Small brown covered scrapbook with newsclipping written by William Robertson, and his handwritten corrections to the articles. Newsclips include poetry and articles on: Piggoreet, Captain Moonlight, Devil's Kitchen, Ballarat East Australian Natives' Association, A Total Eclipse, Ballarat Leads, Joe Mack Cricket, Trade Unionism, Jack Hewitt of Piggoreet, Astronomy, Golden Lake, Scientific Shearers, Eureka, Piggoreet Geological, Piggoreet Mining, Happy Valley, Exchequer Flat, Fairy's Fright, H.V. Mailboy, Shearers, Creswick, Geology of Smythesdale, Shearing in the 1890s, Piggoreet reunion, Scarsdale and Smythesdale, Scarsdale to Golden Lake, Derwent Jacks, Shanties Devil's Kitchen, Berringa Bushmen, Perseus, Kruger at Pitfield, Fires and Pitfield, Football Memories, Cambrian Hill, Theo Gribble, Jack Jones Pitfield, Risks at Pitfield, Superstition, Scarsdale, death notice for William Robertson's mother.On cover: "Wm Robertson 10 Young Street Ballarat East"andrew christie, mrs nimon, william christie, alec christie, grand trunk, cape clear, donald mclean's, alchemist co, john lynch, golden belt lead, paddy webb, annie rooney, kruger hanging, pitfield, boer war, napoleons, cambran hill, hiscocks, john winter, john jenkins, bonshaw, john bird, nintingbool, moppianum station, w.h. bird, david clarke, william hamilton, john clarke, benjamin j. scott, julius kleberger, m.a. weatherston, j.h. vaughan, a. reid, alfred william crow, p. young, george clarkson, a.w. crowe, william henderson, claud pender, a. garside, mount erip, alec crothers, communism, basalt, italian gully, john roberts, john browne, john crossthwaite, patrick mcgrath, newtown, john boyd, john bruce, william irwin, george hatfield, d. croswaite, grand trunk mine, golden horn, jubilee lode, woady yallock, springdallah, fairy glen lead, linton lead, south berry, banshee, wil-o-the wisps, forest creek, chewton, mount alexander, jim crow ranges, trawalla, j.g. roberts, carngham, german lead, scarsdale railway, great western, beaumont mine, north grenville, shearing, piggoreet reunion, scarsdale and smythesdale, scarsdale to golden lake, derwent jacks, shanties, devil's kitchen, berringa bushmen, perseus, kruger at pitfield, fires and pitfield, football memories, cambrian hill, theo gribble, jack jones pitfield, risks at pitfield, superstition, scarsdale, golden point lead outlet, frenchman's lead, trooper o'brogue, peroni, morelli, lucky woman's gully, william robertson, piggoreet, captain moonlight, devil's kitchen, ballarat east australian natives' association, total eclipse, ballarat leads, joe mack cricket, trade unionism, jack hewitt of piggoreet, astronomy, golden lake, scientific shearers, eureka, piggoreet geological, piggoreet mining, happy valley, exchequer flat, fairy's fright, h.v. mailboy, shearers, creswick, geology of smythesdale

Table of Contents: The location and pegging of a tramway route, The unity of things, Students' third annual dinner, The transmission of power by rope driving, Visit to the Briseis main and new brothers home, School of Mines' sports committee, School of Mines' magazine committee, Diabolo, Limericks sluiced at Snake Valley, Obituary, Hints to the inexperienced, Fossilistic love, Past students, Some bunsen memories, Quaint and curious coincidences, Notes on analytical chemistry, New students, News and notes, Students' library, Sports and pastimes, School of Mines' annual dinner, Correspondence, Answers to correspondents, Editorial notes. Images.Booklet of 26 pages.pegging a tramway route, transmission of power by rope driving, briseis main and new brothers home, diabolo, snake valley, obituary, analytical chemistry, students' library, john brittain, a. e. c. kerr, w. smith, l. seward, leslie coulter, t. williams, f. treloar, whitington, hart, murphy, o. w. williams, l. knight, w. kingston, g. w. sides, w. gelard, w. t. sayer, s. r. white, a. c. hesselmann, r. j. moore, r. g. walker, j. a. peart, newton g. king, w. e. eyres, g.h davenport, a. d. r. galloway, j. e. b. crossley, j. smart, h. hylton, j. blayney, t. lennon, h. s. sheppard, p. c. osbourne, c.w. nash, les smith, w. b. tucker, c. w. white, a. j. robin, h. f. owen, l. a. westcott, e. m. boyer, ernie strick, isadore wittowski, m. tyler, h. m. conran, h. g. conran, h. g. cornell, l. j. middleton, j. d. orr, j. r. blight, w. g. taylor, l. hall, c. bult, g. o. ramsay, o. w. williams, stanley r. heron, john a. grant, william t. sayer, frederick l. treloar, patrick s. anderson, robert mitchell, frederick j. martell

