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Booklet, The Ballarat School of Mines and Industries 1870-1920 Jubilee Booklet, 1920 (estimated)
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...The first school of Mines in Australia was established at Ballarat in 1870. At the time of its jubilee (1930) the following people were members of the School Council: W.H. Middleton (President), W.T. Humphreys (VP), J.S. Vickery (VP), F. Barrow, Col. W.K. Bolton, William Baragwanath, A.E. Cutter, J.N. Dunn, G. Fitches, W.H. Fleay, F. Herman. W.D. Hill, T. Hurley, K. Kean. J. Kelly, L. Lederman, Mayor of Ballarat, Mayour of Ballarat East, D. Maxwell, M. Martin, R. Maddern, D. Ronaldson, F. Saunders, R. Stephenson, A.O. Stubbs, R.E. Tunbridge. The School Staff in 1920 comprised: Herbert H. Smith, Walter Rowbotham, Reginald L. Cutter, M.C. Young, Hilda Wardle, M. Wiliamson, P.S. Richards, L.H. Archibald, J. Woods, Ken Moss, W. Kenneth, Mrs McIlvena. B. Robinson, S. Rowe, E. Hope-Jones, Miss Abrams, L.St.G.P. Austin, Alfred Mica Smith, J.R. Pound, Herbert R. Murphy, N.H. Junner, Maurice Copland, L.H. Archibald, E.J.A. McConnon, Newton King, D.m. Hull, T.R. Gordon, John M. Sutherland, T.K. Jebb, Dick Richards, C. Tonkin, A.W. Steane, J. Paterson, H.W. Malin, R.V. Maddison, S.M. Mayo, F.A. King, W.H. Steane, T.R. Gordon, T.A. Williams, H. Waldron, G. Black, E.J. McConnon, R.V. Duncan. R. Cutter, E.G. Vawdrey, Hilda WardleWhite stapled booklet - landscape format - 20pp + soft covers with blue writing. Includes an historical sketch of the Ballarat School of Mines. Contains images of the school from around 1920. The history outlined in the booklet follows: 'Ballarat has helped to influence the life and destinies of Australia in many ways, the recital of which would perhaps prove tedious to the citizens of less favoured localities! However, it can be said, without much fear of contradiction, that only less known thought Australia than its fame as a gold field is the reputation won for it by its school of Mines, ... Ballarat was still quite a new place when the School was founded, but a very propserous and popular place all the same, with a go-ahead lot of citizens brim full of the spirit of enterprise which seemsto animate mining populations generally. Money was plentiful, and they launched out into ventures, which later, were to develop and take the place of the gold mines, while what is more to the point, they understood the value of education. the old digging days were passing away. So far as Ballarat itself was concerned the day of the cradle and tin dish had already passed into an antiquity "as dead and distant as the age of the Tubal Caon," said dir redmond Barry on declaring the School open. Mining had become a serious business, and the mining engineer, the metallurgist, and the geologist had become a power in the land. In these circumstances the suggestions to found a School of Mines met with ready acceptance. The late Mr James M. Bickett had the honor of bringing forward the proposition at a meeting of the Ballarat Mining Board in October, 1869. it was agreed to, and the Government, having been approached for assistance, granted a lease of the old Supreme Court buildings at a nominal reantal. A modest sum, including 100 pounds from the Borough Council of Ballarat West, was subscribed by a number of sympathisers, and on the 26th October, 1870, the inaugural address was delivered by Sir Redmond Barry, the first President of the School. Classes were commenced on the 23rd January, 1871. The students at first were mostly adults. They were chiefly men emloyed at the mines, who had the wisdom and energy to devote their spare time to study, and, though their attendance was somewhat irregular, they made very good progress. Old prints which have been preserved show them at work at furnaces, big bearded men of the old-fashioned type of miner. It is interesting to note that among those who gave evidence and encouragement was Sir Roderick Murchison, who many years before had advised Cornish miners to emigrate to Australia to search for gold, and who in 1848 was in possession of gold ore sent from this country. Sir Roderick sent a parcel of books for the library, and gave useful advice as to the curriculum which should be adopted. The Museum, which now contains a most valuable collection of minerals, was one of the first things attended to, and the reports presented to the Council from time to time speak of additions being made from all parts of the world. New equipment was constantly being added to the School, a good deal of assay work was done, and some specimens were sent from the East Indies for examination as far back as 1873. By this time there was a difficulty in providing accomodation for the students who wished to enrol, and the number of instructors had grown from two to four. In 1882 the first building was being erected on what was then part of the gaol reserve. A little more than ten years afterwards a buildnig formerly serving as a Methodist Church was absorbed, while later on, the demand for accomodation increasing, the attack upon the gaol was renewed. The School continued to grow in reputation and size, and became the science centre of the district, and in 1889 a learge new building was opened by Sir Alexander Peacock. Students came from over seas as well as from all the States of Australia, and after going through their courses they took with them the name and fame of the old School to all parts of the globe. School of Mines boys have played a great part in developing the mining fields of Western Australia, South Australia, and africa, while old students who have made a name in their profession are constantly dropping in to see how the old place is getting along. It was not to be expected, however, that the Ballarat School would be left without