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Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet - Booklet - Prospectus, Bairnsdale District School of Mines, Prospectus, 1904
Higher education in east Gippsland dates back to 1890, and the opening of the Bairnsdale District School of Mines, In 1986 the Bairnsdale School of Mines and the Sale and Bairnsdale Technical schools amalgamated to form the East Gippsland Community College of TAFE. In 1995 it became the East Gippsland Institute of Technology, and in 2011 changed its name to Advance TAFE. The Bairnsdale District School of Mines Prospectus includes the members of council, a photographic image of the school, teaching staff, rules relating to students and instructors, Constitution, and a prospectus of subjects including Mining and Science Subjects, Diploma Courses, Preliminary Training, Metallurgy Course, Mining Engineering Course, Battery Manager's Certificate, Assayer's Certificate. It also includes a scale of fees, information on the Metallurgical Plant, Chemistry, Assaying and Metallurgy, Geology, Mining Geology, Mining, Petrology, Dynamics and Heat, Magnetism & Electricity, Mechanics Applied to Mining, Land Surveying, Mine Surveying, Algebra, Euclid, Trigonometry, Mechanical Drawing, Practical Plane Geometry, Practical Solid Geometry, Engineering Drawing, Art Subjects, and a list of certificates issued by the school since 1892.Grey soft covered book of 68 pages. The Bairsndale District School of Mines Prospectus includes the members of council, an photographic image of the school, teaching staff, rules relating to students and instructors, Constitution, and a prospectus of subjects including Mining and Science Subjects, Diploma Courses, Preliminary Training, Metallurgy Course, Mining Engineering Course, Battery Manager's Certificate, Assayer's Certificate. It also includes a scale of fees, information on the Metallurgical Plant and its chares, Chemistry, Assaying and Metallurgy, Geology, Mining Geology, Mining, Petrology, Dynamics and Heat, Magnetism & Electricity, Mechanics Applied to Mining, Land Surveying, Mine Surveying, Algebra, Euclid, Trigonometry, Mechanical Drawing, Practical Plane Geometry, Practical Solid Geometry, Engineering Drawing, Art Subjects, and a list of certificates issued by the school since 1892.bairnsdale district school of mines, bairnsdale, school of mines, donald clark, francis w. sewell, j.v.r. anderson, a.d. pleydell, walter seehusen, director, mining engineering, metallurgy, academy of arts, municipal surveyor, 1914 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Exercise Book, Assay Practical, Grade One 1940, A.G. Hale
Exercise book with black cover, some of cover missing, includes assay reportsa.g. hale, ballarat school of mines and industries, ballarat, assaying, assaying reports -
Mont De Lancey
Potato parer/peeler, Circa 1940
Cast iron/steel assay lathe potato peeler with two wooden handles.potato peelers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOHN EVANS COLLECTION: SEBASTIAN CYANIDE WORKS ASSAY BOOK: 1907 TO 1910 ENTRIES
Sebastian Cyanide Works Assay book - 1907 - 1910 entries (although listed as being ''#17 August 1907 to August 1908''). J. Evans collection. Handwritten pencil entries with origin/description of sample and assay results.bendigo, industry, sebastian cyanide works, sebastian cyanide works. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter, Letter from Henry Barton Williamson to School of Mines Ballarat
Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation UniversityHandwritten letter from Henry Barton Williamson to School of Mines Ballarat about Practical Assaying paperletter, practical assaying, henry barton williamson, paper -
Federation University Historical Collection
Cards, Ballarat School of Mines Assay Parcel Cards, 1910
White printed cards containing informatno relating to parcels delivered to the Ballarat School of Mines for Assay Treatment ballarat school of mines, dawson, assaying, ballarat school of mines model mine, mining laboratory, flowerday -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - GOLD CRUCIBLE
Small clay crucible used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. Maker's mark indecipherable on bottom of crucible.gold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - GOLD CRUCIBLE
Small gold crucible, bowl shape, used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. No maker's mark on base.gold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter, Letter from Thomas Harson to School of Mines Ballarat
School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation UniversityHandwritten letter from Thomas Harson to School of Mines Ballarat asking them to assay a sample he as sent.school of mines ballarat, thomas harsen, sample, assaying -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - GOLD ASSAY WEIGHTS, L.OERTLING, LONDON
SET OF GOLD ASSAY WEIGHTS - (1000 = 1/2 GRAMME) IN ROUND BAKELITE CONTAINER WITH LID. (14 PIECES)local history, mining, assaying, mining, gold -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - correspondence, Letter from Jeanette Perkins to the Ballarat School of Mines, 1948, 02/1948