.1) Scrapbook of newspaper clipping in oversize scrapbook .2) White file of newspaper clippings 1872-1908newsclips, newspaper cuttings, schools of mines, sale school of mines, bairnsdale school of mines, daylesford school of mines, castlemaine school of mines, bendigo school of mines, stawell school of mines, st arnaud school of mines, alfred mica smith, industrial institute, james bickett, redmond barry, ballarat school of mines opening, mining engineering, pottery, charles fenner, pottery classes, maurice copland, plumbing, harold herbert, ballarat school of mines statistics, andrew anderson, j.c. molloy, art schools, ballarat west art school, herbert h. smith, amelia h. troon, martha pinkerton, r.t. vale, david ham, clunes, rivett bland obituary, university of melbourne affiliation, gilbert dawbarn, kernot, james patterson, john rowe, cassilis chlorination, r.w. lamb, j. flegeltaub, tasmanian examination, balarat school of mines museum, latham watson, state school students, w. longstafff, daisy ditchburn, e. grownow, ballarat east art school, art gallery association technical art school, e. guse, j.g. williamson, m.f. williamson, george biknell, print engraving, a.e.c. kerr, a.n.a. fete, hannay electro-cyanide process, james oddie, r.m. serjeant, xrays, roentgen xrays, lizzie drape, mines bill, henry forster, technical education in germany, deeble's patent, p. cohen, deeble's cyanide plant donation, h. rosales, thomas hart, ballarat observatory, robert denham pinnock, isaac james jones, edward ivan rosenblum, samuel ernest figgis, r.w. best, thomas f. morkham, beatrice j. flude, bertha craig, drucilla hopwood, george bird, james galbally, mining exchange, transit theodilite, univerisity of melbourne, affiliation, t.d. wanliss, scrapbook, s.e. figgis, j. dawbarn, gilbert dawbarn, g.g. simpson, brown coal, parwan, bacchus marsh, a. berry, f.m. krause, practical mining, cassilis, tasmanian exhibition, ballarat school of mines dilapidated, thomas bath, cyanide, elextirc rock drills, herbert franklin, frank bruce, henry rivett bland, j.n. dunn, dr pinnick, theo williams, steiglitz gold mines, meredith, a.f. balderson, j.m. bickett, f.j. martell, cosmo newberry, m. lindsay, pyrites, pyrites roaster, blucjer amagamator, ludovico hart, photographer, art gallery association's technical art school, ballarat east school of art, otto riegelbuth, hugh colquhoun, louis lemp, g.a.f. soderstron, e. gude, a.f. tweedie, m.l. tuxen, george h. bicknell, c.v. brind, a.h. troon, r. flohm, c.s. proctor, m. oddie, b.s. williamson, f.h.w. robinson, photography classes, i.g. wittkowski, h.r. murphy, mary browne, technical education, andrew berry, r-ray, xray, watson's focus tubes, rohmkorff coil, treloar, wooster, t.e. molloy, w/m/ acheson, ladies art association, ballarat art gallery association, maud glover, bertha s. williamson, hnery foster, native telurides of gold, eliza kershaw, edith curnow

