Home of the Sydney Society of Model Engineers

The Sydney Society of Model Engineers Inc. (SSME) is the oldest model engineering club in Australia and the oldest continuously operating Model Engineering Club in the World.

The aim of the society is to promote all forms of model engineering.

Brief history

The SSME began in 1906 in Summer Hill, where members met in various private homes and then the Summer Hill Community Hall, to discuss the engineering topics of the day. With the increase in members, they had to locate to a larger site to display their models.

In 1932 the club purchased a site in Parramatta Rd at Ashfield. The Society held its first exhibition in 1935 and continued to operate on that site every Saturday until 1970. The area around the Society was being built up, and it was time to look for new premises and move again.

In 1971, the Society moved to Luddenham to a 10 hectare (25 acres) property previously used as a farm, and a new clubhouse and facilities were built.

The SSME today is located on a rural property in Sydney’s south western suburbs, approximately 50km from the city central business district.

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