rivals, its very success inspiring competition. Mining Schools were started in other parts of Australia, and, at the same time, Victoria ceased to hold first place as a mining state. On the other hand there was a great advance in manufacturing, and the demand for technicaly trained men became a great and as insistent as ever it had been for trained mining men. The Council was quick to adapt the school to the new conditions, and the result is seen in the institution, which is one of Ballarat's proudest possession. Instruction is given in all branches of technical work, and the classes are filled with students who are building up for Ballarat a reputation as an industrial centre, which promises to equal that which it formerly held as a mining town. Owing to its bracing climate, its abundant opportunities for recreations, and its accessibilty, Ballarat as a city is an ideal place for educational purposed, and is yearly becoming more and more appreciated throughout the State. The chairman of one of Ballarat's biggests industries claims that the workman can do twice the day's work here that he can do in Melbourne. he was a little enthusiastic over it, perhaps, but it is a well-known fact that the healthy and invigourating Ballarat climate is conducive to both physical and mental activity, and the records of the School provide ample proof of it. One of the most interesting and successful branches of the School of Mines and Industries - if the name be enlarged with the enlargement of its scope - is the Technical Art School. "The City of Statues" has from its earliest days been a stronghold of art. Art schools have flourised here, and in 1905 the Education Department came to the conclusion that the best thing to do with them was to place them under the management of the School of Mines Council. A magnificent new Technical Art School was built at a cost of some 12,000 pounds on the site of the old Supreme Court building, and was formally opened on the 23rd July, 1915. The results have not only been justified but surpassed all anticipations. The most comprehensive list of subjects is taught, and this list is constantly added to. Students have flocked to the art School, which may be said to occupy a unique position in Australia, and its record of success is really astonishing. Its students supply art teachers for the newer schools that are being built, and many occupy leading positinos in important business houses. So well is its reputation known that orders are constantly being received, not only from Victoria, but from other States, for honor boards and challenge shields to be designed and made. The most recent addition to the School of Mines and Industries is the Junior Technical School, for which a new building is now being erected on a portion of the gaol site, transferred to the School of Mines Counci by the Government. At the present moment temporary quarters are being occupied. Some students after passing through the Junior School go straight to employment, continuing perhaps to attend the evening trade classes, while others move on to the senior School. In a review of the work of the School of Mines mention must be made of a series of industrial research carried out under supervision of the Principal. One in particular, regarding the suitability of the local ores for the manufacture of pigments attracted much attention, while the experiemtns on the manufacture of white potery from Victorian clayes were considered of sufficient importance by the Federal Advisory Council of Science and Industry to warrant the appointment of a special investigator. The results of these have been most encouraging, and may have far-reaching consequences. The vocational training of returned soldiers also should not be overlooked. The work was taken in hand from the first, before the Repatriation Department gave assistance, and now with the help of the department of the School has become one of the largest vocational training centres in Victoria outside of Melbourne. The soldiers, trained in a variety of occupations, have made remarkable progress, and already considerable numbers have found employment in local workshops and factories. To sum up, the School is divided into the following departments, each well staffed and equipped: - The School of Mines, science, and Engineering; the Techncial Art School, the Boys' Junior Technical School, the Girl's Preparatory Technical Classes, Trade Classes, and the Commercial School. The school of Mines, science and Engineering, comprises the following branches: - Mining, Metallurgy, Geology, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Chemistry, and Pharmacy. Battery treatments, Cyanide Testing, Smelting, Assays, and Clay Testing from a regular part of the School's work. Students gaining qualifications obtain concession in their courses at the university, should they proceed there to continue their studies. The technical Art school curriculum includes training in all branches of pictorial and applied art, an Architectural Diploma Course, a Draughtman's Course, technical Art teachers' Course, Photography,Ticket Writing, Art Metal Work, Woodcarving, Needlework, and Leather work. The Trade Classes give instruction in Telephone Mechanics, telegraphy, Carpentry, Cabinet Making, Plumbing, Blacksmithing, Fitting, Electric Wiring, and Printing. Numerous Scholarships are offered every year, and altogether students will find few places to equal the Ballarat School of Mines and Industries as a training place for their life's work. One of the first in the continent to be established, its Jubilee finds it still in the front rank, keeping pace with the times, and offering to the youths of this country the means of taking advantage of Australia's teeming opportunities. william, battery, smith, herbert, drawing from the antique, ballarat school of mines botanical gardens, ballarat school of mines, redmond barry, alfred mica smith, james bickett, museum, dick richards, ballarat junior technical school, s m b, ballarat school of mines and industries, ballarat technical art school, model mine, james m bickett, j m bickett, roderick murchison, vocational training rooms, wesley church, methodist church, alexander peacock, lathes, repatriation, repatriatin department, war service, school council, baragwanath, gold mining, mining laboratory, plaster cast, r.w. richards, anniversary, jubilee -