"A limited number of Centenary Medallions designed by Mr. V. Greenhalgh were produced by Stokes & Son, Melbourne to commemorate the Centenary of the School. The medallion was produced from copper base metal with a silver oxide finish and has been well received by past student, present students, staff members and the general public. A quantity of 50 medallions have been reserved for presentation purposes on special occasions."Medal struck for the Ballarat School of Mines centenary. .1) Two framed centenary medals, showing both sides of the medal .2) Sterling silver medal in a black hinged box. .3) Booklet listing receipients of Centenary Medallion .1) Presented to Professor Geoffrey Blainey, AO Guest Speaker Founders Day 26 October 1995"ballarat school of mines centenary medal, centenary, anniversary, victor greenhalgh, geoffrey blainey, stokes & son, e.j. barker, g. biddington, e.j. tippett, sir paul hasluck, l.j.f. hillman, miss b. archdale, sir douglas menzies, h.j trudinger, m.b. john, b.r. hames, v. grennhalgh, r.w. richards, a. senior, j. clark, n. crouch, h. dixon, p. law, nigel bowen, peter lees, mrs j. lawn, dr. j birrell, d. kellock, g. dixon, john baker, k. kelly, w. anderson, w titteridge, a.e. stohr, r. chambers, g. smith, m.g. beanland, j.v. robertson, v. white, mrs m. scott, r cairns, p. zass, j. england, h. sienering, i.g. whitcher, v. lisle, edith lawn, dr stephen murray smith

Cream and black soft covered magazine of 28 pages. non-fictionThe Ballarat Junior Technical School was a division of the Ballarat School of Mines. ballarat school of mines, ballarat junior technical school, ballarat technical school, r.r. watson, r.l. whitla, b. bogicevic, s. barclay, d.b. james, m.j. zeegers, a.c. benson, john benn, t. dower, p. pittard, warwick reeder, peter gray, maurice anderson, immy gertners, forti sanos, ross mcrae, raymond hsu, john anthony spiers (obituary), lyall haw, lyle bridges, digger bridges, peter carrigg, enyo zelemcich, karl abolins, gary billman, james brown, wayne oliver, charles haulin, alan jones, gary garnett, robert ruiden, gilbert bani, cristopher dower, bruce edward, ken irwin, malcome chapman, ray woolard, neil davies, kerry mahar, kerry brihn, daryl mclean, graeme jackson, graeme copeman, john simkin, neil trevena, jimmy gertners, n. mrnczkowski, john anthony spiers, obituary, walter bampton, n. blomeley

The Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society was established on 01 August 1892. This is the organisation's first minute book. Rev. Dr Delaney advocated for the formation of the Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society. Curtin and Scullin became members of this organisation, and it is where they learnt to debate. William White was one of the founders of the Hibernian Society. 09 August 1893 - Richard Sutton provided a piano for recital by Mr Bailey. Brown hard covered minute book with red spine. It is the first book of the Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society. The minutes are handwritten in ink. This item is held offsite and will require up to a week to retrieve it into the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre. Use the email link below right to discuss retrieval.Bookplate from M.C. Carey Post Office Stationary Warehouse. ballarat cathoic young men's society, j. murphy, r. hager, e.j. hayden, e. ryan, r.h. sutton, e.f. ryan, john meehan, w. hawley, w. maloney, e. harmer, james slater, patrick walton, j. parker, j. healey, w. moore, w. murphy, delaney, j.b. pearson, e. adams, george rode, j. moran, w. mcnamara, j.p. daly, y. mcmanamny, j. nugent, james shannon, francis clancy, george armstrong, william lamoriniere, john noonan, john hede, m. tierney, james foran, patrick o'donnell, thomas ballinger, thomas carey, h. bradley, j. cullan, j. o'callaghan, p. breheny, john hand, j. nrennan, w. mclennan, st patrick's day, p. russell, p.j. brown, john pratt, michael callinan, william white, richard h. sutton, carey ward, j. gillies, j. sheehan, rudy hager, w. armstrong, c. cusack, patrick o'hallaran, a. hager, j. manning, john o'grady, arthur smith, andrew quinn, john williams, r. wrigley, john murray, d. hanrahan, w. foley, martin tierney, g. o'malley, james bradley, john shelley, e.j. haydan, e. doherty, a.n.a. hall, w.h. davis, donald hayden, debating, fr o'dowd, south street debating society, bookplate, commercial bookplate, j.j. fitzgerald, p. walsh, h. elligott, j. hastings, j. redden, e. higgins, michael murphy, j. maher, h. mclennan, m. o'dwyer, m. kennedy, thomas nolan, thomas egan, edward mcintyre, w. bibby, j. bolger, st patrick's day procession, j.w. curran, reid's coffee palace, p. mcshane, j. lynch, thomas moran, f. mcconville, a. carnegie, father o'farrell, james carroll, john mcelroy, j. o'shannasay, a.c. carnegie, j.j. cardiff, p. nicholas, j. cullen, t. o'loughlin, thomas o'loughlin, w.h. david, thomas loughlin, h. mccauley, j. whiting, f. lynch, d. ryan, c. carey, m.c. carey, cyms

