National Engineering Dawes Point - A Place of Landmark Award to Woomera Significant Engineering and

he Woomera activity ever conducted in Cultural Heritage Rocket Range has in peacetime. This T been awarded the massive project was to South he historical and To protect the colony, ultimate accolade of the Australia what the Snowy heritage Dawes Battery was completed Institution’s Historic Mountains Scheme was to T significance of in 1791 armed with guns taken New South Wales Dawes Point in Sydney from the Sirius and and Victoria. Harbour, extends from subsequently there were Equipment used Aboriginal occupation by the upgradings by Francis and tested on the Eora people to the present day. Greenway and colonial range was at the Lieutenant forefront of William Dawes, who technology arrived with the First especially in fine Fleet, established his mechanics, hut and observatory advanced optics, on the point and telemetry and while there he rocket fuel befriended a young chemistry. While Aboriginal woman participating in called Patyegarang. Engineering Plaquing programs conducted at They taught one Programme - recognition as a Woomera, Australia was another their National Engineering amongst the most languages and the Landmark! scientifically and point is thus the site The range was established technologically advanced of the earliest under the Anglo-Australian nations in the world. Its recorded instance of Joint Project following the successful launching of the European-Eora The archaeological site in 1996 Second World War. It and the WRESAT satellite from cultural interaction. associated Weapons Research Woomera in 1967 gained Subsequently a signal engineer George Barney, with Establishment at Salisbury in Australia international station was erected and the occupation by the military South Australia were the recognition and membership. colony's first trafficable road ceasing in 1902. largest and most expensive was constructed by convict During construction of the scientific and engineering Continued on page 3 labour from Dawes Point to Sydney Harbour Bridge the the first Government House. battery and guardhouse were demolished. Other buildings INSIDE this edition were used as offices by the bridge contractors Dorman Long and then demolished in Collections ...... 2 Happy Heritage Birthday!...... 6 1932 upon completion of the The National Committee on The Old Great North Road – A World- bridge. The remains of the Engineering Heritage...... 3 Class Engineering Masterpiece ...... 7 battery and buildings were The Historic Bridges of Gundagai ...... 4 Tarraleah Hydro-Electric Development uncovered by archaeologists The World’s First Concrete Arch ...... 5 Historic Engineering Marker...... 7 in 1995. Recent Releases ...... 8 Where Do They Go? - The Conservation Construction of the bridge of Engineering Documents...... 6 Books ...... 8 involved excavation of a horseshoe-shaped tunnel into This newsletter is published by the National Committee on Engineering Heritage of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. Please contact us on (02) 6270 6530, fax (02) 6273 2358 or Continued on page 3 visit our website at www.ieaust.org.au hroughout the some 60 locomotives and over Considerable work by a Collections country are many 280 other items of rolling small group of dedicated T collections of stock (see photographs). former Telstra/Postal people, interest and importance in the Unfortunately its opening to resulted in the construction of study of our engineering the public has up to now been a fine display area in the heritage. The collections range fraught with legal difficulties former public space of the old from the professionally but these have now been Post Office. conserved items in the Power overcome. The land around Highlights of the Ashfield House Museum in Sydney to the old railway station is to be display are a Misdemeanors those kept by enthusiastic developed as a static display book, once in Sydney GPO, in amateurs in a backyard shed. and a considerable length of which penalties for day by day From time to time we track has been acquired for infringements were logged by intend bringing you details of running tourist trips down the supervisors. People are these collections. Readers who line in due course. The interested to see an entry visit them may, by their developments are supported against the name of Norman support, assist in maintaining by the 700-strong Dorrigo Gillroy (later Cardinal important parts of our Steam Railway and Museum Gillroy) who was a telegraph country’s heritage. This is Limited, details of messenger in the Sydney GPO particularly important for membership of which can be during the late 1800s. moveable items which often obtained from Keith Jones at Also of interest is the are not well protected or even P.O. Box 200, Dorrigo, NSW picturegram equipment of the appreciated by the “place” 2453. 1930s and press photographs dominated heritage authorities received on it from England. in this country. from Keith Hardy - This was the forerunner of the TELSTRA’S HISTORICAL ubiquitous, facsimile machine. from RELICS The Ashfield display, Professor In the mid 1940s the NSW besides having examples of Ray Branch of the Post Master old telegraph apparatus, has a Whitmore — General’s Department large number of early for “Train (PMG’s) began organising a telephones and switchboards. Buffs” collection of early telegraph, There is almost a complete During a telephone and postal artefacts. range of telephones from the short holiday Overseen by a succession of late 1800s, and also some recently on the PMG/Telecom “Historical examples of step-by-step Central Coast Officers”, the collection grew equipment which provided of NSW I over the subsequent years, early automatic switching of spent a day frequently from donations by calls. with Keith former employees and others. There is also a small The first diesel-hydraulic locomotive Jones and his In 1975 the PMG was theatrette for showing on the NSW system enthusiastic divided into the Australia Post historical movies and video band of and Telecom Australia tapes. Short documentary volunteers at the Dorrigo Commissions and the films are held, some showing Railway Museum at the head historical collection was vignettes of technical and staff of the Bellinger Valley. This similarly deployed. This was activity in the early periods of remarkable collection of difficult with telegraphic relics the 20th century and some historic NSW railway because telegraphy shared prepared for staff instruction. equipment is claimed to be the plant and technical staff with The collection includes largest in the Southern the telephone system. 50,000 to 100,000 Hemisphere and includes Telegraphists and photographic negatives, some messengers were Postal staff, on glass plate dating from the and hence Australia Post 1800s and providing a record retained a very strong interest of technology and people until in this section of the former the late 1980s. However about PMG relics. So this group of that time Telstra ceased to relics tends to be more people have its own photographic oriented than the Telstra units and the out-sourcing of portion. After a number of this facility generally resulted vicissitudes the Telecom in making later negatives collection became located at unavailable, although there are the Ashfield old Post Office prints from this later era. building. This was refurbished In addition there is a by Telstra and by agreement is considerable collection of Two of the oldest locomotives in the managed by the Telecommuni- books, journals, technical and collection cation Society of Australia. engineering instructions and in