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Book, Gavin Fry, Graeme Drendel, 2016
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...This monograph of Graeme Drendel’s oeuvre draws on the artist’s sketchbooks, diaries and unpublished photographs to explore the influences on his distinctive style. It includes recollections of his childhood in Ouyen, with the featureless skies of the Mallee, through to the impact of Italian Renaissance artists Piero della Francesca and Masaccio, this publication brings together three decades of the artist’s work in a richly illustrated volume. Greame Drendel is an alumni of the Ballarat Technical Art School.Hardcover 207 page book with dustjacket and full colour illustrations.non-fictionThis monograph of Graeme Drendel’s oeuvre draws on the artist’s sketchbooks, diaries and unpublished photographs to explore the influences on his distinctive style. It includes recollections of his childhood in Ouyen, with the featureless skies of the Mallee, through to the impact of Italian Renaissance artists Piero della Francesca and Masaccio, this publication brings together three decades of the artist’s work in a richly illustrated volume. Greame Drendel is an alumni of the Ballarat Technical Art School.graeme drendel, alumni, ballarat technical art school, artist, ballarat teachers' school -
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Book, Gavin Fry, Mildura Living Magazine, Autumn 2021, 2016
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Magazine coving Sunraysia, Wentworth and Robinvale. It has an article on artist Graeme Drendelnon-fictiongraeme drendel, alumni, ballarat technical art school, artist, ouyen, isolation, post office gallery, ted trevaskis, tasco, mildura, ballarat teachers' college -
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Card, Chef Chantant Craig's Hotel 30.10.14, 30/10/1914
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Cafe Chantant is a type of musical establishment associated with the Belle Époque in France. The music was generally lighthearted, sometimes risqué, even bawdy but, as opposed to the cabaret tradition, not particularly political or confrontational. This event was possibly associated with the Ballarat School of Mines as a fundraiser for the Red Cross during World War One.A card with silk screen design and a Red Crossred cross, craig's hotel, world war one -
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Book - Book - Course Text, W.W. Watts, Geology for Beginners, 1903
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Red book of 352 pages and 322 illustrations.non-fictiongeology -
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Book, Andrew Jamieson, An Elementary Manual on Steam and the Steam Engine: : specially arranged for the use of first-year science and art, city and guilds of London Institute and other elementary engineering students, 1904
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Maroon covered book of 330 "With numerous diagrams, arithmetical examples, and examination questions" and index. Beautiful coloured pullouts.non-fictionsteam, steam engines -
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Photograph, Graduation of Dr Maryanne Coutts
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...maryanne coutts, robert allan, graduation, academic regalia, phd, doctorate, loris button, university women -
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Photograph - Digital image, Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, Churchill, 19/11/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Visual Arts students in the Courtyard at the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design.arts academy, gippsland centre for art and design, churchill, visual arts -
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Photograph - Digital image, Gippsland Centre for Art and Design Students, 19/11/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Visual Arts students in a Courtyard at the Gippsland Campusarts academy, gippsland centre for art and design, churchill, visual arts, sculpture -
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Photograph - Digital image, Gippsland Centre for Art and Design Students, 19/11/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Visual Arts students in a computer laboratory at the Gippsland Campusarts academy, gippsland centre for art and design, churchill, visual arts, computer, graphic design, student activity, gcad, gippsland campus, gippsland campus collection -
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Photograph - Digital Image, University of Ballarat Students at the Arts Academy, 15/12/2014
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of our students walking in the Arts Academy, Camp Street, Ballarat.arts academy, camp street -
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Photograph - Digital Image, University of Ballarat Students on the Walkway to the Mount Helen Residences, 15/12/2014
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of 11 students on the Mt Helen Walkway leading to the Student Residences.mount helen campus, alumni, students residences -
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Photograph - Digital Image, University of Ballarat Student Residences, 15/12/2014