Brown hard covered book with read leather spine. Lists names of examiners (such as Professor Alfred Mica Smith, Gilbert Dawbarn, Thomas Hart, index of letters received for the consideration of the Board of Examinersballarat school of mines, examinations, exams, ballarat school of mines examiners, alfred mica smith, thomas hart, arthur tandy, glyn evans, university of melbourne, robert allan, w. playford, associateship, mine managers certificate, norman mclean, gordon kiely, franceis c. hall, grant taulor, william kingston, frank w. retallack, victor e. millington, john adam, e. sleeman anderson, maurice copland, charles fenner, j.k. sim, p.o. buchanan, l. vernon, leslie de j. grud, f.w. gibbs, r.c. valentine, heseltine, noel brelaz, l.h. vernon, r.s. dale, c. schache, s. mayo, guido brelaz, l.g. leroux, e.a. brophy, e.h. schache, reginald callister, leslie coulter, richard gaston walker, s.h. mayo, norman buley, harry b. cooke, arthur elton tandy, j. sutherland, mine mangers certificate, board of examiners, carl scache, louis h. vernon, c.h. beanland, j.h. griffiths, j.h. crittendenw.j.b. rankine, w. reis, professor dawbarn, frederick martell, tutorial board, charles burbury, s.b. vial, dav is robert, d.m.deane, a.j. hill, john harvey, britannia united gold mine, cecil eeles, r.j. allan, w. meldrum, cliffor w. nash, harry leggo, john a. blayneyfrederick r. nettle, l.p. seal, norman mcleod, robert w. ditchburn, h.s. edgar, j.h. crittenden, victor nicol, leonard p. seal, f.c. futter, frederick p. paul, godfrey stephen hart, arthur cryte, d.a. runting, ferdnand g. krause, edgar mcconnon, samuel lindsay, wilfred avery, paul v. barnard, charles w. whyte, melville gray, ralph nevett, hugh ellison smith, wiliam c. kingston, w.e. figgis, john rae, george kirkpatrick, reginald robin, alan d. galloway, g.o. ramsay, david wl bonar, rhomas ramsay, thomas k. sim, ernest h. fraser, john worthington, george cornell, loyal h. finch, guy l. ditchburne, guy o. ramsay, e. mowbray boyer, reginald a. raberts, c.c. corrie, f. retallick, henry manchester, charles purdy, j.m. sutherland, g.e. baragwanath, f.e. prout, h.a. lazarus, r. young

Hard covered blue book. Bookplate presented to Mary Holmes 1st prize in Spelling and Writing S.S. Ascot 1900 P. Scott. H.T.chatham-holmes family collection, mary holmes, book plate, premium plate