Engineering Heritage Australia - Page 2 continued from page 2 The National Committee on house training manuals There are a number of Engineering Heritage relating to the installation, volunteer helpers at Ashfield, maintenance and management including the Manager. Many he NCEH is now 20 years old as highlighted of all types of telecommuni- of these people have been elsewhere in this issue and, as part of its steady cations. Much of this latter providing essential assistance progress towards recognizing, recording and collection has been since the Ashfield site has T conserving Australia’s engineering heritage, we are pleased to specifically donated. been in use. They are involved present this, the ninth edition of the Newsletter. The Institution of in sorting, classifying, and Engineers is to be commended for promoting the continuity of organising the relics and also the Committee while other Institution committees have come and provide invaluable gone over the years. advice in the areas of The NCEH is presently made up of the following members: their specialties. • Harry Trueman, Sydney - Chairman The display at • Michael Clarke, Sydney - Deputy chairman Ashfield is open for • Bill Jordan, Newcastle - Immediate past chairman and inspection every Newsletter editor Wednesday. Phone (02) • Ian Arthur, Sydney 9716 8071. • Keith Drewitt, Tasmania • Peter Gesling, Newcastle • Bruce James, Western Australia An early facsimile machine • Hugh Orr, South Australia • Bruce Sandie, Victoria • Keith Baker, ACT • Robin Black, all ably assisted by committee administrator, Sue Mayrhofer. The Committee also receives valuable help from nine Some of Norman Gilroy’s misdemeanours as “national” Corresponding Members from as far away as the U.K. displayed at the museum and New Zealand with a further 10 “divisional” Corresponding Members.