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of 2 students in a room on Student Residence.mount helen campus, alumni, students residences, student accomodation -
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Photograph - Digital Image, University of Ballarat Mt Helen Campus Student Residences, 15/12/2014
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of 13 students on the Mount Helen Student Residence .mount helen campus, alumni, students residences, student accomodation -
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Photograph - Digital Image, Federation University Gippsland Campus Student Residences, 15/12/2014
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of a University of Ballarat Student Residence .students residences, student accomodation, gippsland campus -
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Photograph - Digital Image, Gippsland Campus Student Residences, 15/12/2014
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of a student playing a guitar in a room on the Gippsland Campus Student Residence .students residences, student accomodation, gippsland campus, gippsland campus collection -
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Photograph - Digital Image, Federation University Gippsland Campus Library, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of students on a staircase at Gippsland Campus .gippsland campus, library, buildings, architectural features, gippsland campus collection, student residences -
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Photograph - Digital Image, Federation University Gippsland Campus Students, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of students at the Federation University Gippsland Campus Studentsgippsland campus, alumni, students -
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Photograph - Digital Image, Federation University Gippsland Campus Students, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of students at the Federation University Gippsland Campus Studentsgippsland campus, alumni, students, bridge -
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Photograph - Digital Image, Federation University Gippsland Campus Library Helpdesk, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of students at the Federation University Gippsland Campus Studentsgippsland campus, alumni, students, buildings, library, gippsland campus library -
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Photograph - Digital Image, Federation University Gippsland Campus, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of students at the Federation University Gippsland Campus Studentsgippsland campus, alumni, students, buildings, gippsland campus collection -
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Photograph - Digital Image, Federation University Gippsland Campus, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of students at the Federation University Gippsland Campus Studentsgippsland campus, alumni, students, buildings, gippsland campus collection -
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Photograph - Digital Image, Federation University Gippsland Campus Education Students, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of students at the Federation University Gippsland Campus Studentsgippsland campus, alumni, students, buildings, pre-service teaching, primary school children, education -
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Photograph - Digital Image, Federation University Gippsland Campus Nursing Laboratory, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of students at the Federation University Gippsland Campus Studentsgippsland campus, alumni, students, buildings, nursing, gippsland campus collection, student activities -
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Photograph - Digital Image, Federation University Gippsland Campus Science Laboratory, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of students at the Federation University Gippsland Campus Studentsgippsland campus, alumni, students, buildings, science, laboratory, student activities -
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Photograph - Aerial Photograph, Federation University Mount Helen Campus, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of Federation University Mount Helen Campusbuildings, mount helen campus, aerial photograph -
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Photograph - Aerial Photograph, Federation University SMB Campus, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of Federation University SMB Campusbuildings, aerial photograph, smb campus, ballarat club, uniting church -
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Photograph - Aerial Photograph, Federation University Arts Academy Campus, 06/08/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of Federation University Arts Academy Campusbuildings, aerial photograph, ballarat club, arts academy, camp street campus, ballarat trades hall, former ballarat state officers, art gallery of ballarat, old colonists' hall, ballarat mining exchange -
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Photograph - Aerial Photograph, Federation University Lecture Theatre in Y Building, Mount Helen Campus, 09/07/2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of Federation University Y Building LEcture Theatrebuildings, mount helen campus, lecture theatre, y building, mount helen -
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Photograph - Colour Photograph, Students at the Federation University Arts Academy, 2013
... University Australia, Mt Helen Campus Federation University Australia ...Colour photograph of Federation University Arts Adademy Students in the Camp Street Campus.buildings, arts academy, camp street, students, student activity