This hardcover book, The logbooks of the 'Lady Nelson' : with the journal of her first commander, Lieutenant James Grant, R.N., by Ida Lee (Mrs Charles Bruce Marriott) was published over 100 years after the Lady Nelson arrived in Australia to navigate and survey this ‘new colony’. Included in the book are sixteen charts and illustrations from the originals in the Admiralty Library, showing the surveyed land and water. The transcribed Contents, below, summarise the trips of the Lady Nelson during this time. Book’s Content PLUS text of the Chart of ‘Part of Bass Strait’ - Chapter 1: The Lady Nelson built with centreboards. Her voyage to Sydney under James Grant. The first ship to pass through Bass Strait. - Chapter 2: Returns to explore the Strait. Her visits to Jervis Bay and to Western Port in 1801 - Chapter 3: Colonel Paterson and Lieutenant Grant survey Hunter River - Chapter 4: Murray appointed commander of the Lady Nelson. His voyage to Norfolk Island. - Chapter 5: Murray’s exploration of Bass Strait. - Chapter 6: Discovery of Port Phillip. - Chapter 7: The Lady Nelson in company with HMS Investigator examines the North-Eastern shores of Australia. - Chapter 8: The French ships in Bass Strait. The founding of Hobart. - Chapter 9: Symons succeeds Curtoys as commander of the Lady Nelson. His voyages to Tasmania, Port Phillip and New Zealand. - Chapter 10: The Lady Nelson in Tasmania. The founding of Port Dalrymple. - Chapter 11: The Estramina is brought to Sydney. The Lady Nelson visits Norfolk Island and Port Dalrymple. - Chapter 12: Tippahee and his four sons are conveyed to New Zealand in the Lady Nelson. - Chapter 13: The Lady Nelson accompanies HMS Tamar to Melville Island. - Chapter 14: The loss of the Lady Nelson Text included with the ‘Chart of Bass Strait’ … “Part of Bass Strait, including the discoveries made by Acting Lieut. J. Murray, commander of His Majesty’s armed surveying vessel Lady Nelson, between November 1801 and March 1802. By command of His Excellency Governor King.” “This chart, which bears Murray’s autograph, shows his explorations of Western Port, Port Phillip and King Island. It should be noted that Flinders Island is named Grand Capuchin. This is one of the charts referred to as "unfortunately missing” in the Historical Records of N.S. Wales, vol. iv. P. 764” The story of the Lady Nelson In 1798 the British Admiralty ordered a cutter of 60 tons to be built along the design of the armed cutter Trial that was developed by Captain John Schanck, with three sliding keels or centreboards that could be individually raised and lowered, for use on the River Thames. The new cutter was to be named Lady Nelson. Philip Gidley King, prior to taking up his appointment as third Governor of the colony of New South Wales, was in England at the time of the Lady Nelson’s fit-out and was aware of the need for such a ship for survey work in the colony in New South Wales. He convinced Captain Schanck, the Commissioner of Transport in England, to construct and rig the Lady Nelson as a brig rather than a cutter, keeping the feature of the three sliding keels, which would be very useful for mapping in shallow waters. The new Lady Nelson was launched at Deptford, England on the River Thames in November 1798, with the official commission to discover and survey the unknown parts of the coast of New Holland (Australia) and establish British sovereignty over the continent. The Lady Nelson sailed from Portsmouth, England on March 1800 under the command of Lieutenant James Grant. She carried an armament of two original and four extra brass carronade carriage guns and set sail as part of a convoy heading to Port Jackson, in New South Wales, New Holland. After a while she continued to sail on her own. Her journey was troubled with problems at times; damaged and broken keels, troublesome crew and leaking topsides between the waterline and the deck due to poor seals. She arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in July and waited for the winter to pass to avoid the strong winds of the ‘Roaring Forties’. While at the Cape, Grant received a despatch to travel to Port Jackson via the newly discovered Bass Strait, rather than the usual route via the tip of Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania). This also gave him the opportunity to survey the strait on the way. He departed the Cape in October and in December he made his first sighting of New Holland near Mount Gambier in what is now South Australia. A report by Ecclestone in 2012, ‘The Early Charting of Victoria’s Coastline’, mentions that Grant charted and named Capes Banks and Northumberland, and sighted inland hills that he named Mt Gambier and Mt Schanck, the latter after the designer of his ship. Grant then reached the south-western shores of what is now Victoria on 3-4 December 1800, and from Cape Bridgewater he examined the coast eastward to Cape Patton. Although he had not continuously sighted the coast in the vicinity of Port Fairy and Warrnambool, the western part of Victoria became known as Grant’s Land. The Lady Nelson continued eastward and passed through Bass Strait, becoming the first vessel to reach the east coast of New Holland from the west, and arrived at her destination of Port Jackson later in December 1800. Grant, in the Lady Nelson, then left Port Jackson and began survey work. He discovered Port Phillip on Victoria’s coast and explored King Island, he helped establish the first European settlement in Tasmania on the Derwent River, and Port Dalrymple, Newcastle and Port Macquarie. He made several trips from Norfolk Island to Hobart Town. Governor Macquarie sailed on with him to Van Diemen’s Land for a tour of inspection in 1811. Grant helped establish the first settlement on Melville Island in Northern Australia. The Lady Nelson was used to transport cargo, civilians and convicts and to source pigs from Timor. In February 1825 the Lady Nelson sailed again for Timor and never returned. One report said that “Every soul on board, we regret to state, was cruelly massacred, and the hull of the vessel was seen some time after with the name painted on her stern.” The hull was sighted on the island of Babar, which is almost 200 kilometres east of Timor. This particular copy of the book ... This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969 This book about the logbooks of the Lady Nelson is locally significant for its association with the brig Lady Nelson, in which Lt. James Grant made the first documented European discovery of the area later known as Warrnambool in December 1800. This book is also nationally significant for its association with Grant in the Lady Nelson being the first to sail from west to east through Bass Strait, opening up a shorter, faster route to the colony of Port Jackson rather than going all the way south around Van Diemen’s Land. The book is nationally significant for its contents of the logbooks of the journeys of the Lady Nelson under various commanders and the copies of the charts created from the surveyed information and the new land of Australia was discovered. This book is also significant for its association with the full-size non-sailing replica of the Lady Nelson from Mount Gambier’s visitor centre, which was restored by Flagstaff Hill’s Master Boat Builder in Warrnambool in 2012, and with a ship mode of the Lady Nelson in our Collection The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The Logbooks of The Lady Nelson Author: Ida Lee ( Mrs Charles Bruce Marriott) Publisher: Grafton & Co Date: 1915Label on spine with typed text RA 910.994 LEE Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, the logbooks of the lady nelson, ida lee, mrs charles bruce marriott, captain john schanck, sliding keels or centreboards, lady nelson, british brig hms lady nelson, lieutennant james grant, bass strait discovery, surveying king island and port phillip bay, philip gidley king, survey map