National Engineering Landmark Award to Dawes Point - A Place of Significant Woomera Engineering and Cultural Heritage continued from page 1 continued from page 1

Wording of plaque unveiled at Woomera the rock through which its associated buildings, the 128 cables were passed cable tunnel and the bridge and secured to the top of itself, are the dominant the end posts, to restrain features on the site. Woomera Rocket Range the half-arch during With its formation in erection until it met its 1998, the Sydney Harbour Established under the Anglo-Australian Joint Project northern counterpart. After Foreshore Authority following the second world war, this range and the the two halves met, the became responsible for the associated weapons research establishment at cables were removed and public open space at Dawes Salisbury, were the largest and most expensive scientific the tunnels on both sides of Point. The Authority is in and engineering activities ever conducted in Australia in the harbour filled. the process of finalising a peacetime. The equipment used and tested here was at Dawes Point is listed conservation management the forefront of technology especially in fine mechanics. on the Register of the plan including an Advanced optics, telemetry and rocket fuel chemistry. National Estate and the interpretation strategy for The successful launch of the Wresat satellite from Bridge, including the open the site, which will include Woomera in 1967 gained Australia international spaces formed at its the old vehicular ferry recongition and membership of the exclusive “Space completion at Dawes and dock. Club”. Milsons Points, is to be listed on the NSW State Dedicated by the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1999 Heritage Register. The remains of the battery and

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The Historic Bridges of Gundagai

On Saturday 28 November 1998, the historic road and railway bridges which cross the Murrumbidgee River and its floodplain at Gundagai, were awarded an Historic Engineering Marker by the Institution. The bronze plaque was unveiled by Sydney Division President Peter Walsh. The historic road bridge was named the Prince Alfred Bridge after Queen Victoria's second son. The iron truss over the river was completed in 1867 and the timber viaduct across the flood plain was completed in 1869, but was reconstructed at a higher deck level 30 years later. Increased traffic and loads saw the road viaduct The rail bridge main span and some of decommissioned and the timber truss approach spans replaced in 1977 by the present steel and concrete Sheahan Bridge 1.6km downstream, but the Prince Alfred Bridge remains in use. Prince Alfred Bridge c. 1896 when the new When completed the Prince Alfred Bridge higher level approach viaduct was being together with the viaduct was, at 941m long, the built longest road bridge in Australia. It is now on the register of the National Estate and is classified by the National Trust (NSW). The river span is the second-oldest existing metal truss bridge in Australia and the oldest in New South Wales. It is a British pin-jointed truss of a type that did not appear in the USA until the 1880s, and has the unique feature of the trusses being suspended from a continuous horizontal top member, supported on roller bearings on vertical posts at each pier. It and the railway truss downstream, are two of the three pin-jointed trusses still in use or in their original position in New South Wales - the other is the Whipple truss road bridge at Nowra. The railway line from Gundagai to Tumut, which included the railway bridge over the Murrumbidgee, was opened in 1903. The imposing high-level viaduct across the flood plain is comprised of 75 timber Howe-type trusses of 35 feet span, with another five on the southern side of the river. The river Prince Alfred Bridge - detail of roller truss, which spans 200 feet, was erected by the Public Works Department bearing supporting continuous top chord from components supplied by an American company. It is an excellent example of a typical American hog-backed, steel, pin-jointed truss and is the only surviving railway pin-jointed truss in New South Wales. It is an integral part of one of the longest railway river crossings in New South Wales, which has a total length of 1.01km.

Details of pin joints on rail bridge truss

Engineering Heritage Australia - Page 4 The World’s First Concrete Arch Dam: 75-Miles Dam 1880

