Christmas Celebration
18th December 11 am – 2 pm: Annual Christmas Lunch at the Bayswater Rail Museum and the nearby Bassendean Hotel for lunch.
Please reply to this email to confirm your attendance.
The Rail Museum has been at Bassendean since 1969 and between the Museum, the workshop at the rear of the museum and its subsidiary museum at Boyanup holds 24 steam locomotives, 14 diesel locomotives and railcars and a similar amount of rolling stock, consisting of numerous passenger carriages (including two sets of vice regal carriages) and freight wagons.
Of this collection, much can be climbed on or walked through at Bassendean and the museum has four operational locomotives, the 1889 G class (G233) Leschenault Lady, the 1947 S Class (S 547) Greenmount and the two 1955 XA class diesels (XA1402) Targari and (XA1405) Warienga. A number of other (approx. 15) are in various stages of restoration in the workshop area at the rear of the museum.
One of the most recently restored and currently on display is the oldest preserved main line electric locomotive in Australia – the 100 year old SEC1. It operated until 1969 on the 600m, 600V DC line which ran from East Perth Marshalling yards to the Power Station delivering coal to the station.
(Photo and article by Perry Beor)
National Conference
The conference in Adelaide surpassed expectations with 110 registrations – congratulations to Mike Taylor and the organising team from Engineering Heritage South Australia.
Lewis McDonald, WA Division President and Mayor Fitzhardinge cut the ribbon to mark the tour launch, watched by Susan Kreemer-Pickford.
Perry Beor guided the group explaining some of the special attractions.
Committee
The committee now meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Engineers Australia headquarters, 77 St Georges Terrace, Perth. 10th Floor of the Allendale Square building.
Feel free to join the committee as a guest.
Fred Blackmore has announced his retirement from the committee. Fred has provide so many contributions to the rebuilding of the Engineering Heritage Website and will be sorely missed. Thank you Fred!
Fremantle Engineering Heritage Tour Official Launch
The launch of the tour yesterday was an outstanding success with 70 registrations. The tour was designed by Russell Ellen, Perry Beor and the Engineering Heritage Interns working with Susan Kreemer-Pickford and Susie Watterston.
Feel free to join the committee as a guest.
Fred Blackmore has announced his retirement from the committee. Fred has provide so many contributions to the rebuilding of the Engineering Heritage Website and will be sorely missed. Thank you Fred!
Volunteers Meeting
Our volunteers group meets online every first Tuesday of the month, and for breakfast every three months or so. We will meet face to face for breakfast at 7.30 – 8.45 on November 5 at the City View Café, Optus Stadium (Melbourne Cup Day). Register with me, please.
A Call for Help – Fremantle Prison
John Dowson of the Fremantle Society urges you to provide feedback on the Fremantle Oval Master Plan which you can do until Tuesday November 5. He has warned that proposed high rise developments might impinge on the Fremantle Prison World Heritage Precinct and it’s world heritage listing might be at risk if proposed plans proceed.
There will be heritage event held at Fremantle Prison on November 29. This workshop is supported by the ARC Everyday Heritage Linkage Project and is designed to explore the role and relevance of everyday heritage and difficult legacies within the context of heritage practice. Through a series of case study presentations and collaborative discussions, participants will have the opportunity to share insights and methodologies that can contribute to the development of heritage industry-focused guidance.
WHEN: 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM, Friday, 29 November 2024
WHERE: East Workshops, Fremantle Prison, Western Australia
TICKETS: $25 (Students $10) – Includes a guided tour of Fremantle Prison and lunch.
REGISTER HERE
The workshop is particularly relevant for heritage specialists engaged in conservation and management, architecture, history, archaeology, and planning. We also encourage attendees to participate in the Everyday Heritage Symposium on Thursday, 28 November at the University of Western Australia.
Facilitators:
Prof. Tracy Ireland – University of Canberra
Sharon Veale – CEO, GML Heritage
Dr. Steve Brown – University of Canberra
Special Interlocutors:
Prof. Laura McAtackney – University College Cork, Ireland
Dr. Timo Ylimanu – University of Oulu, Finland
Featured Speakers:
Luke Donegan – Manager, Sites of Truth Telling, Dept of Planning, Lands and Heritage
Flavia Kiperman – Director, Element Advisory
Dr. Charlotte Feakins – Lecturer in Heritage Studies, University of Sydney
Dr. Imogen Wegman – Lecturer in Humanities, University of Tasmania
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