About Newcastle Division
Newcastle Division is one of nine Divisions servicing Engineers Australia members throughout Australia. The Division covers the area from Hawkesbury River on the Central Coast of NSW, through to the Queensland border.The Division covers the area in the lower Hunter from Newcastle, and five regional locations, where we host Country Groups. These Groups are:
- Central Coast Group (covering the area north from the Hawkesbury River to the lower Lake Macquarie area of the Hunter.)
- Mid North Coast Group (representing members from the areas of Foster, Taree, Wauchope, Port Macquarie and Kempsey.)
- Upper Hunter Group (covering the area generally of Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Merriwa.)
- Northern Group (covering the area of Tamworth, Armidale, west to Moree, south west to Coonabarabran.)
- Northern Rivers Group (representing members from the areas of Sawtell, Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Grafton, Lismore, Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads.)
Within the Newcastle area, technical activities are offered in the following disciplines of engineering:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil/Structural Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Heritage Engineering
- Young Engineers
There are also a number of technical societies active in the Division:
- Australian Geotechnical Society
- Mine Subsidence Technological Society
- Maintenance Engineering Society
- Mining Mechanical and Mining Electrical Engineering Society
- Australian Society for Bulk Solids Handling
Staff
Division Director
Sally Chapman – Email: schapman@engineersaustralia.org.au
Deputy Director
Helen Link - Email: hlink@engineersaustralia.org.au
Administration & Room Hire
Katrina Baker - Email: kbaker@engineersaustralia.org.au
Membership Officer
Jane Dennis - Email: jdennis@engineersaustralia.org.au
Division Committee
President
Prof. Adrian Page
Immediate Past President
David Stewart
Vice President
Barry Finlay
Hon Treasurer
Paul Russell
Councillor
Merv Lindsay
National President
Rolfe Hartley
Committee
Mark Allman
Brian Marsden
Thomas Brinsmead
David Sparkes
John Waanders
Julie Wharton
Rebecca McKenzie
Division Office Facilities
The office of the Newcastle Division of Engineers Australia is situated at 122 Parry Street, Newcastle West. Close to the CBD, but adjacent to plenty of all day parking and exceptional after hours parking. The building offers a number of meeting room facilities, which you may wish to take advantage. In particular our boardrooms and meeting room are very suitable for any mediation/arbitration meetings.
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Auditorium - seats 100 theatre style. Also large boardroom style or classroom style
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2 x Boardrooms - 10 people seated comfortably around the table
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Meeting Room - 6 people seated comfortably around the table
Audiovisual
A range of audio-visual equipment is available and presenters can choose from the following:
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Overhead Projector, Electronic Whiteboard and flip chart
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Lecturn microphone as well as lapel microphone
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Video hire $33.00
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State of the Art Data Projector - $165.00 hire fees applies
Hiring Rates (prices include GST)
| Full Day (8 hours) | Half Day (4 hours) | |
| Auditorium | $165 | $85 |
| Board Rooms | $93.50 | $55 |
| Meeting Room | $44 | $33 |
Business Support Services are also offered including:
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Photocopying, Faxing & Email; Secretarial Services; Invitation Mail Outs, etc.
Catering
Room Hire includes carafes of water and glasses on tables. A range of local caterers can been contacted for all occasions from sandwiches to buffet meals. Please contact us to request information on catering arrangements.
Engineers Australia can supply gourmet morning or afternoon tea for a cost of $6.50 per person, or continuous tea/coffee/biscuits at a cost of $5.00 per person
Security
For after business hours functions, security will be organised by our staff at an additional cost.
Our experienced staff will be able to assist you with any enquiries you may have. For further information or if you would like to make a booking, please call Katrina at our office on (02) 4926 4440 or email: kbaker@engineersaustralia.org.au. Office hours are 9.00am to 5.00pm.