Australian techniques today : e.g., the of the Royal Australian Survey arch dam (1961, Ipswich Corps. (CHANSON and experience QLD). Hence he 75-Miles JAMES 1998) was renowned. dam is a true milestone in arch The 75-Miles dam development. Bibliography demonstrates CHANSON, H. (1999). the soundness Access to the dam “The 75-Miles Dam in of the arch The access to the dam can Warwick : the World’s Oldest design and it be done on foot via the Concrete Arch Dam.” Royal highlights that Oaklands property or by train. Historical Society of the skills of [To access the dam on foot, Queensland Journal, Vol. 17, the start from Warwick, follow the No. 2, pp. 65-75 (ISSN 0085 Queensland New England Highway, turn 5804). engineers. left (Rosenthal Rd) and follow CHANSON, H., and The 75- the Connolly dam signs. JAMES, D.P. (1998). Miles dam Follow the road straight past “Historical Development of 75-Miles Dam in 1998, view was the first the Connolly dam branch. At Arch in Australia : from from the left bank concrete arch the end of the sealed road, Advanced Designs to dam built in continue straight onto the Engineering Failures.” ince the early Australia and the oldest Oaklands property (2nd Research Report CE 157, European concrete arch dam in the property after the steel gate). Dept. of Civil Engineering, settlements in S world. It was the second arch From the Oaklands property, The University of Queensland, Australia, the coastal and dam completed in Australia follow a 4WD (or horse) track Brisbane, Australia, August, continental development of after the Parramatta masonry East up to the Northern end of 133 pages (ISBN 1 86499 the country has been linked dam (1856). It was also the tunnel. 0791). with the availability of water Australia’s second dam built Follow the supply. Australia’s economy entirely of concrete. The 1880 railway North has been highly dependant dam is a precursor of the less than 1 upon its agriculture and concrete dams built in km. The dam railway network which in turn Australia and in Queensland at is on the rely on surface irrigation and later dates and it is one of the slope, east of railway water supply for steam earliest concrete dams in the the line, in a locomotives. During the 19th world. The world’s first bend century, a series of arch dams concrete dams were the Boyds overlooking was built for these purposes. Corner dam (New York, USA, the railway. A They included advanced 1872) built between 1866 and culvert (1.8-m technological features which 1872, the Pérolles dam high by 2.5-m were acknowledged world- (Switzerland, 1872) built from wide and wide. One advanced design 1869 to 1872 and the Lower probably built was the world’s first concrete 75-Miles Dam near completion in 1880 Stony Creek dam (Geelong between 1878 arch dam : 75-Miles dam VIC, 1873). All these and 1879) passes underneath completed in 1880. structures were gravity dams. the railway line downstream In Press The 75-Miles dam was The use of concrete as a of the dam.] CHANSON, H., and built by Henry C. STANLEY construction material for arch The dam may also be JAMES, D.P. (1999). “Une (1840-1921) as a water supply dam marked a turn in the accessed using railway Histoire Revisée des Barrages- for the Warwick-Stanthorpe historical development of arch maintenance cars from Voûtes (de l’Antiquité à railway line. The 1880 dams because it allowed the Warwick (contact Queensland 1900).” (‘A Revised History structure was a thick arch development of more Railways). of Arch Dams (from Antiquity design and it was the world’s advanced arch designs On a map, the dam is to 1900).’) Annales des Ponts first concrete arch dam. The (CHANSON and JAMES located about 1 km North of et Chaussées, Ingénieur dam was heightened in 1901 1999). For example, the the tunnel (East of the Science Société, (ISSN 0152- by addition of a concrete wall double-curvature “cupola” Oaklands property) on the 9668) (in French). and three buttresses. The dam 1 arch and constant-angle Eastern side of the railway. It is still used today as a reserve. 2 variable-radius arch designs is not shown on the Map 9341, In the period 1880-1900, the which are common arch dam Edition 1, Series R631 (1971)