Used by Ballarat School of Mines and Industries. The Junior Technical School was a day school combining general education with a practical preparatory training for engineering and other trades, and for art and science work.Red soft covered booklet of 20 pages containing information on aim and purpose of the school, scholarships, admission, text books etc, hours, compulsory education, accommodation and school institutions. There is a photograph of carpentary and wood turning workshop and the sheet metal workshop.warrnambool, warrnambool junior technical school, prospectus, j.murray, t. livingstone, f. tate, fritz landmann, p. webb, b. abbey, e.b. phillips, f. morse, w.j. hickford, e. battarbee, m.j. tate, charles foyle, a. robinson, john alderidge, i. macdermid, letters of support, business men

Thirteen pages of memorabilia used at the Teachers' College 40 year Reunion in 1989 and 25th Reunion in 1974. It includes photographs, newspaper clippings and lettersBallarat Courier in Retrospect 1989 Ballarat Courier in Retrospect 40 Years ago reunion, teachers college ballarat, 40 years, photograph, clippings, m.j. page, j.m. dunn, m.e. blaby, g.j.white, m.l. collins, d.g. prowse, f.l. english, w,j, cook, f.j. barnett, t.m. dowling, v.m. tyson, m.b. court, s. freckleton, n.g. heinrich, n. miller, m. godfrey, m. eveston, r.l. witney, e.m. gearing, j.m. clarke, n.m. george, d.h. evans, k.b. richardson, w.p. hall, w.p. baker, peter fryar, laurence peter fryar, j.m. addinsall, m.j. reynolds, margaret reynolds, v.j. kelly, p.j. hudson, a.i. mcintosh, t.w.h. turner, w.f. ford, l.s. mcrae, l.a. campbell, j.m. pentney, b.j heron, j.h. gervasoni, john hogan gervasoni, m. miller, e.n. tippett, j.w. blackie, r.m. preece, g.n fithall, m. mcewin, i.p. ryan, l.i. irving, p. aldred, b.c. webb, v.m. ward, a.m. panther, j.h. dunn, m.m. gallagher, e.b. hughes, r.h.lam. stowell, d.j. collins, i.g. mcmahon, b.m. thorpe, a.e. white

