active from 1999 - 2006. Website is static, but still useful. Bibliographies and biographies continued in EOAS. | www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au | 17 January 2025 |
International
| Owner | Title | Address | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction History Society UK | The Society is devoted to the promotion and study of the history of construction. It aims to identify and protect sources of information and archives to do with construction history and to organise and sponsor events and publications that help achieve these aims | constructionhistory.co.uk | 3 March 2025 |
| Defence Electronics History Society (DEHS) | UK Defence Electronics | www.dehs.org.uk | 5 March 2021 |
| Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW) | Website supported by most of the American engineering societies, with thousands of articles, first hand accounts, oral histories, milestones, archival documents and lesson plans pertaining to the history of technology | ethw.org | 24 November 2022 |
| Engineering timelines | Engineering in the British Isles and beyond | www.engineering-timelines.com | 14 October 2020 |
| Grace's Guide to British Industrial History | British Industrial History | www.gracesguide.co.uk | 14 April 2020 |
| ICCROM | ICCROM is an intergovernmental organization working in service to its Member States to promote the conservation of all forms of cultural heritage in every region of the world. | www.iccrom.org | 3 March 2025 |
| Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) | Welcome to ICE Virtual library | www.icevirtuallibrary.com | 28 November 2021 |
| Institution of Structural Engineers (UK) | Conservation Compendium | www.istructe.org/thestructuralengineer/article-series/conservation-compendium | 12 March 2024 |
| National Park Service, USA | Technical Preservation Services, Preservation Briefs | www.nps.gov/orgs/1739/preservation-briefs | 12 March 2024 |
| Newcomen Society | The International Society for the History of Engineering and Technology | www.newcomen.com | 23 October 2019 |
| Society for Industrial Archeology (SIA) | The mission of the SIA is to encourage the study, interpretation, and preservation of historically significant industrial sites, structures, artifacts, and technology | www.sia-web.org/ | 14 October 2024 |
| TICCIH | The International Committee For The Conservation Of The Industrial Heritage | ticcih.org/about/ | 11 May 2024 |
| Wikipedia | Historic preservation. | wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_preservation | 1 December 2024 |