1 The world’s first cupola arch dam was the Ithaca dam (1903, New York, USA) which was designed by Professor G.S. WILLIAMS (1866-1931). The structure was designed to be a 27-m high structure but construction was stopped when the dam height reached 9-m because of local opposition. 2 The world’s first constant-angle arch dams were built in 1913-1914 and designed by Lars R. JORGENSEN (1876-1938): Manila (Philippines) and Salmon Creek (Alaska). Engineering Heritage Australia - Page 5 available in RAAM. RAAM can be searched at http:// Where Do They Go? - www.nla.gov.au/raam/ and information about the Directory of The Conservation of Archives in Australia is available at http:// www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/asa/directory/ Engineering Documents The National Archives and State Records NSW (and probably from Michael Clarke the archives offices in other States), publish a range of useful material on record-keeping and archives and both have websites which list their publications. The Australian Society of Archivists hat happens to your engineering papers when also publishes a book Keeping Archives which has become a you “go” - your reports, research papers, standard text and manual. calculations, designs, drawings, photographs, The history of engineering and its contribution to the building records and so on? W of our nation cannot be adequately told without good What happens to the documents of consulting engineers and documentation. It is up to us all to take the extra step to ensure companies in the construction, manufacturing, mining, industrial our endeavours and our engineering heritage will be appreciated and private infrastructure development industries, when they run by future generations. out of space, have no further use for their old papers, or when they “come to the end of the road” - go out of business or are taken over? What happens to the operating and maintenance Happy Heritage Birthday! manuals, and the working drawings of obsolete machines? These documents are a major part of the evidence of what you Professor Ray Whitmore reminds us of an and those engineering companies did, of how decisions were important anniversary made, of why things came to be the way they are, in fact the documents may be the only evidence of what existed after eptember 4th 1999 permanent unit to be demolition and modification have taken their toll. When a marks the 20th established”. The membership processing plant or machine is discarded and the scrap recycled, anniversary of the consisted of one chairman plus the drawings and documentation may be the only detailed record S Inaugural Meeting of the 9 members, comprising to survive. National Committee for members from Divisions who The documents not only represent your history, that of Engineering Heritage, or the were chairmen of heritage engineering companies and of engineering endeavour (in other National Panel for sub-committees plus two words they are a major source of Australia’s engineering history), Engineering Heritage as it members considered expert in but they are a significant part of our engineering heritage. So began life at that time. The engineering heritage. what happens to them? possibility of establishing an Institution panels are generally For government enterprises there are laid down procedures Institution forum for ad-hoc committees formed to for culling, cataloguing and conservation, and there are engineering heritage dates achieve a particular objective Commonwealth and State archives for ultimate storage. For back a further two years to and are then intended to private industry the main imperative for retention is an on-going March 1977, when members disappear. In fact, the commercial value and defence in case of a legal challenge. from most of the then existing Engineering Heritage Panel However, when they have no further use, unless the owner Divisional engineering relics survived until 1990 when it recognises their historical value, there is oblivion - most are committees met in Cooma became a Committee, carrying destroyed! under the chairmanship of over with it a unique structure But all is not doom and gloom - owners can do a lot to ensure Barry Grear (General College (for a National Committee) their documents are managed and properly cared for while they Board and South Australian influenced by the fact that have commercial value, and there are things they can do to make Division relics Committee) heritage is generally a them attractive to an ultimate repository. and resolved unanimously “to secondary or hobby interest of The first thing owners should do is get their procedures right recommend to the General members, where enthusiasm and this is best done by obtaining advice from and perhaps College Board of the IEAust. rather than professional retaining, a professional archivist. Initial contact might best be that it implement a standing expertise is the ruling force. made through the Australian Society of Archivists. sub-committee of the General The members nominated Good procedures will involve: College with membership of for that first panel were: • having an appropriate filing system; Grear (Chairman) [Denis] • examining and culling records to reduce bulk by eliminating Cumming and [Peter] • Professor R.L. Whitmore items that have no commercial, historical or heritage value; Sydenham who would share (Convenor), Queensland and the task of considering • Dr P. Sydenham, Armidale • properly handling, caring for and storing documents, to avoid National aspects of Relics • Mr W.M. Shellshear, deterioration. work”. Canberra When the documents have no further value to the owner, This was the start of two • Mr A.E. Minty, Canberra there are quite a few repositories interested in taking records that years of planning and plotting, • Mr T. Roberts, Newcastle have been properly culled and catalogued, and are appropriately of policies and tactics, • Dr L.C. Smidt, Victoria presented. Again, help and advice should be sought from a terminating in the • Mr A. Holton, South professional archivist. establishment by the General Australia Records describing non-government archives held in College in February 1979 of a • Mr H. McFee, Tasmania Australian repositories and libraries, are contained in the panel “to test whether the • Mr J.I. Muirhead, Sydney National Library of Australia’s Register of Australian Archives activity warrants a continued • Mr K.C. Webster, Western and Manuscripts (RAAM) database and in The Directory of and therefore a more Australia Archives in Australia, which includes most of the repositories

