Port kembla steel works history book

Women of steel is the inspiring story of a landmark struggle in australias industrial and political history. Number 1 blast furnace was first lit on the 29th august 1928, signalling the start of iron and steel making at po. The top 10 things to do near port kembla beach, wollongong. The little known story of how a group of women in the 1970s sneaked into the port kembla steelworks and worked a shift to prove they were capable of the job is being retold in a short film. Port kembla is known for the bluescope steelworks operations on springhill road and. Berkeley artist headhunted by international galleries angie cass says shes obsessed with port kembla and is recruiting people to pay homage to the steel city through collage art. Being a general history, that book was subject to a variety of space constraints. Artist angie cass pays homage to steel city port kembla. Guided tours of the port kembla steelworks available over. A background in working within the port kembla steelworks and surrounds is preferred but not essential. Courtesy of the wollongong city library and the illawarra historical society. They operate six days a week for locals and visitors. A memoir is the story of a steel town and its movers and shakers. The official web presense of bluescope in the illawarra community you know us, we make steel and were part of the illawarra community and were proud of it.

Bluescope steel, port kembla steelworks five islands. Public tours of the port kembla steelworks are available most friday and saturday mornings, commencing at the inside industry visitor centre at 9. Inside industry are seeking new casual tour guides who have an interest in heavy industry, a passion for local history and can convey the the illawarras heavy industry past, present and future in a fun and informative manner. Port kembla steelworks, was early days of port kembla steelworks. Why not book on a threehour guided tour of the port kembla steelworks with inside industry. Guided tours of the port kembla steelworks available over summer. Writing a history of work and community in wollongong, 18801940. A giant ocean fish swims into the heart of industrial port kembla looking for food. The early days of establishment of the port kembla steel plant were testing times. A history of the land purchased for the building of the port kembla steelworks d. What if we take its presence, a few km from an ancient, living midden, as a symbol of both new and old ways to. This website provides you with the information you need to design, manufacture or build with the full range of bluescope steel products in australia.

This is the official corporate web site for bluescope, an international business operating in australia, asia and north america. Charles hoskins had been the first person to profitably make steel in australia, having taken over in 1908 the lithgow steel plant of william sandford limited which had gone into liquidation. The 10 best things to do near port kembla beach, wollongong. They operate six days a week for locals and visitors interested in. Bhp, the port kembla steelworks injury and fatality record meant that it was. Besides the steelworks proper at newcastle and port kembla, there is. But things were about to get rocky at carnegies homestead steel works, right across the monongahela river. The port kembla steelworks is a working industrial plant and tours may be altered to meet process, production or safety requirements. With its long migration history accommodating waves of migrant workers and their. Ais was formed in 1928 by the hoskins family to establish and operate a steelworks at port kembla. Bookings are essential by email or phone 02 4275 7023. As pam menzies explores the lives lived in the shadow of the steelworks. If either of us had had the right technology in our pockets we could quite easily have looked at port kembla history where we would have.

Port kembla steelworks public tour wollongong 2020 all. Bluescope will temporarily bypass the waste gas cleaning plant which serves the sinter plant at our port kembla steelworks, to ensure the safe operation of the plant. A history of the land purchased for the building of the. Connect with bluescope steel at five islands road, port kembla, nsw. Things to do near port kembla beach on tripadvisor. Port kembla is a suburb of wollongong 8 km south of the cbd and part of the illawarra region. The book is divided into two sections, my port kembla and. Wollongong steelworks pumps out dangerous dioxins report confirms workers inquiry findings by peter stavropoulos 10 february 1999 bhps wollongong steelworks has been identified as australias.