The Ballarat School of Mines was established in 1870 and was the first School of Mines in Australasia. Blue hard covered book with brown leather spine and corners. pg 4 - Farewell for Albert W. Steane pg 9 - Instruction in Electrical Engineering pg 30 - The late Cr M. Martin pg 38 - Caretakers Duties pg 40 - The late Cr F. Barrow pg 43 - John Brittain Telescope pg 43 - Martha Pinkerton Bequest pg 66 - Resignation of Albert E. Williams pg 85 - N. Whiteside and Civil Engineering Course pg 128-130 - Technical Education pg 193 - Proposed new buildings pg 272 - Retirement of J.M. Sutherland pg 280 - Proposed change of name to school pg 297 - Woolclassing Room pg. 342 - pg 353 - D. Taylor Kellock pg 353 - Resignatin of Miss Grigg pg 367 - Dr Pern's Collections of Aboriginal Artefacts pg 377 - Inmates of Ballarat Orphanage pg 356 - Ballarat School of Mines Museum contents Loose - Resolutions Passed by Technical Schools' Association of Victoria, October, 1942, with the Minister's Replies.Pg 367 - "Dr Pern's Collection Cr Lederman reported on the proceedings of the special committee meeting held on the 19th February. At that meeting it was suggested that the Ballarat Historical Society might consider transferring their collection to the Museum. It was decided that any expert from Melbourne be invited to come to Ballarat for the purpose of inspecting the mounted birds, which in many instances were falling to pieces, and recommending the best way of dealing with them."m. grigg, t.h. trengrove, building plans, john brittain telescope, new workshops, t. barrow, a.w. steane, martha pinkerton, ballarat school of mines museum, sydney pern, pern collection, ballarat orphanage, thomas aggett, william aggett, sebastian fumberger, peter hogg, ronald irving, eric jackson, ray lear, ken mason, john birch, william gleeson, robert gleeson, robert guyas, ronald holmes, albert king, stuart smith, alan snell, martha pinkerton scholarship, frank pinkerton scholarship, thomas trengrove, d. taylor kellock, architecture course

Owned by F.E. Iggsten's grandfather who migrated to Australia approx. 1870Small steel rimmed sunglasses in black cardboard case

Historical records originally from the Mining Warden's Office, Mines Department, Bendigo. Information collated from 1870's to 1980's. A summary document lists the BEN# from 3754 to 4080 and describes the mine name; the BEN#, the line of reef located on, the start and end year. Individual mine data is enclosed in a manilla folder within the box. Reef lines listed are: Derby Christmas Garden Gully Gravel Hill Thistle Carshalton Myers Flat Birds Hit or Miss Break of Day Crusoe Big Hill line Sample entry: Brilliant Co., BEN# 3757, Garden Gully line of reef, 1870 - 1880.bendigo, mining, mining warden records

The Ballarat School of Mines was established in 1870, and is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. A bundle of rough correspondence from the Ballarat School of Mines. Includes Ballarat School of Mines Letterhead, a list of Trade Students, their address and the fees they paid; Special Grant for Photography Equipment; Building valuations; Annual Staff Social, Ballarat School of Mines Technical School Annual Report, Quarterly Attendance Return, Medical Certificate ballarat school of mines, 45th a.a.m.c., 49th a.a.m.c., camp, f.c. buchanan, e.l. fidge, r.c. valentine, r.c. smith, j.m. turnbull, w.l. carroll, e.w. simmering, f.m. wesley, k. whittle, allan bernaldo, j.b. sutcliffe, e.n.t. henry, f.t. jellett, a.p. doran, e. somerville, t.h. robinson, ballarat school of mines evening trade time table, victorian education department receipt, letterhead, charles graham, h.s. hall, gauge tower, trade fees., trades, f.r. eva, m.a. fiscalini, v. giuliano, walter baxter, humffray, james walker, clemence hill, mcpherson's pty ltd, robinson, telephone account, charles e. bright, plumbing, g.r. king, a.e. anderson, buildings, n.r. worrell, h.v. duncan, ballarat junior technical school, a.w. steane, philately, stamp duty, bhp, broken hill, excursion, broken hill south mining co, g. fenner, wallaroo, moonta, daniel walker, t.h. shattock, j.m. sutherland, myra bolte, nellie grigg, j.a. greenshields, dora gooch, myra howe, mavis mcgrath, charles mcnamara, kath reidy, percy albert trompf, percy trompf, h.g. wakeling, rene hardess, quarterly returns, accounting, sands and mcdougall, travel lists, w. coltman, gladys kitchen, h. beanland, eva betteridge, victor greenhalgh, staff salary, goliath and hercules, cuming smith and co, australian engineering school, e.j. powell, e.w. hurfield, e.j. mcconnon, hilda wardle, dorothy hambly, assay report, north woah hawp, supplementary examinations, hugh m. rowlands, frank b. maxwell, richard buchanan, walter j. ewart, r.f. finnis, f.g. davis, w.g. walker, charles schroeder, k. bailey fisher, robert hutchinson, w. o'halloran, s.j. chambers, a. westcott, m.f. larking, k. jebb, john dulfer, daniel liddy, louis vernon, pharmacy board victoria, scholarships, david cochrane, howard bennett, herbert werner frederick de nully, thomas robinson, john sutcliffe, thomas carmichael, bessie beatrice robertson