Engineering Heritage Australia - Page 6 Tarraleah Hydro-Electric Development Historic Engineering Marker

On possibility in the highland The Hon. Peter Rae, the Saturday, 10th area. Chairman of the HEC then April 1999 a After an historical received the plaque on behalf ceremony was introduction by Mr Harry of his organisation and held at Gilbert (a member of the expressed his appreciation of Tarraleah to Engineering Heritage the plaquing programme and present an Committee) the plaque was mentioned possible future Historic presented to the HEC by the opportunities for recognition, Engineering Tasmania Division President, particularly the Lake Margaret Marker to the Mr Steve Carter who spoke on Power Station. Hydro Electric the work of the Engineering The ceremony was chaired Corporation Heritage Committee and the by the Chairman of the for the contributions of engineers to Tasmania Division Tarraleah the present standard of living, Engineering Heritage Power The plaque was then Committee, Mr Keith Drewitt. Development. - unveiled by His Excellency, At the conclusion of the The Sir Guy Green, Governor of formalities some 70 people in ceremony was Tasmania who spoke on the attendance were treated to held in the great work carried out over the afternoon tea as guests of the Tarraleah Village Hall where years by the HEC in Hydro Electric Corporation. all facilities were available developing Tasmania’s water All in all this was a very and in case of inclement resources to produce power successful function and weather which is always a without pollution. appreciated by all present.

The Old Great North Road – a World-Class Engineering Masterpiece

The 240 km convict built within the Dharug National Traffic Authority Great North Road was Park. and Dr Grace constructed between 1826 and The NSW National Parks Karskens, 1834 to provide an overland & Wildlife Service have archaeologist, on route between Sydney and the recently implemented a the preparation fertile Hunter Valley. At the programme of conservation of a time it was the largest public management for their section Conservation works project undertaken in of the Road. However the Plan. the colony and remains one of Road has many owners over The Road the major engineering feats of its complete length including was the vision of The Devines Hill section of the Great Australia’s convict era. state government departments, Governor Northern Road across the Hawkesbury Much of the original road, numerous local councils and Darling who River from Wisemans Ferry including culverts, bridges and private landowners. A recently tried to endow the colony with retaining walls, remains in use formed local community ‘a fine, permanent and all- British engineers including today with the original surface group based in the Bucketty/ encompassing road system’. It John Loudon MacAdam. buried under layers of Wollombi area, calling is a monument to the road A National Engineering bitumen. Other parts, themselves ‘The Convict Trail building skills of the early Landmark plaquing proposal including the impressive Project’ (www.budde.com.au), colonial engineers and the for the full length of the Road Devines Hill section on the have been projecting the endeavours of the 700 plus is currently being developed northern side of the image of the Road as a convict workforce, many in by the Newcastle Division in Hawkesbury River, remain significant historic asset of chain gangs. The engineers, in collaboration with the Sydney virtually intact, having been national importance. They particular Lieutenant Percy Division. For further abandoned for alternative have helped coordinate a Simpson, applied information on the project call routes shortly after number of workshops and revolutionary road Alastair Peddie on Ph. (02) completion. This section of research material including construction methods 4974 2788 or Email the Great North Road is now working with the Roads & developed at the time by [email protected]