The Ballarat Technical Art School opened in 1907 as a division of the Ballarat School of Mines.Ledger with brown and blue marbled paper cover and brown tape spine. Some names are listed under keywords.ballarat technical art school, h.w. malin, lilliam moyle, queens college, .doris walker, emily turnbull, viola jackson, c.w. sergeant, hilda wardell, hettie gilbert, alice benoit, ella morrow, d.g. johnston, p. brokenshire, edna tweedie, millicent white, dorisn walker, isla gray, mollie brophy, annie speak, c.v. clegg, agnes w. reid, nin z. woinarski, bessie yates, bessie landles, jean mcdonald, harold herbert, harold h. herbert, lizzie develin, florrie sides, fletcher j. crane, catherine ronald, gertrude owen, m.d. hamilton, clara v. clegg, leslie sim, ida barker, charlotte turner, florrie barnes, james n. boyce, leo coburn, carrie peters, mabel chapman, fred mcintyre, elsie rich, henry c. hart, g. bannerman, jack meadows, preston white, lyn hamilton, a. murray, lillian moyle, nina davies, maggie kittelty, m. snell, samuel mee, agnes carley, ida delina, katherine dillon, nellie mccubbin, lila lynch, e. owen, g. owen, d. owen, alice m. coltman, ruby bawden, elsie joy, ellen j. norton, herbert rich, g. medwell, maria loader, agnes gibb, quennie young, a.e. kennedy, o. geddes, ruby l. smith, roy proctor, elsie naples, w.b.g. mcdonald, cecil brittain, elsie fawcett, g. calvert, albert coates, catherine hogan, may vercoe, daisy saunders, dora furness, matilda johnson, gordon steele, c.w. sargeant, e. cornell, irene hewitt, wilie finn, clare clegg, jessie mccallum, c.f. white, e. kilsall, kate morris, ella garrett, winnie trompf, ellie mckissock, oswald gedded, doris walker, elsie tipping, rose smith, daisy lewellin, eliza frank, una e. fitts, may wasley, grace medwell, mollie laffey, a. duck, pearl sergent, e. penny, r. bieske, f. pattendon, e.g. bailymay booth, nelliw evans, gertie evans, e. baker, c. brittain, ralph leyland, e. tipping, mary sheehan, may chenery, j. bickart, e. perry, m. bessemeres, george richardson, f. mcintyre, h. fern, d. little, o. tolputt, arthur toop, p. lakeland, charles j. rawlings, jack hooly, thomas pattenden, elsie finch, ernest murfett, gordone steele, frank power, n.j. coote, william ewart, patrick ryan, david walker, john perry, vera lindsay, robert cooper, violet leadbeater, maggie skelton, clara mann, laura ritchie, james m. johnston, ida brown, ethel butcher, michael glenane, f.j. branigan, keith booth, henry elliot, reg cutter, stan westcott, frank king, lottie finch, ladies art association, pauline lakeland, cyril thermeyer, albert berryman, stanley lindsay, joseph bickart, alf berryman, leo hewitt, hilda tweedie, vera carroll, lionel davies, isabel kiel, alex dickens, henry elliott, mollie buley, meg moore, harrie fern, eileen conway, minnie buchanan, thomas price, edward stewart, joy lugg, olive grainger, m. heinz, d. gooch, p. moon, g. bailey, charles bray, daisy dickman, george calvert, florence sides, tom hannah, eileen blake, ethel benoit, ruby oaff, chrissie ware, harrie wilson, muriel cornel, phoebe wilkinson, fanny kay, john norcott, stewart o'loughlan, m. featherstone, f. tweedie, a. corbould, d. allanby, f. buchanan, l. cody, v. fisher, r. murphy, hilda jamieson, bessie eason, phyllis palmer, lila hall, vera hall, anie walton, ruby stevens, dorotthy davison, ethel hancock, anas ross, lizzie williams, lional davies, leslie page, frank page, lilian bell, may henry, doreen mclean, dorothy dobson, helen mcintosh, charles fraser, murial cornell, j.b. sutcliffe, dorothy dawson, emma mavin, agnes lumsden, virginia kerr, emily figgis, beryl craddock, winnie treloar, gladstone procter, f.w. procter, effie baker

Blue soft covered magazine of the Ballarat Teachers' College. Contents include: * Foreward by Principal Frank Lord "Ich Dien" * Highlights of the College Year * Review of Teacher-Training System Photographic reproductions include: * 1948 staff and students * Magazine Committee * Group Leaders and Student Council * Sports Committee * Social Committee * Exiesnon-fictionm. smale, j. cleland, j. groves, r. lockhart, a. mclachlan, j. coad, c. mansfield, b. thomas, h. frank, r. osborne, m. eichler, n. raggart, r. boatman, g. groutasch, j. forrest, g. golder, m. raisbeck, l. guest, l. morrison, j. pell, d. hunt, p. fuller, m. schier, m. klein, g. denning, w. e. denning, al witney, joyce kennedy, keith mclean, trudy kentish, jack mallett, bill henderson, beth leslie, john o'shannessy, gwen clucas, monica miller, p. hamano, aurita rowland, w.f. lord, c.p. rodoni, helen veitch, galipolli address, tom turner, patrick rodoni, ala sonsee, cornelius barbetti, margaret bradshaw, margaret burke, joan coad, irene ellwood, margaret hanrahan, denis bryans, hans fumberger, frank lord, tom