.1) Two pages typed letter form Jeanette E. Perkins to the Ballarat School of Mines requesting a Certificate of Assaying. The subjects completed by Jeanette Perkins are listed. .2) A typed certification that Jeanette E. Perkins passed all subjects required for Assaying and has been recommended for this certificate. jeanette perkins, jeanette watson -
Mont De Lancey
Food Chopper
Cast iron assay food chopper with wooden handle to turn cogged wheels, to operate the guillotine mechanism. It is mounted on a wooden base.food processing equipment -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat School of Mines Assay Register, 1890-1899
Marble card covered book with blue/black spine. The pages are ruled into columns and headed: Date received, Reg. No. Private Mark, Substance, Locality, Submitted by, Assay, Remarks, Report. Some mines submitting substance for assay include Britannia UNited (J.M. Bickett), Golden Ridge, CLunes UNited, NOrth Cornish Mine Daylesford.ballarat school of mines, assay register, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: THE VICTORIA GOLD VALUERS READY RECKONER, 1853
Book; Cloth bound hard cover book - 'The Victoria Gold Valuer's Ready Reckoner and Assayers chemical guide'. Being a manual descriptive of the ordinary as well as the scientific modes of conducting assays; with tables for ascertaining the carat value of gold audits sterling value (Scoffern & Higgins) Spine missing. Inside front cover stamped Big Hill Mining Company.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETgold mining, miners' safety cage, gold valuers ready rreckoner, mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
Federation University Historical Collection
Object, Slag from the Ballarat School of Mines Assay Furnace, c2008
A number of pieces of slag that was found n close proximity to the original Ballarat School of Mines Assay Furnace, when it was at Mt Helen Campus c2008ballarat school of mines, assay furnace, slag -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Ballarat School of Mines Science Timetable, 1909
Folded card which outlines the tabletable for science subjects at the Ballarat School of Mines, 1909. Subjects include metallurgy, Mine Engineering and Metallurgu, Mine Engineering, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Petrology, Electricity and Magnetism, Assaying, Cyanide, Mineralogy, Freehand Drawing, Assaying, Mine Surveying, Plumbing, Telegraphy and Telephony, Fitting and Turning, mining. Classes are held during the day, evenings and on Saturdays. ballarat school of mines, timetable, science -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Practical Metallurgy and Assaying: Practical Metallurgy and Assaying. A Text-Book for the Use of Teachers, Students and Assayers, 1902
Maroon hard covered book of 490 pages. Includes metallurgical analysis, assay, laaboratortm experiments, fuels, alloys, reduction, cupellation, arsenic, wet methods, amalgamation.metallurgy, brook, assay, silver, gold, sulphides, alloys, experiments, reagents, arthur h. hiorns -
Mont De Lancey
Apple Parer/Corer, Goodell Co, Circa 1895
These large mechanical parers are generally referred to as 'commercial' apple parers. However, they were used in the kitchens of large households, as well as hotels and by commercial apple processors. These are fascinating contraptions, particularly when seen in motion.Cast iron assay apple parer and corer, mechanisms with cams, gears and levers operated by cast iron and wooden handle. Mounted on a wooden base, with Donvale printed on it.Bonanza made by Goodell Co, Antrim NH USA Numbers 43, 13, 40, 23 (on different parts of the mechanism)apple corers, apple peelers -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, The School of Mines Ballarat: A Statement of the Objects and Present Resources of the School, 1873
... assayer ...The Ballarat School of Mines was the first School of Mines in Australia and was established in 1870. 22 page booklet titles 'The Ballarat School of Mines: A Statement of the Objects and Resources of the School.' The book has a number of illustrations including the interior of the Ballarat School of Mines Laboratory, and the former Ballarat Circuit Court House. It includes a statement of the formation, progress, and present position of the School of Mines, Ballaarat. The image of the Ballarat School Mines Assay Room shows assay furnaces, crucibles, chimney, and teacher Joseph Flude on the far right. This room is now is a building known as the 'Old Chemistry Building'. Plan and elevation of the new Metallurgical Laboratory and Proposed Chemical Laboratory is depicted.On front cover "Recorded in M-A" "1873"ballarat school of mines, assay, courthouse, joseph flude, crucible, furnace, flude, warrington rogers, brough smyth, harrie wood, wood, james bickett, bickett, redmond barry, somerville learmonth, metallurgy, chemistry, laboratory, examinations, mining engineer, assayer, inorganic chemistry, underground