Engineering Heritage Australia - Page 7 Recent Releases Books Two new books have come to the editor’s Eminent New attention which deserve a Queensland Sydney place in the library of anybody with an interest in Engineers - Walking the built environment and Volume 2 Tour Guide engineering heritage. Firstly, from Emeritus Professor H.J. Cowan s foreshadowed in Indefatigable comes a breath of fresh air EHA No. 8, member of the in his detailed account of the Queensland National A the engineering, as opposed Division of the Institution has Committee on to architectural, history of published a second volume of Engineering Australia’s buildings. Jack Eminent Queensland Heritage and Cowan has long been an Engineers . It is a continuation Sydney Division advocate for engineering of the first volume published Heritage heritage: he has been a in 1984. An editorial sub- Committee, member of the Sydney committee of the Heritage Michael Clarke, has produced a new edition of the much- Division Engineering Panel of the Queensland acclaimed walking guide to inner Sydney’s engineering heritage. Heritage Committee for Division led by Geoffrey Copies are available from Sydney Division office. many years and was an Cossins compiled the new Institution of Engineers volume. When the sub- Eminent Guest Speaker in committee started work in 1994, culminating in his 1997 they decided to conform keynote address at the to the practice of the book. These engineers, most Depression and the war Christchurch Heritage Australian Dictionary of of whom were formally resulted in a large backlog of Conference. Biography and limit entries to trained with two having engineering works to be engineers deceased before Australian university degrees, overcome in the face of The book is: 1995. An extra provision was had developed skills to cope material and labour shortages, From Wattle and Daub to that the more recent engineers with the changing technology while consumer demands for Concrete and Steel – The had to be eligible for corporate required for electricity services rose rapidly. The third Engineering Heritage of membership of the Institution. supplies, advanced methods of group of engineers practised Australia’s Buildings, by Each of the 51 engineers mineral processing, steel generally into the 1960s, with Henry J. Cowan, chosen has a photograph, a bridges, urban tramways, responsibilities for power Melbourne University two page biography, and reinforced concrete etc. They stations, the Queensland wide Press, Melbourne 1998. 229 pp., ill., index. Price: appropriate references. were able to take advantage of grid, mining development, $A49.95. Biographies are included the local capacity to fabricate television services, automatic of five engineers from the structural sections, to make trunk telephony, freeways, In case readers missed early colonial period sugar milling machinery, and beef roads, and major airports. it, an exciting new book on (Queensland separated from to build locomotives, ships, They also saw the start of the bridges was reviewed in the New South Wales in 1859) and steel bridges. computer age. September 1999 Civil when the new Queensland The third group of 33 Eminent Queensland Edition of Engineers Government adopted a engineers covered in the new Engineers, Volume 2 is Australia. Having bought a vigorous policy of volume were born between published in a handy A5 copy before seeing the infrastructure development to 1890 and 1910, almost all in format. It is available from the review, your editor couldn’t catch up with the southern Australia. Almost all had Queensland Division Office of put it down. It is made all colonies. Railways were built university degrees including the Institution of Engineers, the more attention-grabbing stretching westwards from many from University of Australia, 447 Upper Edward for Australian readers by ports to pastoral areas, a Queensland which opened in Street, Brisbane, Queensland the choice of the Sydney telegraph system rapidly 1911. All entered the 4000. The price is $10 for Harbour Bridge for the linked the towns, many rivers profession after World War 1, members, $15 for non front cover photograph. were bridged, and major and were hardly established members, post paid. Contact Other superb colour towns reticulated with water. when the Great Depression of the division office by phone photographs in the book are 13 engineers who practised the 1930s severely curtailed (07) 3832 3749, by fax (07) as wide as four pages, with in the period 1880 to 1940 engineering expenditure. 3832 2101, or by e-mail double fold-outs. make up the next group in the The combination of the [email protected] Details are: The Creation of Bridges, by The Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage David Bennett, Thomas C. 14-16 February 2000, Auckland, New Zealand. Registration of interest available Lothian Pty Ltd 1999. 232 at www.cce.auckland.nz/engher or fax conference organizers at +64 9 373 7419. pp., hardback. Price: $50.

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