Brown hardcover book, 787 pagesnon-fictionf p treadwell, professor of analytical chemistry, zurich, william hall, translator, chemistry, quantitative analysis, munitions supply branch library

A number of printed, foolscap examinations for the Ballarat School of Mines June Examinations in 1874 for Engineers. Examiners were P. Matthews and Jonathan Robinson.ballarat school of mines, examination, engineers, engineering, p. matthews, jonathan robinson

A number of printed, foolscap examinations for the Ballarat School of Mines, including: Mining and Land Surveying - Levelling (Examiners P.C. Fitzpatrick and C.W. Thomas, 1879 Metallurgy (Examiner J. Cosmo Newbery), 1882ballarat school of mines, examination, engineers, engineering, p. matthews, jonathan robinson

School Magazine of St Patrick's College, Ballarat. Includes a boarders' Roll Call. Articles include: Ballarat Still a Golden City, What Shall I Be? Images:S.P.C. From the Air, Senior Dormitory, A Scene in the Botanical Gardens, Ballarat, dining rooom, Christian Brothers' Novitate and Training College, Strathfield, N.S.W. Advertisements: Ballarat Trustees, Heinz Brothers Butchers, Middleton and Morris, National Trustees, F. Cannon Hairdresser, G. Werner & Co, Clegg, Miller and Morrow, Rowlands, Gordon Brothers, Loreto Convent, St Alysius Junior Boys' School Portland, Coghlan Boase and Co, Briant's Red Shop Tea Rooms, Ballarat Supply Stores, Stephen Wellington furnishing undertaker, W. Cornell, Eden Photographs, W.E. Longhurst Bread, Sacred Heart Boarding School, St Anes' Ladies' College Geelong, Ballarat Brewing Company, J.S. Young Suit Builders, George Smithm, Kearns Brothers Fish and Oyster Saloon, T.G. Skewes Pharmacy, J.A. Reynolds Wal paper Wahehouse, Walter Gude Music Teacher, Snows, Auldana Wines, J. Ewins Book Store, Cowdell, Tonner and Ellis, Richards and Co, Kruse's Fluid Magnesia, Jago's Ballarat Boot Palace, R.J. Miller Undertaker, W.C. Thomas and Sons Flour Millers, Broadbent Bros, W.E. Thomas American Dentist, Harry Davies and Co., Permewan Wright, William P. Linehan, Tyler's Clothing Arcadem C. Marks and Co, Coad and Hewitson Chaff Cutters.Written on first page Walsh, Vectis South, Horsham.st patrick's college ballarat, rev. dr. foley, rev. dr higgins, br keniry, thomas walsh, j. guinane, irish national forresters, gerald o'day, p. ryan, frank keys, l. bartels, g. hickey, t. keys, o. daly, j. wolf, a. mckean, t.h. jenkins, dr devine, j. sowersby, gerard little, rev. j. mchugh, andrew mulquiney, bernard heinz, ballarat trustees, heinz brothers butchers, middleton and morris, national trustees, f. cannon hairdresser, g. werner & co, clegg, miller and morrow, gordon brothers, loreto convent, st alysius junior boys' school portland, coghlan boase and co, briant's red shop tea rooms, ballarat supply stores, stephen wellington furnishing undertaker, w. cornell, eden photographs, w.e. longhurst bread, sacred heart boarding school, st anes' ladies' college geelong, ballarat brewing company, j.s. young suit builders, george smith, kearns brothers fish and oyster saloon, t.g. skewes pharmacy, j.a. reynolds wal paper warehouse, walter gude music teacher, snows, auldana wines, j. ewins book store, cowdell, tonner and ellis, richards and co, kruse's fluid magnesia, jago's ballarat boot palace, r.j. miller undertaker, w.c. thomas and sons flour millers, broadbent bros, w.e. thomas american dentist, harry davies and co., permewan wright, william p. linehan, tyler's clothing arcade, c. marks and co, coad and hewitson chaff cutters, loreto convent portland