managers, captains of shift, engieners, enginedrivers, louis balhausen, james campbell, l.s. christie, j.j. casey, alexander dempster, g. higinbotham, james martin, alexander millan, malcolm morrison, band of hope and albion, city of ballarat mining company, city of canterbury gold mining company, egerton mining company, el dorado gold mining company, golden reef gold mining company, happy valley company, hope quartz mining company, long tunnel gold mining company walhalla, hopewell quartz mining company, imperial quartz mining company, student numbers, fees, magdala quartz mining company stawell, mariners and sloane's quartz mining company, new north clunes company, park company, temperence quartz company, tookey quartz company new zealand, walhalla gold mining company, matthew seal, harrie woodmuseum, duke of cornwall claim, john lynch, robert m. sergeant, engineers, f.w. niven, william henry barnard, ballarat school of mines museum, museum, ballarat school of mines library, donations of specimens, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOHN EVANS COLLECTION: DAY BOOK 1887 TO 1902
Listed as ''Day Book - John Evans 1987-1902'' (#6). Consists of ink-penned entries of daily assay results together with monthly accounts and petty cash expenditure.bendigo, industry, sebastian cyanide works, john evans. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, School of Mines Stawell -- Assay Department
School of Mines Stawell Assay Departmentstawell education -
Parks Victoria - Maldon State Battery
Bucket /sieve
Possibly used in the operation of the battery or assay. Bucket formed into a sieve. It has 33 holes and a handle and white paint residue. -
Parks Victoria - Maldon State Battery
Shackle
Possibly used for battery or assay operation."U' shaped steel, forged part, with two circular ends. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, W.L.B. Ballieu, W.L.B. Ballieu & Co to Ballarat School of Mines, 12/05/1898
The Ballarat School of Mines offered assaying of ore. Handwritten letter on W.L.B. Ballieu & Co letterhead. Handrwritten: "12 May 1898 The Director School of Mines Ballarat Dear Sir Please let me know the cost of treating 12 parcels left by Mr Harvey. Yours truly W.L. Baillieu" "Replied to 13/5/98" Written and circled in red ink "278"ballarat school of mines, ballieu, w.l. b. ballieu, auctioneer, sworn valuator, assay, letterhead -
Parks Victoria - Maldon State Battery
Mask
To protect face from welding or assay operation.Medium size, rectangular shaped mask. Mask has a small slot for viewing through, framed in metal and with 12 rivets around rim and two rivets to attach a handle at the base of the mask. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Notebook of William H. Corbould, c1886
SMall, black covered notebook signed by William Corbould, and including assays, and diary notes from 21 February 1886 to 21 December 1887 relating to amounts of lead and silverwilliam corbould, william h. corbould, corbould, ballarat school of mines alumni -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - CLAY CRUCIBLE
Small clay crucible bowl used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. Maker's name impressed on bottom 'Battersea Works England ' and '2 ?1m', possibly denoting size of crucible.Battersea Works Englandgold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, David Melvin, David Melvin to Frederick Martell of the Ballarat School of Mines, 1898, 19/10/1898
The Ballarat School of Mines conducted assays at the Model Mine. handwritten memorandum on David Melvin letterhead relating to treatment of a a parcel for extraction of gold. ballarat school of mines, david melvin, mining, gold, sampson's pulverizer, wynne and tregurtha plates -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Mines and Minerals: A Guide for the Australian Miner, 1885
This book was presented to Professor Ferdinand Krause of the Ballarat School of Mines by the co-author Felix Ratte who had taught Geology at the Ballarat School of Mines. Felix Ratte became mineralogist to the Australian Museum, Sydney.Hardcovered book with brown cloth cover. 341 pages with illustrations. Chapters in the book include Geology; Rocks and their Movements; Stratified Deposits; Mineral Veins and Lodes; Dynamics of Lodes; Filling of Lodes; Irregular Deposits; Alluvial Deposits; Physical Properties of Minerals; Compsition and Determination of Minerals; Noble Mineral; Silver and Lead; Quicksilver or Mercury; Haloids and salts; Quartz and Opal; Precious stones; assays and the use of Blowpipes; Special Assays for Gold and SilverFrontise page handwritten in ink: 'Prof. Krause from F. Ratte'mining, ballarat school of mines, geology, felix ratte, minerals, ferdinand krause -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOHN EVANS COLLECTION: CYANIDE RECORDS 2 APRIL 1897 TO 17 OCTOBER 1897
Assay Book - Cyanide Records 2 April 1897 - 17 October 1897- pencilled entries with pages with 'calculations' at back of book. Some handwritten smelting details in front section of book.bendigo, industry, cyanide